Purdue CS celebrates Women's HIstory Month
In honor of Women's History Month, Purdue Computer Science is celebrating the accomplishments of our women students, alumni, and faculty. These women have made significant contributions to computer science, and their stories are sure to inspire the next generation of STEM leaders, innovators, and Boilermakers. Read all of the stories here.
Spafford Appointed to the CRA Board of Directors
Professor Eugene Spafford has been appointed to serve as one of the two ACM representatives on the CRA Board of Directors. Spafford has been a member of CRA’s Government Affairs Committee for approximately 20 years, and this is his second stint on the CRA Board, having served previously from 1998 – 2007.
Purdue CS Alumna selected as 2022 Distinguished Women Scholars
Purdue CS Alumna and Duke University Professor, Susan Rodger, is a research and education pioneer with significant contributions bringing computer science to K-12, developing visual and interactive learning tools for undergraduate courses, and promoting the advancement of women in sciences. She has been selected as one of six 2022 Distinguished Women Scholars for her exceptional leadership and significant contributions to the field of computing.
Purdue University’s Anvil supercomputer leaps forward in capacity and impact
Anvil’s next-level strength and versatility promises to be a boon for Purdue researchers who have identified myriad potential uses for its computing power. For example, Daniel Aliaga, associate professor of computer science, and his research group are exploring the use of Anvil's GPU capability to help facilitate the creation of “what-if” design tools in digital city planning. These futuristic tools will enable urban planners worldwide to automatically integrate, process, analyze and visualize complex interdependencies among urban form, function and the natural environment.
Pursuing computational biology research, hoping to change the way we fight cancer
As a freshman, Simran Kadadi was looking for a research angle that was connected to biology, yet would complement her computer science background. She didn’t know it would eventually lead to work in a computational biology lab, a CRA award, and ultimately a plan for the future.
ASPLOS 2022 Accepted paper
Muhammad Shahbaz, Kevin C and Suzanne L Kahn New Frontiers Assistant Professor, and colleagues' paper was accepted to the 27th ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS) conference, February 28 - March 4, 2022. ASPLOS is the premier forum for interdisciplinary systems research, intersecting computer architecture, hardware and emerging technologies, programming languages and compilers, operating systems, and networking.
Taurus: A Data Plane Architecture for Per-Packet ML, Tushar Swamy, Alexander Rucker, Muhammad Shahbaz, Ishan Gaur, Kunle Olukotun
Additionally, the authors were the recipients of the Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP). The ANRP is awarded to recognize the best recent results in applied networking, interesting new research ideas of potential relevance to the Internet standards community, and upcoming people that are likely to have an impact on Internet standards and technologies, with a particular focus on cases where these people or ideas would not otherwise get much exposure or be able to participate in the discussion.
Computational Topology for Data Analysis
Tamal K. Dey, Professor of Computer Science and co-author Yusu Wang, Professor at Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, UCSD, have written a new book, Computational Topology for Data Analysis published by Cambridge University Press, March 2022.
Topological data analysis (TDA) has emerged recently as a viable tool for analyzing complex data, and the area has grown substantially both in its methodologies and applicability. Providing a computational and algorithmic foundation for techniques in TDA, this comprehensive, self-contained text introduces students and researchers in mathematics and computer science to the current state of the field. The book features a description of mathematical objects and constructs behind recent advances, the algorithms involved, computational considerations, as well as examples of topological structures or ideas that can be used in applications. It provides a thorough treatment of persistent homology together with various extensions – like zigzag persistence and multiparameter persistence – and their applications to different types of data, like point clouds, triangulations, or graph data. Other important topics covered include discrete Morse theory, the Mapper structure, optimal generating cycles, as well as recent advances in embedding TDA within machine learning frameworks.
Future students may visit Purdue's campus and tour the Department of Computer Science. Our visit opportunities give you a chance to experience life at Purdue - whether you want to do that in-person or virtually. The Department of Computer Science offers an information session which you can schedule in advance.
Arrange a visit to Purdue's campus through the Office of Admissions.
UNDERGRADUATE POPULATION
AN ERA OF GROWTH
In the profession of computer science, demand for our majors continues to grow - once again we have broken our own record for the number of applications for freshman admissions at 6,200. At the start of fall classes, 577 new computer science and data science students joined our previous classes for a total 2,207 undergraduates.
This year, freshman women students represent 25% of the undergraduate population and women are 23% among all undergraduate classes.
US News Ranks Purdue
GRADUATE POPULATION
Our graduate population has exploded with 496 MS and PhD students for the 2021-2022 year. This represents a 26% increase in growth from the previous year.
