Department news

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CSpotlight, Undergraduate news

CSpotlight: A liberal arts triple threat

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B.A. student Caleb Feltis has a proclivity for languages—whether programming or lingual—and is majoring in computer science, linguistics, and French studies.

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Department news, Research, Undergraduate news

Eleven students successfully complete summer REU program

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CS&E (virtually) hosted students who conducted research with faculty mentors in virtual reality, social and embodied computing, and human-robot interaction.

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Department news

CS&E to welcome two CIFellows in January 2022

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Mallesham Dasari and Saba Kawas were selected for the prestigious Computing Innovation Fellowship to pursue postdoc research at the U of M.

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CSpotlight, Undergraduate news

CSpotlight: A master at problem solving

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Benjamin DeNio, a recipient of the CS&E Maximillian Lando Scholarship, grew and maintained a online gaming group to connect with others during the pandemic.

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Student awards and honors, Undergraduate news

Congratulations to the 2021 CS&E scholarship recipients

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The department awards scholarships that recognize merit each spring. 38 students are receiving scholarships for the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Faculty awards and honors

Gini serving as 2021 IJCAI conference chair

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The International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) is a premier international gatherings of AI researchers and practitioners.

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CSpotlight, Undergraduate news

CSpotlight: Making her mark on the world

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B.S. student Yamini Talasila is interning at Microsoft, where her code for a new feature on their cloud platform will soon roll out to millions of users.

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CSpotlight, Undergraduate news

CSpotlight: At home with computer science research

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Recent B.A. graduate (and Minneapolis native) Gabe Mersy discovered that computer science offered the perfect blend of math, statistics, and coding.

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Department news, Faculty awards and honors

Six CS&E faculty members receive tenure and/or promotion

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Congratulations to Dan Keefe, Rui Kuang, Feng Qian, Paul Schrater, Eric Van Wyk, & Catherine Zhao on the next step in their careers at the University of Minnesota.

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CS&E mourns the loss of long-time supporter John W. Champine

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Champine was a pioneer in Minnesota's computing industry and served as chair of the University of Minnesota's Department of Computer Science Advisory Board.