Theoretical Computer Science at Northeastern

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Current Course Offerings

Fall 2026
CS 7180: Special Topics — Foundations of Trustworthy AI
Instructor: Ullman
CS 7800: Advanced Algorithms
Instructor: Hu
CS 7810: Foundations of Cryptography
Instructor: Wichs
CS 7840: Foundations and Applications of Information Theory
Instructor: Gatterbauer

Previous PhD Courses

Regularly Offered Core Courses
CS 7140: Advanced Machine Learning
Last taught: Spring 2026, Zhang
CS 7800: Advanced Algorithms
Last taught: Fall 2025, Ullman
CS 7805: Complexity Theory
Last taught: Fall 2025, Viola
CS 7810: Foundations of Cryptography
Last taught: Spring 2025, Wichs
CS 7840: Foundations and Applications of Information Theory
Last taught: Fall 2025, Gatterbauer
Special Topics and Seminars
Seminar: Algorithms for Big Data
Spring 2026, Behnezhad
Seminar: Complexity Theory
Spring 2025, Viola
Seminar: Foundations of Trustworthy ML
Spring 2025, Ullman
Cryptographic Proof Systems
Fall 2024, Jin
Seminar: Computing on Encrypted Data
Spring 2024, Wichs
Principles of Scalable Data Management
Spring 2024, Gatterbauer
Privacy for Machine Learning and Statistics
Spring 2021, Ullman
Special Topics: Cryptography
Fall 2020, Wichs
Theoretical Aspects of Machine Learning
Spring 2020, Sundaram
Algorithms for Big Data
Spring 2019, Nguyen
Special Topics: Complexity Theory
Fall 2017, Viola
Rigorous Approaches to Data Privacy
Spring 2017, Wichs
Network Algorithms and Analysis
Spring 2016, Rajaraman
Advanced Cryptography
Fall 2015, Wichs
Randomness in Cryptography
Spring 2013, Dodis
Algorithmic Power Tools
Fall 2009, Sundaram
Gems of Theoretical Computer Science
Spring 2009, Viola