Computer and Information Science

The UO has upped its game on the issue of online security, landing a federal designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research and launching a Center for Cyber Security and Privacy. The article UO Launches New Center and Gains Federal Cyber Research... Read more

"There's more to drones that getting them off the ground. You could say that Jack Ziesing’s research really took off.

His lab experience as a student in computer and information science has given him entry into the growing industry of “unmanned aerial vehicles”—you know them as drones.

Working with assistant professor Michel Kinsy, a new member of the faculty, Ziesing, who... Read more

Professor Michel Kinsy was highlighted in the article, Young Scholars Program Boosts Student Confidence, College Prep on "Around the O". Read more to check out the great work that he is doing to improve the accessibility of computer science to young students. Read more

CIS undergraduate students held an inaugural and very successful HackTown Hackathon from 10.48a Saturday, 10/24, until 1p Sunday, 10/25 (26.2 hours), in Room 100 Deschutes.

Forty CIS undergraduate students signed up for the hackathon, filling all available spots. Participants included students from Dev Club, Security Club, WiCS, and ACM, and ranged from 200-level to senior students.... Read more

The New York Times and NPR featured a story in June 2015 on a study linking heartburn medicine to heart attacks. The story is based on a journal paper co... Read more

It is our pleasure to announce that Professor Steve Fickas has been awarded a Williams Fellowship. This is to acknowledge faculty members who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to undergraduate education by challenging their students academically, creating an engaged learning environment, striving to improve the... Read more

Assistant Professor Daniel Lowd has recently received the Army Research Office's (ARO) Young Investigator Award for his proposal on "Inferring Trustworthiness and Deceit in Adversarial Relational Models". This award will fund Lowd's project for $360,000 over three years.

This project will develop methods for detecting malicious behavior such as social network spam and fake reviews. To... Read more

In running, said Will Geoghegan, you don’t always realize just how much you’re improving.

“It’s really funny,” Geoghegan said in a phone interview from Eugene, Oregon. “I remember when I was a freshman in high school thinking that running under 10 (minutes) in the 2-mile seemed impossible.

“I don’t know if I ever envisioned where I am now. I just tried to get better every year... Read more

The CIS Department congratulates Assistant Professor Hank Childs for receiving the University of Oregon's Early Career Research Excellence Award, which is the highest university award for early career faculty. Prof. Childs was one of only two recipients across campus. Award selection was based on scholarship and research.

Prof. Childs... Read more

CIS Competition Celebrates Diversity of Chili and Raises Money for Food for Lane County

The 2nd Annual Chili Cook-off Competition was held on Friday, February 27, 2015 to raise money for Food For Lane County (FFLC) as part of the Governor’s State Employee’s Food Drive. FFLC is a division of the Oregon Food Bank Network that strives to alleviate hunger by creating access to food in the... Read more