The department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee promotes innovation-centric education and performs cutting-edge research. The department continuously endeavors to create and sustain an academic environment conducive to the highest level of research and teaching. The goal is to develop human resources with sound knowledge of theoretical, systems, and application aspects of Computer Science & Engineering. The department also facilitates the development of academia-industry collaborations and societal outreach activities.

The Department has strong research groups in the broad areas of:

1. Computer Networks and Cyber Security
2. Computer Architecture
3. Algorithms
4. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
5. Data Analytics and Natural Language Processing
6. Cloud Computing and Internet of Things (IoT)
7. Vision and Image Processing
8. Theory and Software Engineering

The Department has successfully completed a large number of sponsored research projects funded by DRDO, DST, UGC, ISRO, DOE, AICTE, MCIT etc. Besides, the Department provides R &D and consultancy services to various industries.