Computer Science

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers courses to help students prepare for careers

Career planning help is available through several courses in LAS departments as well as a new college-wide course. Read More

August 27, 2018

Predicting, preventing spread of opioid epidemic in rural and micropolitan areas

The rapid increase of opioid overdose deaths in rural communities across the country has far outpaced the overdose rate in urban areas, and an ISU research team wants to know why. Read More

August 22, 2018

Applied Linguistics at Iowa State enhances language analysis through technology

Unique language analysis tools are being developed in the English department, thanks to the pairing of linguistics and computer science expertise in the Applied Linguistics and Technology program. Read More

August 13, 2018

Computer Science department hosts K-12 Computational Thinking Competition

K-12 students showed their computational thinking skills through projects they created for a competition hosted by Computer Science. Read More

June 4, 2018

Disguising access patterns to protect sensitive data in the cloud

A team of computer scientists is working to defend against the next potential cyber risk – cloud storage. Read More

April 25, 2018

Shopeasy application could create a smoother shopping experience

As part of Gerontechnology in Smart Home Environments, a course taught by Carl Chang, professor of computer science, students created Shopeasy, an application that could make shopping an easier task for older adults. Read More

April 10, 2018

Software aims to reduce food waste by helping those in need

Researchers in computer science contribute to an Iowa State University research team testing a new online tool to provide food to those in need by reducing food waste. Read More

March 6, 2018

Math and Computational Sciences Research Roundup

Check out a few highlights of the research that goes on in the Math and Computational Sciences within LAS College! Read More

February 13, 2018