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Vipin Kumar Elected to UN Panel on AI

The United Nations Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence is the first global scientific body dedicated entirely to artificial intelligence and established by the UN General Assembly.

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Preparing Students for AI-powered Workplace

CS&E has developed two new courses and an AI minor to ensure that students across the entire university have access to AI training.

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Important Safety Resources

Learn more information about campus security and your personal rights.

Mar 16 Mon 11:15am

CRAY Colloquium: Prototyping the Coming XR/AI Singularity

Mar 23 Mon 11:15am

CARLIS Colloquium: Love, Learning, and Computing Education

May 7 Thu 9:00am

2026 CS&E Graduate Student Graduation Event

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PhD graduate Yuxuan Huang leverages VR in nature restoration work

Yuxuan Huang is studying how virtual reality (VR) can help facilitate wellbeing and stress reduction by immersing people in nature.
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Kira Balentine Receives University of Minnesota Excellence in Teaching Award

Kira Balentine, a recent computer science master’s graduate, received the University of Minnesota’s 2026 Excellence in Teaching Award for her outstanding work supporting and improving the department’
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Meet the Faculty - Adriana Picoral

Adriana Picoral joined CS&E in fall 2025 as an assistant teaching professor. She previously served as an assistant teaching professor at Montclair State University and an assistant professor of
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The Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Minnesota has come a long way in the past 50 years. We have made tremendous progress and have become one of the most vibrant and interdisciplinary departments within the College of Science and Engineering, the University of Minnesota, and the computer science field at large.

Watch and listen to stories of how the department started, the years of growth, and where we are headed in the future.