Bertino included on list for best female scientists in the world
Elisa Bertino, Samuel D. Conte Professor of Computer Science, was selected as one of the Best Female Scientists in the World by Research.com. Bertino was the only reseacher from Purdue University to make the cut. She was chosen based on her H-index, contributions made within the computer science discipline, and her awards and achievements in the field.
Wolfe named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity
As of Jan. 1, Patrick Wolfe will become Purdue’s next provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity. Wolfe, currently the Frederick L. Hovde Dean of the College of Science and the Miller Family Professor of Statistics and Computer Science, was chosen from a field of more than 20 nominees and 10 applicants to succeed Provost Jay Akridge, who has held the position since 2017.
Brânzei named Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of SciencesProfessor Simina Brânzei
Assistant Professor Simina Brânzei was named a Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The Kavli Frontiers of Sciences Symposium is the Academy’s premiere activity for distinguished young scientists. A committee of NAS members selected the participants from early-career researchers who have made recognized contributions to science.
Spafford wins ACSAC Cybersecurity Artifacts Competition and Impact Award
Professor Eugene H. Spafford won the ACSAC 2022 Cybersecurity Artifacts Competition Impactful System Award for his artifact, Tripwire: Integrity Scanning as Intrusion Detection. Spafford’s work was selected for its significant impacts on cybersecurity research and practice.
BANDS Workshop at ICLR 2023
The Department of Computer Science welcomes attendees to BANDS (Backdoor Attacks and Defenses in Machine Learning) on May 5, 2023 in conjuction with ICLR 2023. The workshop aims to bring together researchers from government, academia, and industry that share a common interest in exploring and building more secure machine learning models against backdoor attacks.
Purdue CS undergraduate selected to speak at commencement
Eesha Deepak delivered the student response during the 2022 Winter Commencement, Division I. Deepak received a Bachelor of Science in computer science and data science, with a focus on machine intelligence.
Two student-athletes earn Academic All-Big Ten
Two Purdue CS students, Alex Frey and Ian Hunter, continued to make the grade as student-athletes from the fall sports season where they earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for their excellence in the classroom.
A NEW HOME FOR DATA SCIENCE
Your support for the Data Science building renovation will give Data Science students and faculty an exciting hub in which to collaborate and conduct research and will ensure that Purdue remains at the forefront of this rapidly changing field that impacts all aspects of life.
Contact James Parker at japarker@purdueforlife.org or at 765-496-3525 to learn how you can support this project.
SPLASH 2022
Faculty at Purdue CS presented 3 papers at the ACM SIGPLAN conference on Systems, Programming, Languages, and Applications (SPLASH 2022): SPLASH embraces all aspects of software construction and delivery, to make it the premier conference on the applications of programming languages - at the intersection of programming languages and software engineering.
Specification-Guided Component-Based Synthesis from Effectful Libraries | Ashish Mishra, Suresh Jagannathan
UniRec: A Unimodular-Like Framework for Nested Recursions and Loops | Kirshanthan Sundararajah, Charitha Saumya, Milind Kulkarni
RHLE: Modular Deductive Verification of Relational ∀∃ Properties | Robert Dickerson, Qianchuan Ye, Michael K. Zhang, Benjamin Delaware
Future students may visit Purdue's campus and tour the Department of Computer Science. Our visit opportunities give you a chance to experience life at Purdue - whether you want to do that in-person or virtually. Learn more about the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University.
PURDUE CS | BY THE NUMBERS
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
AN ERA OF GROWTH
In the profession of computer science, demand for our majors continues to grow - once again we have broken our own record for the number of applications for freshman admissions at more than 8,700. At the start of fall classes, 785 freshman students joined our previous classes for more than 2,600 undergraduates.
This year, freshman women students represent 26% of the undergraduate population and women are 24.3% among all undergraduate students.
US NEWS RANKS PURDUE
GRADUATE PROGRAM
Our graduate population has exploded with 538 MS and PhD students for the 2022-23 academic year. This represents a 26% increase in growth from the previous year.
