Department of Computer Science

The Department of Computer Science (CS) is one of the seven divisions of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, of the National Technical University of Athens.

The Department of Computer Science coordinates education and research in the following fields that are fundamental in Computer Science: theoretical computer science, hardware and computer systems, software engineering and programming languages, information systems, databases and big data, human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence and machine learning, comprising Flow L (Computer Software and Theory) and Flow Y (Computer Systems) in the School's undergraduate curriculum. More than half of the students of the School select Computer Science as their major.

The Department of Computer Science was created after the reorganization of the School in 2000 and stems from the old division for informatics, which was founded in 1982. The following professors served as chairpersons of the department since 2000: Georgios Papakonstantinou, Andreas-Georgios Stafylopatis, Yannis Vassiliou, Stefanos Kollias, Stathis Zachos, Kiamal Pekmestzi, Nikolaos Papaspyrou, Dimitrios Soudris, and Aris Pagourtzis.