Cutting Edge Tech
Get hands-on experience with today's most exciting technology, such as virtual reality, artifical intelligence, data science, computer graphics, and more!
Learn Together
Collaborate with our research faculty on projects or scientific papers, and work with other students to gain valuable teamwork skills as software developers.
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Welcome
The NIU Computer Science Department has been successfully educating computer professionals for almost 40 years. Our programs keep pace with industry demands for well-trained graduates who are ready to assume vital roles in the field of computer science immediately upon entry into the work force. In addition, our MS program has undergone significant changes with the establishment of a track system which will allow more flexibility for students, as well as through the creation of a thesis option in addition to our traditional course-only approach. I encourage you to examine the rest of the department’s web site to find out more about our successful curriculum and various departmental activities. — Nicholas Karonis, Chair
News
- Professor Alhoori and Professor Koop are featured in a NIU Newsroom University broadcast highlighting their contributions to an "explainable AI" to help with the reproducibility crisis in research.
- NIU masters student Ryan Lewis presented a poster on “Log-Based Fingerprinting of HPC Applications” at the annual ISC High Performance Conference.
- PhD student Bharat Kale produces visualization for WNIJ news article on Traffic Stop Disparities.
- Technology Networks writes an informative article on the work being done in Professor Papka’s ddiLab.
- CompSci students help present on the use of VR/AR in education at the STEAMing It Up conference at NIU.
- Professor Michael Papka is part of an award-winning, multi-organization collaborative team whose entry Real-Time Analysis of Streaming Synchrotron Data was part of the SC Conference’s first annual SCinet Technology Challenge.
- Three Graduate students from Professor Michael Papka’s Data Visualization course contribute to a WNIJ article, When Illinois Students Leave The State for College, Who Reaps the Rewards?
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Events
- Thursday, September 17th, 2020: NIU Alumni Steven Perva and Zowe CLI discuss System Engineering and Mainframe technology during the ACM's first Professional Presentation this semester.