Department news
Computer science senior is closing the STEM gap
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Maximilian N. Lando Scholarship recipient Swati Rampali co-founded the student group Code the Gap, which is introducing underrepresented kids to science and technology fields.
University launches Center for Medical Device Cybersecurity
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The new center will foster university-industry-government collaborations to ensure that medical devices are safe from cybersecurity threats.
CSpotlight: Striving for positive change
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B.S. student Peter Ortiz has the goal of creating an accessible and inclusive world, whether as a student leader on campus or through a future career in virtual reality.
Research studio to put art first—with the help of science and technology
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The ArTeS Collaborative Research Studio will bring art, technology, and science together when it opens in spring 2022.
CS&E alumni among 2021 Minnesota Cup finalists
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Joe Strommen (B.S. 2005, M.S. 2009) won the Energy/Clean Tech/Water division and will compete on September 20 for thee $50,000 grand prize.
CSpotlight: A logical path into computer science
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Once B.S student Lynh Tran realized that her interest in spreadsheet formulas was very similar to coding logic, she took her first CSCI class and never looked back.
University of Minnesota is part of $25M AI-based climate modeling center
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CS&E's Vipin Kumar will be part of the new NSF-funded Learning the Earth with Artificial Intelligence and Physics center.
CSpotlight: Mapping a future in computing
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B.A. student Carson DeSotel's interests in computer science & geography mesh well, with geography providing a problem, and computer science offering the toolset.
Incoming Ph.D student wins Out to Innovate's Avangrid Scholarship
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Zahara Spilka aspires to a career in animation and hopes to create accurate depictions of different races, body types, religions, genders, and sexualities.
Meet the 2021-22 CS-IDEA Committee
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Our mission is to to attract and retain diverse students, staff, and faculty in computer science and engineering and help all students, staff, and faculty thrive within the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Minnesota.