Department news
First gen student chosen for Google mentorship program
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B.S. student Gaoxiang Luo is currently participating in the 2021B cohort of the highly-competitive Google CS Research Mentorship Program (CSRMP).
Two professors are leveling the field in computing research
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Through Google's exploreCSR program, CS&E professors Maria Gini and Shana Watters are exposing students historically marginalized in computing to research.
CSpotlight: Taking chances in Minnesota
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B.A. student (and Wisconsin native) Peter Genatempo had no plans to attend the University of Minnesota, but a chance visit to the campus changed all that.
Jungseok Hong wins scholarship during KOCSEA 2021
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The Ph.D. candidate from the Interactive Robotics and Vision Lab received the 2nd place award for leading work on semantic obstacle avoidance for robots.
The legacy of Professor Emeritus Arthur Norberg
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Norberg, the first director of the Charles Babbage Institute, set an impactful course of research and archival infrastructure to capture computing history.
CSpotlight: Expanding horizons through computing
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B.S. student Anjali Oleksy will have taken full advantage of the opportunities available at the University of Minnesota when she graduates this December.
#CelebrateFirstGen: Eric Zhong Fritsche
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B.S. student Eric Zhong Fritsche is one of the 1 in 4 students at the University of Minnesota to be the first in their family to attend college.
CSpotlight: On target for a career in tech
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CSCI undergrad Bonna Dabala has spent two years interning at Target, and hopes to inspire others in the Oromo community to learn about tech and computer science.
GroupLens students succeed in UIST 2021 SIC Challenge
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Congrats to CS&E Ph.D. students Irene Ye Yuan and Georgie Qiao Jin for receiving the “Best Toio Award” for their remote communication concept called MoMoBot.
Paper on rethinking mental health interventions recognized at CSCW
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The paper by co-lead authors C. Estelle Smith (Ph.D. 2020) and William Lane (M.S. 2020) earned an Honorable Mention award at CSCW 2021.