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The Harvey Mudd College Department of Computer Science graduated its first class in 1992. Since then, the department has grown to its current size of nine tenure-track faculty members and three staff members.
In addition to the Computer Science Major, the department supports the Joint Major in Mathematics and Computer Science and the Mathematical and Computational Biology Major. There are approximately 50 students in the class of 2012 pursuing one of these majors.
The department works closely with our sister departments at Pomona and Claremont McKenna Colleges and our courses draw students from all five Claremont Colleges and the Claremont Graduate University.
The department seeks to provide students with a strong foundational background blending experimentation, theory, and design. Our graduates are equally well-prepared for work in industry and graduate school. The capstone Clinic Program provides students with a year-long software design project and our active Research Program involves approximately 50 students in research, funded by grants and gifts from the National Science Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Rose-Hills and Baker Foundations.
Department News
- Alexandra “Xanda” Schofield (‘13) and Jack Ma (‘14) have received undergraduate research awards from the Computing Research Association (CRA). Xanda was a “finalist” in the CRA Undergraduate Research Award Competition and Jack received an “honorable mention”. Congratulations to Xanda and Jack!
- Three Mudders have received National Science Foundations Graduate Research Fellowships in Computer Science this year! They are Kiley Sobel, Tselil Schramm, and Lilian de Greef. Tselil and Lilian graduated in 2012 and are currently at U.C. Berkeley and the University of Washington, respectively. Kiley graduated at the end of fall 2012 and will matriculate to her chosen graduate program in the fall. Congratulations Kiley, Tselil, and Lilian!
- Professors Chris Stone and Melissa O’Neill have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to support their working on observationally cooperative multithreading.
- Professors Zach Dodds and Mike Erlinger have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop middle school computing curricula and train middle school teachers to teach these curricula.
Recent and Upcoming Events
| Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| May 6 | Student Presentations | |
| May 7 | Projects Day | |
| May 8 | Student Presentations | |
| May 9 | Senior Finals | |
| May 10 | Senior Finals | |
| May 13 | Final Examinations Begin | |
| May 17 | Final Examinations End | |
| May 19 | Commencement |