Computer Science at California Institute of Technology

20 faculty and 40 courses in Computer Science at California Institute of Technology.

Faculty

• Steven Low, Frank J. Gilloon Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and Electrical Engineering h-index 89
• Erik Winfree, Professor of Computer Science, Computation and Neural Systems, and Bioengineering h-index 60
• Animashree Anandkumar, Bren Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences h-index 57
• Katherine L. Bouman, Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Electrical Engineering and Astronomy h-index 42
  Es on computational imaging: designing systems that tightly integrate algorithm and sensor design, making it possible to observe phenomena previously difficult or impossible to measure with traditional approaches. Imaging plays a critical r
• Gerard Holzmann, Lecturer in Computing and Mathematics Sciences h-index 40
  Software safety, software analysis, formal verification, metrics, logic model checking, distributed systems, multi-threaded software, static analysis, swarm testing, code review methods, requirements capture and analysis, algorithms, user
• Leonard J. Schulman, Professor of Computer Science h-index 37
• Christopher Umans, Professor of Computer Science; Executive Officer for Computing and Mathematical Sciences h-index 13
• Yisong Yue, Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences h-index 4
  Lie primarily in the theory and application of statistical machine learning. He is particularly interested in developing novel methods for interactive machine learning and structured machine learning. In the past, his research has been appl
• Adam Blank, Teaching Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences h-index 3
• Peter Schroeder, Shaler Arthur Hanisch Professor of Computer Science and Applied and Computational Mathematics h-index 1
• Alan H. Barr, Professor of Computer Science
  Involve the development and application of new mathematical and computational methods in the context of new applications in the physical sciences. Related News Professors Barr and Schröder Elected to ACM SIGGRAPH Academy Taokun Zheng Receiv
• Claire Ralph, Lecturer, Computing and Mathematical Sciences
• Donnie Pinkston, Schmidt Academy Instructor - Software Engineer
• Ethan Ordentlich, Teaching Assistant Professor in Computing and Mathematical Sciences
• Georgia Gkioxari, Assistant Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and Electrical Engineering
• Kewen Wu, Assistant Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences (arriving 2026)
  Lie in the general area of theoretical computer science, with a recent focus on provable quantum advantages, Boolean function analysis, and quantum cryptography. My name written in Chinese is 吴克文 . You may pronounce Kewen as Kevin . The pho
• Michael Vanier, Teaching Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
• Simran Arora, Assistant Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences (arriving 2026)
• Urmila Mahadev, Assistant Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
• Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Courses

• Introduction to Computer Programming CS 1
• Intermediate Computer Programming CS 1x
• Introduction to Programming Methods CS 2
• Introduction to Software Design CS 3
• Introduction to Software Design in C CS 3x
• Fundamentals of Computer Programming CS 4
• Introduction to Discrete Mathematics Ma/CS 6/106 abc
• Introduction to Digital Logic and Embedded Systems EE/CS 10 ab
• Computer Language Lab CS 11
• Student-Taught Topics in Computing CS 12
• Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science CS 13
• Software Design Practicum CS 18
• Introduction to Computer Science in Industry CS 19 ab
• Decidability and Tractability CS 21
• Data Structures and Parallelism CS 22
• Introduction to Computing Systems CS 24
• Algorithms CS 38
• Computer Science Education in K-14 Settings CS 42
• Multidisciplinary Systems Engineering CS/EE/ME 75 abc
• Undergraduate Thesis CS 80 abc
• Undergraduate Projects in Computer Science CS 81 abc
• Undergraduate Reading in Computer Science CS 90
• Special Topics in Computer Science CS 101
• Graduate Programming Practicum CS 111
• Bayesian Statistics Ec/ACM/CS 112
• Functional Programming CS 115
• Reasoning about Program Correctness CS 116
• Computability Theory Ma/CS 117 abc
• Automata-Theoretic Software Analysis CS 118
• Advanced Digital Systems Design EE/CS 119 abc
• Quantum Cryptography CS/Ph 120
• Relational Databases CS/IDS 121
• Operating Systems CS 124
• Digital Circuit Design with FPGAs and VHDL EE/CS/MedE 125
• Information Theory EE/Ma/CS 126 ab
• Error-Correcting Codes EE/Ma/CS/IDS 127
• Networks: Structure and Economics CMS/CS/Ec/EE 144
• Algorithmic Economics CS/Ec 149
• Vision: From Computational Theory to Neuronal Mechanisms CNS/Bi/EE/CS/NB 186
• Neural Computation CNS/Bi/Ph/CS/NB 187

Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-01.