Alumni from the BYU Computer Science Department who are currently employed at Microsoft have come together to create an endowed mentorship, which will benefit current and future computer science students. Read More

Jamie Palmer graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computer science in December 2006.  While at BYU, she also earned a second major in Chemistry and a minor in Physics.  And if a demanding academic schedule wasn’t enough, Jamie took the time to participate in a summer internship with ExxonMobil in Houston, Texas.  Her hard work and dedication paid off, however.  In December, she accepted a full-time placement position with ExxonMobil in Houston, where she is combining her love of chemistry and computer science and continuing to excel. Read More

In a world where the Internet plays an ever increasingly large role, Muhammad Al-Muhammad, a PhD student in BYU's Computer Science Department, is exploring new ways to make it work better for you.
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On March 15, 2007, the Computer Science Department hosted the Seventh Annual Family History Technology Conference at BYU.  Held on campus in the Harmon Building, the Conference brought together more than 100 family history enthusiasts, computer scientists, and engineers from around the world to discuss family history needs and present emerging technologies aimed at advancing the work. Read More

On Tuesday, March 6, Dr. William Barrett shared "precious precepts of truth" from the Book of Mormon at BYU's weekly campus devotional.  Dr. Barrett and his wife were recently called to preside over the Wisconsin, Milwaukee Mission beginning in July 2007. 
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Neha Rungta, a PhD student in Computer Science from Mumbai, India, recently published in FMCAD, a top-tier venue for formal methods bringing together top researchers in academia and industry from all over the world. 

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Three undergraduate students in Computer Science working with Dr. Mike Jones on their capstone project turned the great outdoors into their classroom in an effort to learn more about computer-generated landscapes. Read More

Several years ago, after returning from his LDS mission to Houston, Texas, David Cline was sitting in his upper-level electrical engineering seminar class, listening to an expert in the field talk about his life’s work and realizing with ever-increasing clarity that this was NOT what he wanted to do with the rest of his life.  Cline made the decision to switch majors to computer science and now, looking back as he prepares to complete his doctoral dissertation, muses, “it hasn’t been too bad of a choice.”

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The Bioinformatics Emphasis, part of the Computer Science program at BYU, offers students the unique chance to synthesize their interests, giving them entrance into a fascinating and dynamic new field. Read More

Dr. David W. Embley, a 2006 recipient of the Karl G. Maeser Award in Research and Creative Arts, has focused his research on information extraction from webpages. His research makes it possible for users to have their computers answer specific questions, rather than just typing in a search and receiving lists of webpage references. This new technology has the potential to dramatically alter the ways in which humans interact with machines in everything from surfing the web to researching family history. Read More