Dr. Brian Dean - C. Tycho Howle Director
Prior to stepping into the role of school director, Dean served as chair of the school's computer science division. His research interests are broad, encompassing most of algorithmic computer science and its applications. Recent work has focused on the biomedical domain, utilizing artificial intelligence to enhance understanding of neurological disorders, including epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease.
Dean is a faculty scholar in the Clemson University School of Health Research as part of a joint program with Prisma Health and has served as the coordinator for graduate programs in biomedical data science and informatics as part of a joint program with the Medical University of South Carolina. He is also passionate about computer science education at the high school level, serving as director of the USA Computing Olympiad, a program that trains thousands of top students in the United States and globally in advanced computational problem-solving.
Dean received his Ph.D. in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005 and joined the Clemson faculty later that year.
Meet Our Faculty & Staff
The School of Computing has over 80 faculty members and staff, with continued growth expected over the next few years. We have a student population of more than 1000 undergraduate students and 400 graduate students. Our programs and research extend across the state of South Carolina.
