About Us

San Jose State is a WASC accredited university. The Computer Science Department consists of students, faculty, lecturers, teaching associates, and staff.

  • The Department Chair is Chris Pollett.
  • The Associate Chair is Katerina Potika.
  • The Graduate Coordinator for Bioinformatics is Wendy Lee.
  • The Graduate Coordinator for Computational Linguistics is Jon Rawski.
  • The Graduate Coordinator for Computer Science is Nada Attar.
  • The Graduate Coordinator for Data Science is Teng Moh.
  • The Undergraduate Coordinator for Computer Science is Rula Khayrallah.
  • The Undergraduate Coordinator for Computer Science and Linguistics is Rula Khayrallah.
  • The Undergraduate Coordinator for Data Science is Rula Khayrallah.
  • The Coordinator for Cybersecurity Certificate is Melody Moh.
  • The Graduate Coordinator for AI Certificate is Maryam Khazaei.
  • The Undergraduate Coordinator for AI Certificate is Amith Kamath Belman.


Our faculty and students are engaged in projects and research in many areas of Computer Science. Read more about Student and Faculty Accomplishments.