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Computer Science Department
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The mission of the Computer Science Department is to:
- Prepare students for participation in all phases of software development;
- Provide a foundation of fundamental concepts which will accommodate emerging technologies;
- Promote the university's overall mission of integrating faith, learning and living.
We offer degrees in Computer Science and Software Development, which prepare students for placement in the following positions:
- Software Engineer
- Computer Systems Analyst
- Database Programmer/Administrator
- Network Engineer
- Web Developer
- Graduate studies in Computer Science
You may browse the courses we offer, learn about our faculty, and see the awards and honors our students have earned. Additional information can be obtained from Dr. Tim Baird. Admission information is available from Harding University Admissions.
Upcoming Events
Spring 2019 Computing Seminar Schedule
Seminars are held in Science room 113. All Friday seminars are at 7:00 am; seminars on Thursdays are at 4:00 pm unless posted otherwise. All are welcome!
| Fri, Feb 15 | Jacob George Isaac Dryden | The LUA Scripting Language and its use in Video Games Text Generation with a Recurrent Neural Network |
| Fri, Feb 22 | Jhoel Zuniga | Cross-platform Game Engines - Cocos2d-x |
| Thu, Feb 28 | Barrett Adair Guest Speaker | Open Source, Wall Street, and the Dark Side of C++ |
| Fri, Mar 1 | Moriah Moore Kenton Horton | Facial Recognition Algorithms Progressive Web Apps |
| Thu, Mar 7 | Daniel Trimble J.B. Hunt | Docker and Kubernetes |
| Fri, Mar 8 | Guancheng Lai Seth Klein | Using TensorFlow to Build Deep Neural Networks The Ethics of Algorithms and their Unintended Consequences |
| Thu, Mar 21 | David Easter FedEx Corp | Real-time Simulation in Flight Training |
| Fri, Mar 22 | Caleb Spann Andres Leday | Building Faster Web Apps with WebAssembly Game AI for NPCs in Video Games |
| Fri, Mar 29 | Taylor Williams Mario Racancoj | Onshape FeatureScript - Powerful Scripting for CAD Augmented Reality in Web Development |
| Fri, Apr 5 | Caleb Herring Daniel Norwood | Interfacing with RFID Procedural Music Generation: History and Application |
| Fri, Apr 12 | Jackson Altman Jerred Shepherd | Kohonen's Self-Organizing Map 3D Graphics Programming with OpenGL |
| Thu, Apr 18 | Dr. Daniel Shank MST University | Artificial Intelligence in the Social World: The Personal Moral Consequences of Interacting with Biased Algorithms |
| Fri, Apr 19 | Nicholas Terrill Jeremy Koel | Component-Based Web Development with PrimeNG Applications of Fuzzy Logic in Software Systems |
