Heath Nielson received his bachelors and masters degrees from the Computer Science Department at BYU, studying computer graphics and image processing under Dr. William A. Barrett. He is now a software engineer for the LDS Church's FamilySearch program. He is the developer of a new digitizing process, which makes it possible for FamilySearch technicians to digitize the Church's 2.4 million genealogical records in 8-10 years, a process which was originally estimated to take over a century to complete. Read More

The BYU Computer Science Department is pleased to welcome its newest faculty member, Jay McCarthy. Read More

The annual Computer Science Alumni and Friends Social will be held later in the year than usual and after the BYU Homecoming.  Please join us on Friday, November 7 for dinner and socializing in the beautiful Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni Building. Read More

Sambridi Gautam, a sophomore in computer science, has been selected as a Microsoft Scholar. Each year, Microsoft awards the scholarship to a select few of the best and brightest computer science students from the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Read More

Make sure you're signed up to join us for the annual Computer Science Games and Grub Social.  This year's event will be held at a new, more convenient location--Provo's beautiful Rock Canyon Park--on Thursday, July 10, 2008.  Read More

After serving as chair of the Computer Science Department for nine years, Dr. Tony Martinez is stepping down to pursue other duties in the department and his research in the department's Neural Networks and Machine Learning Laboratory. In a faculty meeting with the Dean and Assistant Deans from the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dr. Parris Egbert was named the new department chair, effective June 1, 2008. Read More

Dr. Sean Warnick, Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Brigham Young University, was selected as the 2008 Distinguished Visiting Professor (DVP) by the National Security Agency (NSA) this week. The position, administered by the NSA Enterprise Operations Research, Modeling, and Simulation (OR/M&S) Group, is highly competitive and is offered to a professor with a distinguished record in both decision science applications and student mentoring. Read More

At a recent "Communities for Decency" conference, Dr. Charles Knutson, a professor in BYU's Computer Science Department, urged parents to "seize control" in the battle to protect their children against Internet pornography.   ~As reported in the Deseret News

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Welcome and congratulations to our newest group of alumni!  Be sure to create your alumni profile so that you'll be notified of upcoming alumni activities and events, including the 2008 Games and Grub Social to be held in July and the Homecoming Dinner in October. Read More

Congratulations to all the groups who participated in this semester's Computer Science Demo Day! Read More