Each year, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering invites prominent computer scientists and engineers to visit Texas A&M and present their research. This distinguished lecture series is sponsored by academia and industry.
2025-2026 Distinguished Lecture Series
September 2025
2 - Tuesday - 12:45 p.m.
Teaching Spaces to Think: Language, Vision, and the Future of Smart Environments
Dr. Christine Julien, Department Head and Professor of Computer Science
Virginia Tech University
23 - Tuesday - 12:45 p.m.
The Roles of Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction, and Trust in Collaborating with Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Ross Maciejewski, Professor and Director, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
Arizona State University
Computer Networks to Brain Networks: A Research Journey
Dr. Dipak Ghosal, Professor and Chair, Department of Computer Science
University of California, Davis
November 2025
04 - Tuesday - 12:45 p.m.Knowledge and Interpretability Guides for Scalable Machine Learning in Wireless Network
Dr. Anish Arora, Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Chairperson, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
The Ohio State University
11 - Tuesday - 12:45 p.m.
Trust in an Untrusted World: Private Access over Public Infrastructures
Dr. Divyakant Agrawal, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Computer Science
University of California at Santa Barbara
18 - Tuesday - 12:45 p.m.
Approximation: Trading-off Application Outcome Quality for Resource Usage (There is No Free Lunch!)
Dr. Ulrich Kremer, Professor and Chair, Department of Computer Science
Rutgers University