{"id":9271,"date":"2026-08-26T12:17:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T18:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/coen-cs\/?p=9271"},"modified":"2026-08-26T12:17:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T18:17:44","slug":"computer-science-welcomes-new-faculty-fall-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/coen-cs\/2026\/08\/26\/computer-science-welcomes-new-faculty-fall-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Science Welcomes New Faculty &#8211; Fall 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/experts.boisestate.edu\/en\/persons\/zach-hansen\/\">Zach Hansen<\/a>\u00a0joins the Department of Computer Science as an assistant professor. A Bozeman, Montana native, he earned his B.S. in Computer Science from Texas Tech University and his Ph.D. in Computing and Information Science from the University of Nebraska Omaha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hansen\u2019s interest in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, a branch of symbolic AI focusing on building transparent and reliable AI systems, took root during his undergraduate years at Texas Tech. As a firm advocate for trustworthy AI, his graduate work centered on formally verifying the correctness of logic programs using automated theorem provers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Boise State, he leads the Knowledge Representation and Automated Reasoning (KRAR) Lab, focusing on answer set and logic programming, mathematical logic, software verification, automated reasoning, and neurosymbolic AI. 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