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AI for a Changing World

CS&E researchers are applying AI techniques to combat climate change, improve medical outcomes, and help humans better understand to utilize technology.

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Faculty Recruiting Now Open

Faculty and instructional positions are now posted! Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled.

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Lind Hall Diversity Wall

The third floor of Lind Hall now features the Diversity Wall, which highlights the computer science contributions of marginalized groups throughout history.

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Yixuan Wang Wins Best Student Paper at IEEE Conference

Yixuan Wang wins the best student paper award at the 2023 IEEE conference.
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Chad Myers Harnesses AI to Improve Disease Prediction from Genetic Sequences

The majority of genome-wide association studies focus on one-to-one relationships between genes and diseases. Myers’ work focuses on combinations of variants to better explain the relationship
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Dan Knights Utilizes AI to Predict Emissions on Ships

Shipping accounts for a significant fraction of the total global carbon emissions, and most ships in the ocean are not currently required to report their emissions or fuel efficiency. Knights’ work

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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.