Dec 05, 2025  
University Catalog 2025-2026 
    
University Catalog 2025-2026

Department of Computer Science


Department Office

Office: Engineering and Technology A322
Phone: (323) 343-6690   Fax: (323) 343-6672
Email: cs@calstatela.edu
Department Website: Department of Computer Science

Chair

Eun-Young Elaine Kang
Email: eykang@calstatela.edu
Phone: (323) 343-6690

The Faculty

Professors: Huiping Guo, Jiang Guo, Eun-Young Kang (Chair), Behzad Parviz, Mohammad Pourhomayoun, Chengyu Sun, Yuqing Zhu
Associate Professors:  Negin Forouzesh, Zilong Ye
Assistant Professors: Navid Amini, Manveen Kaur, David Krum, Jungsoo Lim
FERP Professors: Vladimir N. Akis, Raj S. Pamula
Emeriti: Russell J. Abbott, Vladimir N. Akis, Donald I. Kiel., Raj S. Pamula


Overview

The Department of Computer Science offers a pre-eminent computer science program that prepares students from diverse backgrounds for productive careers by providing them with a student-centered, practically-focused quality learning experience.

Mission Statement

To graduate well educated computer scientists who are prepared to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing, increasingly complex world. This will be accomplished through:

  • A well-qualified faculty who care about students and their success.
  • A dynamic, up-to-date curriculum that has an optimal balance between theory and practice.
  • Laboratories, computer facilities, and instructional classrooms on par with any computer science program in the nation.
  • Unique co-curricular opportunities for students such as participation in student design competitions, professional student organizations, and pre-professional employment.
  • Opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to participate in research and industry-funded design clinic projects.
  • Mutually beneficial partnerships with area industry that take advantage of our location in one of the most concentrated high-tech centers in the nation.
  • Strong cooperative relationships with local high schools, community colleges, and with other four-year institutions.

Accreditation

The BS degree in Computer Science is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Computer Science and Similarly Named Computing Programs.

Programs

    Bachelor of ScienceMinorBlended Bachelor of Science/Master of ScienceMaster of Science

    Courses

      Computer Science (Graduate)Computer Science (Undergraduate)