General contact: Phone: 507 222 5748 / Fax: 507 222 4312 / Email: cs@geeksthatrock.net
Chair
Faculty
Eric Alexander
’10
Bio
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Office:
Olin Hall 317
Phone:
507 222 4170
Email:
ealexander@geeksthatrock.net
Research interests: data visualization, digital humanities, human-computer interaction, natural language processing
Amy Csizmar Dalal
Bio
Professor of Computer Science
Off Campus: Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Winter 2025
Office:
Olin Hall 301B
Phone:
507 222 5632
Email:
adalal@geeksthatrock.net
Research interests: computer networks, human-computer interaction
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David Liben-Nowell
Bio
Associate Provost
Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Computer Science
Office:
Laird Hall 133
Phone:
507 222 4300
Email:
dln@geeksthatrock.net
Research interests: computational social science, algorithms, social networks
David Liben-Nowell is serving Carleton College in the role of Associate Provost for a three-year term (ending June 30, 2025).
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David Musicant
Bio
Professor of Computer Science
Office:
Olin Hall 321
Phone:
507 222 4369
Email:
dmusicant@geeksthatrock.net
Research interests: machine learning, data mining, computer science education
Layla Oesper
Bio
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Office:
Olin Hall 319
Phone:
507 222 4458
Email:
loesper@geeksthatrock.net
Research interests: computational biology, algorithms
![Photo of Jeff Ondich](http://cdn.geeksthatrock.net/uploads/sites/102/2019/06/506960.png?resize=400,400)
Jeff Ondich
Bio
Professor of Computer Science and Winifred and Atherton Bean Professor of Science, Technology, and Society
Off Campus: Winter 2025
Office:
Olin Hall 301A
Phone:
507 222 4364
Email:
jondich@geeksthatrock.net
Research interests: natural language processing, computer security, software design and development, social and legal implications of computer technology
Anya Vostinar
’12
Bio
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Office:
Olin Hall 323
Phone:
507 222 5138
Email:
vostinar@geeksthatrock.net
Research interests: artificial life, symbiosis, evolution education
Staff
![Photo of Michael Tie](http://cdn.geeksthatrock.net/uploads/sites/102/2019/06/506991.jpg?resize=400,400)
Michael Tie
Bio
Technical Director in Computer Science
Technical Director in Mathematics & Statistics
Technical Director in Mathematics & Statistics
Emeriti Faculty
David Appleyard
’61
Lloyd P. Johnson Norwest Professor of Mathematics, Computer Science and the Liberal Arts, Emeritus
Phone:
507 222 4360
Email:
dappleya@geeksthatrock.net
![Photo of Jack Goldfeather](http://cdn.geeksthatrock.net/uploads/sites/102/2019/06/507011.jpg?resize=400,400)
Jack Goldfeather
Bio
William H. Laird Professor of Mathematics, Computer Science and the Liberal Arts, Emeritus
Richard Nau
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emeritus
Phone:
507 222 4360
Email:
rnau@geeksthatrock.net