
Welcome to the
Department of Computer Science
The Department of Computer Science at Wake Forest University is dedicated to preparing students for exciting employment opportunities and entering our own or other prestigious graduate programs. We boast a highly-qualified and passionate faculty who enjoy student engagement in and out of the classroom.
We pride ourselves on the opportunities provided to our students for meaningful participation in leading-edge research on a broad range of contemporary topics creating solutions to real-world problems.
Research
Students have the opportunity and are encouraged to work with faculty members on research projects. Research interactions often stem from shared interests between students and faculty and may involve various types of engagement and expectations around the research work.


The Student Experience
Our Department is an intimate community allowing deep engagement between students and faculty, dedicated to making use of innovative approaches to teaching and learning, performing impactful research, and providing meaningful service opportunities.
By the Numbers
15
Permanent Faculty
180
Number of Majors & Minors
15
MS Students
What’s Happening
- Dr. Sarra Alqahtani Received a Prestigious 5-year NSF CAREER Award!A huge congrats to Dr. Sarra Alqahtani who has received a prestigious 5-year National Science Foundation CAREER grant for her research on “Safety-Centered Multi-Agent Reinforcement […]
- J.F. Kennedy Senior Explores Global Temperature Data with Dr. Fan Yang’s MentorshipWake Forest LEAP Program is a six-week internship offering local high school juniors and seniors hands-on STEM lab experience, supported by mentors teaching research principles […]
- A Big Shout-out to MS Students Debashis & Aditi on their Recent Publication co-authored with Drs. Alqahtani, Pauca & Yang!A big shout out to CS MS students Debashis Gupta and Aditi Golder! Their paper, “Scalable Knowledge Graph Construction from Unstructured Text: A Case Study […]
Department Info
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Resources
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