Department of Computer Science

Current Courses

TA Hours: All TA sessions will be over Zoom in Spring 2021. Here is the TA schedule and Windows Support and here are the instructions for logging into the Zoom meeting and putting your name on the request-for-help list.

Fall 2020

• CS 125: Introduction to R (Taylor)
• CS 151A: Computational Thinking: Visual Media (Doore)
• CS 151B: Computational Thinking: Visual Media (Layton)
• CS 151C1: Computational Thinking: Visual Media (Doore)
• CS 151C2: Computational Thinking: Visual Media (Al Madi)
• CS 231: Data Structures and Algorithms (Al Madi, Wolfe)
• CS 232: Computer Organization (lectures Li, labs Taylor)
• CS 333: Programming Languages (Li)
• CS 341: Systems Biology I (Taylor)
• CS 343: Neural Networks (Layton)
• CS 353: Interactive Systems I (Wolfe)
• CS 376: Algorithm Design and Analysis (Aaron)
• CS 446: Computational Modeling and Simulation II (Aaron)

January 2021

• CS 297: Data Driven Decision-Making (Garfield)

Spring 2021

• CS 151A: Computational Thinking: Visual Media (Doore)
• CS 151B: Computational Thinking: Visual Media (Layton)
• CS 151C: Computational Thinking: Visual Media (Al Madi)
• CS 231: Data Structures and Algorithms (Skrien, Al Madi)
• CS 251: Data Analysis and Visualization (Taylor, Layton, Wolfe)
• CS 252: Mathematical Data Analysis and Visualization (Layton, Wolfe)
• CS 298: Ethics of Computing (Doore)
• CS 331: Computer Networks (Li)
• CS 333: Programming Languages (Li)
• CS 346: Computational Modeling and Simulation (Aaron)
• CS 375: Analysis of Algorithms (Aaron)
• CS 378: Introduction to Computational Theory (Aaron)
• CS 441: Systems Biology II (Taylor)
• CS 453: Interactive Systems II (Wolfe)

CS at the Colby Liberal Arts Symposium

See our honors students, independent study students, and students in our 400-level courses present their work! We have synchronous talks from 10 til noon on Wed April 28th and asynchronous talks to view at your leisure. Check out the schedule and find the links in this Google Doc (you need to be logged into Colby Apps to open this document).

Computer Science at Colby

Computer Science studies the design of computational processes, computing systems, and virtual objects. We're trying to answer the question, 'What can computers do?', which encompasses theory, application, and hardware.

Due to its broad applicability, Computer Science impacts and interacts with a wide variety of disciplines. Many recent advances in both the natural and social sciences would not have been possible without the exponential growth in computing power and the corresponding design of advanced algorithms brought about by the work of computer scientists.

The Colby Computer Science Department is committed to integrating computer science and the liberal arts. Our goal is to provide Colby students with a strong background in CS, while also teaching them how to integrate their knowledge with other disciplines in order to produce new and innovative discoveries. Whether you want to be a major, minor, or just take a few courses, whatever your interests, knowing more about computers and computation will give you the ability to expand your possibilities.

If you are interested in computer science, drop by and talk with the CS faculty or students on first floor of the Davis Science Building.

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CS Department in the News

Cognatus to our student Tamsin Rogers ’23 on winning best talk award at CUSRR 2021 for her research work on reducing the time and cost of software debugging.

Regan Bragg and the Jr High Coding Club featured in the Morning Sentinel and the Colby Magazine.

Check out the Promotional Video for the JR High Coding Club