History

A brief history of the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) from its origin to today.

2012 — Dr. Padma Raghavan appointed founding director of the Institute for CyberScience, established through the Office of the Vice President for Research.
2013/2014 — First cohort of ICDS Co-Hires joins Penn State.
2017 — Dr. Jenni Evans appointed director.
2019 — The institute was renamed the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences to be more aligned with the research community.
2025 — Dr. Guido Cervone appointed director