In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Lina Kim sit down with Dr. Pedro Paredes, a professor and researcher in the computer science department, to learn more about his ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of stories featuring master’s degree programs at the University of Chicago. Bradley Stoller knew the University of Chicago was an ideal fit to pursue a master’s ...

A solution to P vs NP could unlock countless computational problems—or keep them forever out of reach. 1. On Monday, July 19, 2021, in the middle of another strange pandemic summer, a leading computer ...

The Northwestern CS Theory Group and Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago co-hosted the Junior Theorists Workshop held Dec. 8-9 The Junior Theorists Workshop, held Dec. 8-9, was more than just a ...

Ananya Gautam ’29, a Crimson Editorial editor, lives in Leverett House. In today’s increasingly preprofessional college culture, the value of theory has taken a backseat. Fundamentals learned in the ...

Theoretical computer scientist Manuel Blum has guided generations of graduate students into fruitful careers in the field. Every academic field has its superstars. But a rare few achieve superstardom ...

A leader in the field of computational theory is the latest winner of the A. M. Turing Award, sometimes described as the ‘Nobel Prize’ of computer science. Avi Wigderson at the Institute for Advanced ...

Princeton graduate alumnus Avi Wigderson has won the 2023 A.M. Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), recognizing his profound contributions to the mathematical underpinnings ...

Apply computer science theory and software development fundamentals to produce computing-based solutions Note: The formatting and language as related to “learning objectives and outcomes” for the ...

The Computer Science MS program has been updated as of Spring 2026. Students who were admitted prior to Spring 2026 can find the previous degree requirements on the 2025 Computer Science Master of ...