Welcome to the Computer Science Department at Boston College. We are committed to advancing the state of the art in Computer Science, and to providing a challenging and exciting education for our students. Faculty members maintain active programs of research and broader scholarship in a variety of specialties, including data visualization, distributed algorithms and systems, natural language processing, data mining, programming languages, the theory of computation, and social and ethical issues in computing.
News and Notes
Computer Science on Campus
Get involved in one of several computer science-focused student groups on campus:
The Boston College Computer Science Society is dedicated to helping students interested in technology and entrepreneurship achieve their goals. Throughout the school year, they host guest lectures, workshops, hackathons, collaborative projects, and more. CSS works closely with the Computer Science Department at BC to create a better environment for students to learn and find new opportunities. They also collaborate with many departments and clubs in the Carroll School of Management to encourage entrepreneurship and promote collaboration between business and computer science students.
The Computer Science Society is the student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery and is very active. ACM is the professional organization for Computer and Information Scientists. There are many benefits of student membership.
WICS organizes service and social events for all Computer Science students, and encourages a sense of community within the department. Specifically, WICS has organized a career night, pool night, and two highly successful Christmas Yankee Swaps. All students, particularly women, are encouraged to join WICS.
MIG is a community of driven undergraduate students at Boston College who are passionate about artificial intelligence. We hold weekly lectures and tri-weekly workshops on various topics in machine intelligence that are open to all with the hopes of lowering the barriers of entry in artificial intelligence. Our core group does research and works on complex, real-world AI/ML problems. We also compete in and host various machine intelligence competitions throughout the academic year. We encourage those that are interested to come to weekly meetings and check out demos of our ongoing projects.
New Data Science Minor
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This new interdisciplinary program emphasizes human-centered applications of data analysis and modeling for the common good. Open to all undergraduate students at Boston College, students will be able to construct a 6-course pathway that connects data science to their application area of interest.
Our Alumni Network
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Julie Bacon '15
"Front end (web) development is the perfect intersection of computer science and design. You get to develop the interface that the end-user sees and interacts with."
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Bob Dutile '81
"Computer Science was serendipitous. I met a tremendous group of people who made an immense difference in my life. Many who went out of their way to help me get ahead."
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Lauren Smith '11
"Computer science is the perfect synthesis of math, logic, and technology.”
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Brian Lauducci '93
When Brian Lauducci '93 took a robotics class in his senior year, he had no idea it would lead to a deepening relationship with his future wife.
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Brad Hayes '08
Brad Hayes '08 realized he could write programs that were better computer game players than he was—a "striking example of the effectiveness" of what he was learning.