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With an emphasis on fundamentals and experiential and lifelong learning, our undergraduate majors and minors form an excellent foundation for professional life or graduate school.

Graduate Programs

Join a community of more than 1,000 doctoral and master’s students who are driven by curiosity and a passion to make a positive impact to our world through advances in computing.

Faculty Recruiting

ICS is recruiting for multiple tenure-track faculty positions. We are seeking candidates, individuals or in groups, with a passion for research, teaching, and real-world impact.

Upcoming Events

September17

Alumni Event

San Diego (Leidos) ICS Alumni Reception 2026

Leidos

4155 Campus Point Ct, San Diego, CA 92121

5:30 PM

We’re excited to return to San Diego for our annual ICS Alumni Reception! You and a guest are cordially invited to join Dean Marios Papaefthymiou…

September25

ACO Seminar Series

Fixed Point Computation Problems and Facets of Complexity

Mihalis Yannakakis

Percy K. and Vida L. W. Hudson Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University

11:00 AM

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Abstract: Many problems from a wide variety of areas can be formulated mathematically as the problem of computing a fixed point of a suitable given…

October8

Statistics Seminar Series

From Data to Formulas: Statistical Learning for Scalable Symbolic Discovery

Meng Li

Associate Professor, Dept. of Statistics, Rice University

4:00 PM

6011, Donald Bren Hall

Abstract: Symbolic discovery, or learning compact mathematical expressions from data, offers a form of interpretability in which the fitted model is itself a scientific statement.…

October22

Statistics Seminar Series

From Data to Decisions: Reinforcement Learning and Generative AI for Precision Medicine

Yanxun Xu

Professor, Joseph & Suzanne Jenniches Faculty Scholar Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Data Science & AI Institute, Johns Hopkins University

4:00 PM

6011, Donald Bren Hall

Abstract: Precision medicine aims to transform complex patient data and clinical knowledge into individualized treatment decisions. However, this remains challenging when treatments are sequential, patient…

October29

Statistics Seminar Series

Bayesian Smoothing and Feature Selection via Variational Automatic Relevance Determination

Feng Liang

Professor, Dept. of Statistics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

8:00 AM

6011, Donald Bren Hall

Abstract: This study introduces Variational Automatic Relevance Determination (VARD), a novel approach for fitting sparse additive regression models in high-dimensional settings. VARD stands out by…

November5

Statistics Seminar Series

Learning-Assisted Inference in High Dimensions: Wasserstein Two-Sample Testing

Zhenhua Lin

Dean's Chair Associate Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Science, National University of Singapore

4:00 PM

6011, Donald Bren Hall

Abstract: Two-sample testing is a fundamental problem in statistics, but detecting general distributional differences becomes increasingly challenging in high dimensions, where classical distance-based methods can…

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