The Department of Computer Science at Georgetown University, in the heart of Washington, DC, is home to higher education and advanced research on the cutting edge of computing and technology. BS, BA, MS, and Ph.D. programs connect students with the ideas, skills, and opportunities to shape the digital world we live in. The department has grown significantly in the last decade, with current core research areas being algorithms and theory; security, privacy, and cryptography; and data-centric computing. Faculty members in the department have been honored with a Gödel Prize, Test-of-Time awards, membership in the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, NSF CAREER awards, and Best Paper awards, among other accolades.
Jeremy Fineman and Cal Newport receive Best Paper Award
Jeremy Fineman, Cal Newport and co-authors received the Best Paper Award at the 36th International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC), October 2022, for their paper “Smoothed Analysis of…
Georgetown students win accolades at HopHacks 2022
Team Null consisting of Georgetown College students Anthony Duan, Palmer Hudson, Annika Lin, and Margaret Neely won accolades in three categories at HopHacks Fall 2022 for their game Breeze, which…
CS Faculty Receive Google Support for Research on Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Professors Nissim, Thaler and Venkitasubramaniam have received support from Google for their work on zero-Knowledge proofs. Zero-knowledge proof (ZK) is a powerful cryptographic primitive that…
Radha Venkatagiri joins as Assistant Professor
Dr. Radha Venkatagiri has joined the Computer Science department as an Assistant Professor, effective August 2022. Dr. Venkatagiri’s research is in computer architecture, with an emphasis on…
ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award for Kobbi Nissim
Professor Kobbi Nissim and his co-authors are recipients of the prestigious 2021 ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award for their ground-breaking and impactful work on differential…
Sarah Adel Bargal joins as Assistant Professor
Dr. Sarah Adel Bargal will join the Computer Science department in fall 2022 as an Assistant Professor and Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Fellow.…
Muthu Venkitasubramaniam receives JP Morgan Faculty Research Award
Prof. Muthu Venkitasubramaniam has received an award from the 2022 JP Morgan Faculty Research Awards program to support research on privacy-preserving machine…
Additional $5.1 Million for “Scholarship for Service”
Professors Clay Shields, Eric Burger, Mark Maloof, and Micah Sherr have received a $5.1 million, five-year renewal to their existing Scholarship for Service award. This program supports students in…
PhD Dissertation Defense: Ken KawintiranonNov. 30
The 21st Semi-annual GU-CS Graduate Research Presentation Day (Session III)Dec. 2
CS Department Seminar: Gabriella Pasi (University of Milano-Bicocca)Mar. 24
CS Seminar (Data Centric): Ashlee Edwards (Reddit)Mar. 31
