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
- Recent Publication at the 35th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence ( IJCAI 2026)A big shout out to CS MS student Suraj Prasai! Their paper, “AwakeForest: An Interactive Geospatial Platform for Large-Scale Forest Imagery,” has been accepted at […]
- Recent Publication – Efficient CP Rounding using Alternating Least Squares with QR DecompositionA big shout out to our former UG student, now MS student at Duke University, Alex Zhang, and Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Bhisham Dev Verma! Their […]
- Recent Publications: AEGIS-RL and MARL ResearchA big shout-out to CS MS student Risal Shahriar Shefin and former CS MS student (now PhD student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at […]
Department Info
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Resources
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