Computer science

 

 
Fall/23

High school students in the Collegiate Scholars Program get to know robots.

Spring/23

A living smartwatch tracks the bond between people and their devices.

Winter/22

A new major in data science helps undergrads make sense of it all.

Winter/20

Are video games the major cultural industry of our time?

08.29.2019

Computer scientist Pedro Lopes integrates technology with anatomy to reimagine the role of “human” in human-computer interaction.

09.10.2018

Computer scientists Heather Zheng, Ben Zhao, and Blase Ur mine data to study behavior and expose security flaws.

07.18.2018

Whether finding neutrinos, improving solar energy storage, or programming quantum computers, the Physical Sciences Division’s Eckhardt Scholars collaborate, create, and communicate.

Fall/17

UChicago computer scientists created a computer program that can write fake restaurant reviews.

Fall/16

New computer science chair Michael Franklin discusses the past, present, and future of computation.

Fall/15

We asked recently appointed computer scientists what fantastical, futuristic technology they’d like to see invented. Turns out some of their foresights aren’t so far off.

Fall/15

Women in computer science, a three-part story: Shan Lu’s research on software bugs, efforts to increase gender diversity in the Department of Computer Science, and Grace Hopper’s “first” computer bug.