Missouri State University Computer Science Department

09/08/2026

🎉 Big news for Missouri State University!

The Department of Computer Science has received a $489,183 National Science Foundation award to launch the “REU Site: Applied Research in Deep Learning” program. Over the next three years, 30 undergraduate students from across the nation will gain hands-on research experience in deep learning, cybersecurity, robotics, autonomous systems, and social media analysis. This is the department’s first NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site grant and a major milestone for student research opportunities at Missouri State.

Read more: https://news.missouristate.edu/2026/09/01/nsf-award-deep-learning/

Undergraduates will tackle real-world technology challenges through new research opportunities.

04/22/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Our Outstanding Faculty! 🎉
We are proud to celebrate and congratulate our College of Natural and Applied Sciences faculty members who were recently recognized with awards for their dedication, excellence, and contributions to teaching, research, and service in the 2025-2026 academic year. Your hard work and commitment make a meaningful impact on our students, our campus, and our community.

Our Computer Science faculty were presented with the following awards:
• Dr. Jamil Saquer - The Atwood Faculty Research and Teaching Award, given to faculty who have exemplary academic performance, significant publications, and potential to positively influence student lives.
• Dr. Razib Iqbal – CNAS Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research Faculty Award, recognizing faculty involved in collaborative research efforts where results reflect integration of ideas/knowledge from 2 or more disciplines, and/or have shown leadership in promoting interdisciplinary research.
• Dr. Tayo Obafemi-Ajayi – CNAS excellence in Research Faculty Award, given to faculty who published multiple international, national, and/or regional peer-reviewed articles; submitted and/or received multiple external and internal grant proposals; and presented at a number of local, state, regional, national, or international conferences.

Please join us in applauding their achievements—we are grateful to have such exceptional faculty among us! 👏✨

04/20/2026

Congratulations to CSC graduate student Md Abdur Rahman Fahad, who received an Outstanding Poster Presentation award at the 33rd Annual Einhellig Interdisciplinary Forum (EIDF) for his research, "Adaptive Smart-Home Actuation with Resource-Efficient Transformers"!

https://graduate.missouristate.edu/CurrentStudents/EIDF.htm

04/20/2026

Congratulations to CSC undergraduate student Christopher Housholder, who won first place in the Computer Science category at the CNAS Undergraduate Research Symposium for his work, "Scalable Polynomial Interpolation via Mapreduce and a new Recurrence-Based Quotient-Ring Interpolant"!

https://science.missouristate.edu/Undergraduate-Research-Day.htm