Educating Future Leaders
Our programs are recognized for research in both theoretical and experimental computer science, including real-time algorithms, information retrieval, document analysis, graphics, computational geometry, networking, information customization, cybermedia, and Internet security.
About
The Department of Computer Science is one of the fastest growing departments at UNLV. Comprising just under half of the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering total enrollment, the department’s focus is on providing a well-rounded education with a solid basis in the fundamentals of computer science theory and practice. Our students and alumni are well-represented in the field, with many taking on employment in Las Vegas and around the globe. Current projects/employment to which students and alumni contribute include:
- Department of Defense software contracts
- Alternative energy projects
- Public utility software
- Data science applications
- Unmanned aerial systems
- E-commerce and web development
- Aviation industry
- Geotechnical engineering
- Programming research and algorithm development
M.S. in data analytics
The M.S. in Data Analytics is accepting applications for fall 2021. This degree is designed for people with undergraduate degrees in disciplines other than computer science.
The M.S. in Data Analytics equips students with technical skills that are used by professional data scientists for data analysis, visualization, predictions, and discoveries. This master degree utilizes the strengths of six colleges to train students in discipline-specific topics such as hospitality, health, engineering, business, and social sciences.
Cybersecurity Center
Our Information Assurance (IA) program emphasizes research and education in the broad issues of developing trustworthy information systems and helps answer the cybersecurity workforce shortage.
What's Happening
By making computer programming more accessible in secondary education, UNLV professor Andy Stefik hopes to make coding easier for anyone to learn.
Piotr Tomasik, a computer science graduate and serial entrepreneur, is driving a local tech renaissance one internship — and startup — at a time through new UNLV program.
Computer science professor Shaikh Arifuzzaman on ChatGPT and what’s next for society as the revolutionary AI technology develops.
An enduring UNLV end-of-semester tradition is to highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.
IN THE NEWS
- | KTNV-TV: ABC 13
- | Las Vegas Review Journal
EXPERTS
- Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Department of Computer Science
- Professor, Computer Science
- Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
The Department of Computer Science is one of the departments in the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering.
