計算機科學的前沿是為了促進國內外科學家之間的有效溝通和交流。它將反映出計算機科學目前正在取得的重大進展。這一領域的多學科特點將通過向讀者提供廣泛的文章來體現。它們包括原始的評論文章、個別研究人員和研究小組撰寫的研究論文，這些論文吸引了國際學術界和其他專業人士。該雜志將不斷更新相關研究人員在一系列報告實驗、技術和想法的課題中的進展，以促進對計算機科學各個領域的理解。本雜志特別關注以下子領域（但不限于）：該雜志發表了廣泛的研究論文和評論文章，包括軟件工程、計算機體系結構、編程理論和語言、自然語言處理、算法和復雜性、人工智能、網絡計算。網絡與服務、計算機圖形與虛擬現實、安全與密碼學，以及反映國際研究與發展趨勢的論文，以及報告中國計算機科學家取得進展的專題論文。

Frontiers of Computer Science is intended to facilitate effective communication and exchanges between scientists in China and abroad. It will reflect the significant advances that are currently being made in computer science. The multidisciplinary character of this field will be typified by providing the readers with a broad range of articles. They include original review articles, research papers written by individual researchers and research groups which appeal to the international community of academics and other professionals. The journal is to keep related researchers updated on the developments in a wide range of topics reporting experiments, techniques and ideas that advance the understanding of various areas of computer science. This journal especially concerns the following sub-fields (but not limited to): The journal publishes research papers and review articles in a wide range of topics, including software engineering, computer architecture, programming theory and languages, natural language processing, algorithm and complexity, artificial intelligence, network computing and service, computer graphics and virtual reality, security and cryptography, as well as papers reflecting international trends of research and development, and papers on special topics reporting progress made by Chinese computer scientists.