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Computer Science - Area Deans and Directors

Area Chair for Computer Science: Stuart M. Shieber
Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies (spring 2025): Stephen Chong
Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies: Edward W. Kohler, Jr
Director of Graduate Studies: Madhu Sudan

Faculty of Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Offering Instruction in Computer Science

David Alvarez Melis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Nada Amin, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Anurag Anshu, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Kathleen Ascrizzi, Preceptor in Computer Science
Boaz Barak, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
Kiante Brantley, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Karen Brennan, Professor of Practice HGSE; Affiliate of Computer Science
David M. Brooks, Haley Family Professor of Computer Science
Sitan Chen, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Yiling Chen, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
Stephen N. Chong, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science; Harvard College Professor
Finale Doshi-Velez, Herchel Smith Professor of Computer Science
Cynthia Dwork, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
Krzysztof Z. Gajos, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
Katy Gero, Lecturer on Computer Science
Stephanie Gil, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Elena Glassman, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Sharad Goel, Professor of Public Policy; Affiliate of Computer Science
Yannai Aharon Gonczarowski, Assistant Professor of Economics and of Computer Science
Steven J. Gortler, Robert I. Goldman Professor of Computer Science
Adam C. Hesterberg, Lecturer on Computer Science
Stratos Idreos, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
Lucas B. Janson, Associate Professor of Statistics; Affiliate of Computer Science
Sham Kakade, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Statistics
Johannes Knittel, Lecturer on Computer Science
Edward W. Kohler, Microsoft Professor of Computer Science
H T. Kung, William H. Gates Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and Vinton Hayes Senior Research Fellow in Electrical Engineering
Katyaini Himabindu Lakkaraju Venkata Naga, Affiliate of Computer Science
Henry H. Leitner, Senior Lecturer on Computer Science
David J. Malan, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science
James Mickens, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science; Harvard College Professor
Michael D. Mitzenmacher, Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Computer Science
Susan A. Murphy, Mallinckrodt Professor of Statistics and of Computer Science
Seth V. Neel, Assistant Professor; Affiliate of Computer Science
David C. Parkes, John A. Paulson Dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; George F. Colony Professor of Computer Science
Hanspeter Pfister, An Wang Professor of Computer Science
Ariel Procaccia, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
Pavlos Protopapas, Lecturer on Computational Science
Stuart M. Shieber, James O. Welch, Jr. and Virginia B. Welch Professor of Computer Science
Michael D. Smith, John H. Finley, Jr. Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Madhu Sudan, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
Milind Tambe, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
Salil P. Vadhan, Vicky Joseph Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Leslie G. Valiant, T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Fernanda Viegas, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
James H. Waldo, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science
Martin Wattenberg, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
Melanie Weber, Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and of Computer Science
Gu-Yeon Wei, Robert and Suzanne Case Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Minlan Yu, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
Todd Zickler, William and Ami Kuan Danoff Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Jonathan L. Zittrain, Professor of Computer Science

Additional Information

The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (www.seas.harvard.edu) offers undergraduate and graduate courses in Applied Computation, Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering Sciences, and Environmental Science and Engineering. Engineering and Applied Sciences faculty also offer several courses in the section entitled First Year Seminars, Extra-Departmental Courses, and House Seminars. 
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