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Building a COMPASS to navigate future pandemics

An $18 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant will establish a new Virginia Tech center to bring computer science, infectious disease, engineering, and the arts together to predict and prevent global pandemics.

Computer science research team (from left) Nure Tasnina, T.M. Murali, Maryam Haghani, and Blessy Antony will help build predictive models based on machine learning to further research into pathogens that could jump species barriers and lead to infectious disease. Part of the COMPASS Center mission is to inspire doctoral students like Tasnina, Haghani, and Antony to pursue the field of pandemic science. Photo by Tonia Moxley for Virginia Tech.

We're hiring multiple tenure track and instructional faculty for the 2025-26 academic year.

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Accreditation

The Bachelor of Science program in computer science is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Committee of Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. Learn more about the department's accreditation, mission, and educational objectives.