Department news
CS&E alumnus selected as AAAS Fellow
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Hui Xiong (Ph.D. 2005) received this honor from his AAAS peers for his “distinguished contributions to the fields of data mining and mobile computing.”
CS&E wins prestigious 10-Year Highest-Impact award at ICDM
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“SLIM: Sparse Linear Methods for Top-N Recommender Systems” was published by alumna Xia Ning (Ph.D. 2012) and her advisor, Professor George Karypis in 2011.
New scholarship focuses support on under-represented students
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Jonathan Olaleye was chosen as the first recipient of the new Sezzle Scholarship. He's hoping to major in computer science or computer engineering.
Kalantzis awarded the 2020 SIAM Student Paper Prize
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Ph.D graduate Vasileios Kalantzis (2018) is one of three students recognized for outstanding scholarship in applied mathematics and computing.
Alum Sathyanarayana wins AES Young Investigator Award
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Her abstract, Measuring drug effects on brain dynamics through electroencephalography, was selected from over 1,300 submissions.
Herlocker and Pardalos selected for CS&E’s Distinguished Alumni Award
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The award recognizes CS&E alumni who have spent their professional and research careers contributing pivotal work to the greater computer science community.
Alumni Spotlight: Mike Calvo
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He currently leads teams in Target Digital developing e-commerce guest experiences for target.com, creating mobile apps and high scale APIs to enhance web experiences and optimize browsing, but before this, his work has brought him experience with some of the largest technological leaders in the world like 3M and Microsoft, working on such notable products as Internet Explorer, Visual Studio, and Expression Blend.
Alumni spotlight: Tom Niccum
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From dropping out of school as a sophomore to graduating Magna Cum Laude ten years later to launching an extremely successful career as a serial entrepreneur with an aim to help the healthcare industry make better decisions with data.
Alumnus Receives Prestigious PECASE Award
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Dr. James M. Kang (Ph.D., 2010) was recently one of the 102 scientists former President Barack Obama named as recipient of the 2016 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).