Computer Science
Welcome to the Department of Computer Science
In the Department of Computer Science at Tulane we emphasize both core computer science and its applications to related areas in the sciences and engineering, the health and social sciences, and the humanities. Our goal is for our faculty and students to be recognized nationally and internationally for their interdisciplinary research, and we want to train the next generation of computer scientists who work at the interface of computer science and other disciplines.
Students who have completed our undergraduate coordinate major have found jobs in computer science and related areas, and several are pursuing PhD degrees at leading departments. Our students and alumni have won awards including best paper awards and Tulane's Peery Medal, as well as fellowships including Facebook and Google PhD Fellowships and a postdoctoral CI Fellowship from the Computing Research Association.
Our faculty conduct cutting edge research in a variety of disciplines including algorithms, artificial intelligence, computational biology, computer science education, computational geometry and topology, computer vision, data science and large data processing, domain theory and semantics of programming languages, game theory, image processing, machine learning, natural language processing, networking, cloud computing optimization, privacy and security, and scientific visualization. Our research is nationally and internationally recognized, and is funded from agencies such as NSF, NIH, DARPA, and DoD.
Our department continues to grow and we anticipate hiring several faculty members over the coming years. Please check our open positions page frequently for updates.
We welcome inquiries - please email me at lpeng3@tulane.edu with your questions and comments.
Lu Peng, Interim Chair
Playing for Attention: How Babies Learn to Focus
Eight-month-old Joseph sits in a high chair, his tray filled with toys. He reaches for one and looks over at his mother beside him who is smiling and talking softly. He turns back to his toys, unfazed by the camera pointed at him or the researcher sitting behind him.
From finance and engineering to theater and AI, students partner with nonprofits to turn coursework into community change
Donning lab coats, goggles and gloves, fifth graders at Esperanza Middle School had a mystery on their hands. They had to figure out how one of their classmates became ill after eating a cookie at lunch.
Students Launch FUSE Internship Program Connecting Tulane STEM Talent with Startups
Amy Nguyen expected her summer internship to be close to home.
When the FUSE internship program was introduced to students in Tulane’s School of Science and Engineering, the opportunity was framed as a way to connect undergraduates with startup companies through partnerships in New Orleans. Nguyen, a biomedical engineering student from New Orleans, applied partly because the idea of staying in the city sounded convenient.
Reducing the Quantum Queue: Tulane Researcher Proposes Smarter Hardware Sharing
Using a quantum computer today often means waiting. Sometimes that means waiting behind hundreds, even a thousand other users.
“Most of the time, the waiting time is much longer than the actual execution time,” said Jiyuan Wang, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Tulane University.
That inefficiency is what Wang and his collaborators set out to address.
Tulane Undergraduate Bridges Science and Business in Breakthrough Biotherapeutics Research
While many undergraduates spend their college years focused solely on coursework, Tulane University student Sylvia Austin has taken on a role that blends cutting-edge scientific research with real-world market analysis, helping to advance a technology that could transform how pharmaceutical companies develop life-saving biologic drugs.
