Computer Science at Carleton College

14 faculty and 32 courses in Computer Science at Carleton College.

Faculty

• Layla Oesper, Associate Professor of Computer Science h-index 34
  Notable: “The evolutionary history of 2,658 cancers” (2020) · 1,125 citations
• David Liben-Nowell, Associate Provost, Professor of Computer Science h-index 21
  Notable: “Chord: a scalable peer-to-peer lookup protocol for internet applications” (2003) · 3,143 citations
• Anna Rafferty, Professor of Computer Science h-index 20
  Notable: “Finding Contradictions in Text” (2008) · 230 citations
• David Musicant, Professor of Computer Science h-index 18
  Notable: “Successive overrelaxation for support vector machines” (1999) · 438 citations
• Jean Salac, Assistant Professor of Computer Science h-index 11
  Notable: “Evaluating CoBlox” (2018) · 66 citations
• Tanya Amert, Assistant Professor of Computer Science h-index 9
  Notable: “GPU Scheduling on the NVIDIA TX2: Hidden Details Revealed” (2017) · 166 citations
• Eric Alexander, Associate Professor of Computer Science h-index 7
  Notable: “Serendip: Topic model-driven visual exploration of text corpora” (2014) · 105 citations
• Amy Csizmar Dalal, Chair of Computer Science, Professor of Computer Science h-index 7
  Es on ways to make computer networks more usable and more user-friendly. My current projects explore computer networks within the home, focusing on troubleshooting behaviors and strategies of homeowners; terminology used in help-seeking and
  Notable: “Real time video QoE analysis of RTMP streams” (2011) · 15 citations
• Anya Vostinar, Assistant Professor of Computer Science h-index 6
  Notable: “Sustainable computational science: the ReScience initiative” (2017) · 127 citations
• Sneha Narayan, Assistant Professor of Computer Science h-index 6
  Notable: “The Wikipedia Adventure” (2017) · 74 citations
• Chelsey Edge, Assistant Professor of Computer Science h-index 3
  Notable: “Semantic Segmentation of Underwater Imagery: Dataset and Benchmark” (2020) · 17 citations
• Anna Meyer, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
• Jeff Ondich, Professor of Computer Science
• Josh Davis, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
  Es on geometric statistics and its applications to the geosciences. Josh teaches courses in both the Mathematics and Statistics Department and the Computer Science Department. At Carleton since 2007. Current Courses Fall 2025 MATH 240

Courses

• Introduction to Computer Science CS 111
• Data Structures with Problem Solving CS 200
• Data Structures CS 201
• Mathematics of Computer Science CS 202
• Introduction to Computer Systems CS 208
• Art, Interactivity, and Microcontrollers CS 220
• Programming Languages: Design and Implementation CS 251
• Algorithms CS 252
• Computability and Complexity CS 254
• Software Design CS 257
• Directed Research in Computer Science CS 294
• History of Computing in England Program: History of Computing CS 301
• (De)constructing Everyday Technologies CS 302
• Social Computing CS 304
• Computer Graphics CS 311
• Data Visualization CS 314
• Machine Learning CS 320
• Making Decisions with Artificial Intelligence CS 321
• Natural Language Processing CS 322
• Introduction to Robotics CS 327
• Introduction to Real-Time Systems CS 330
• Computer Networks CS 331
• Operating Systems CS 332
• Database Systems CS 334
• Computer Security CS 338
• History of Computing in England Program: Cryptography CS 341
• Human-Computer Interaction CS 344
• Advanced Software Design CS 347
• Parallel and Distributed Computing CS 348
• Artificial Life and Digital Evolution CS 361
• Computational Biology CS 362
• Computational Modeling and Simulation of Natural Systems CS 364

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. 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 2026-07-02.