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Computer Science - Area Deans and Directors

Area Chair for Computer Science: Stuart M. Shieber
Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies: Stephen Chong
Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies: Edward W. Kohler, Jr
Director of Graduate Studies: Salil P. Vadhan

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, Catalyst Professor of Computer Science (on leave fall term)
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 (on leave fall term)
Yilun Du, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Cynthia Dwork, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
Krzysztof Z. Gajos, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
Stephanie Gil, Associate Professor of Computer Science
Elena Glassman, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Yannai Aharon Gonczarowski, Assistant Professor of Economics and of Computer Science (on leave 2025-2026)
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 (on leave fall term)
Sham Kakade, Rampell Family Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Statistics (on leave fall term)
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 (on leave 2025-2026)
Susan A. Murphy, Mallinckrodt Professor of Statistics and of Computer Science (on leave 2025-2026)
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, Alfred and Rebecca Lin 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 (on leave 2025-2026)
Madhu Sudan, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science (on leave fall term)
Milind Tambe, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science (on leave fall term)
Christopher A. Thorpe, Lecturer on 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 (on leave 2025-2026)
James H. Waldo, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science
Martin Wattenberg, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science (on leave 2025-2026)
Melanie Weber, Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and of Computer Science (on leave spring term)
Gu-Yeon Wei, Robert and Suzanne Case Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (on leave 2025-2026)
Juncheng Yang, Assistant Professor of Computer Science (on leave fall term)
Minlan Yu, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science (on leave 2025-2026)
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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