Study core areas of computer science and advance to courses on programming languages, operating systems, security, artificial intelligence, databases, natural language processing and human-computer interaction.
As a computer science major or minor, you'll learn to analyze complex problems and to critically evaluate potential solutions. You'll also become versed in core areas of computer science including systems, theory and algorithms. You'll apply that knowledge in the senior seminar and an optional independent senior project or thesis, as well as in electives that include programming languages, operating systems, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, databases, computer security and human-computer interaction. Upon graduation, you'll be prepared to move on to graduate studies or to embark on a career in technology.
What You’ll Study
- Techniques for identifying, formulating and solving complex problems
- Discrete mathematics and data structures
- Systems, programming languages and algorithms
- Current topics in computer science
Research at Pomona
YARDS: A Python Package
Jaden Kim ’22 spent a summer working in Professor Joseph Osborn's lab on a Python package called YARDS—a tool that allows users to generate synthetic data for training deep learning models. They published a paper which they presented at AIIDE.
Diversity in Open Source
Magali Ngouabou ’22 got a research opportunity at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University focused on looking into what the Black experience has been in this space and exploring if open source is a welcoming and inclusive space for Black students.
Studying Discriminatory Biases with Generative Pre-Trained Transformer 2
For her Natural Language Processing course, Nirali Devgan ’22 explored the implicit biases embedded into GPT-2 with a group of students whose methodical analysis of GPT-2 generated sentences sought to better investigate the semantic context and quality of produced data.
Interning at Lyft
Clarissa De La Garza ’22 interned at Lyft as a front/back-end SWE and worked on a project that revolved around corporate discounts that are given to employees for different companies. She got to work on the front and back end components of the project which led her to find her love for front-end work.
Robot Learning
Jared Mejia ’22 was able to be a research assistant for Professor Anthony Clark and worked on transferring robot learning from high fidelity simulation environments.
The experiences I have had studying CS at Pomona have been transformative and have fed into my curiosity—the joy of learning such exciting concepts never ceases. Thanks to the professors and students in the department, I have discovered my passion for CS and feel eager and well prepared to pursue a Ph.D. in computer science following my undergraduate studies.