Department news

Maria Gini with two robots
MnRI, Research

Building a brighter future with robotics

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From exploring shipwrecks to air-dropping supplies in a pandemic, CS&E faculty and students are designing robots for the 21st century.

An illustration of the method for inferring thoughts within patterns of brain activity, based on observing behavior. In an experiment, an animal tried to determine if fruit was ripe (red) or not (green). All fruit were unripe (box, lower left), but the animal behaved as if it thought some were ripe (blue thought bubble).
Research

AI helps scientists understand brain activity behind thoughts

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CS&E associate professor Paul Schrater is part of the team who, for the first time, developed a method to measure thoughts.

Dan Knights standing next to a screen
Faculty awards and honors

Knights named 2020 Highly Cited Researcher

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Associate Professor Knights is one of the most influential researchers in his fields, according to analysis of citation counts by Clarivate Analytics.

Bird electric scooters lined up on a sidewalk
Research

Team receives $1.2 million NSF grant to develop smart e-scooters

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CS&E assistant professor Ju Sun is part of the team aiming to add tracking systems on electric scooters to improve safety of riders on the road.

Lucas Kramer headshot
Faculty awards and honors, Research, Student awards and honors

MELT group wins Distinguish Paper award at SLE2020

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This research was done by Ph.D. student Lucas Kramer and assosciate professor Eric Van Wyk from the Minnesota Extensible Language Tools (MELT group).

Illustration for a female sitting at a computer with the words "Code the Gap" on the screen
Broadening participation

Code the Gap strives to diversify STEM fields

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A new student group at the University, founded by computer science students, is focused on closing the gaps in representation in STEM fields.

PhD students Bhavtosh Rath and Sabirat Rubya
Graduate news, Research

Ph.D candidates partake in CSE's Three Minute Thesis competition

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Bhavtosh Rath and Sabirat Rubya shared quick snapshots of their thesis research during the College-wide competition on October 29.

Ruyuan Wan
Data science, Graduate news, Research, Student awards and honors

M.S. student receives Outstanding Poster recognition at CSCW 2020

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The poster presented research by Ruyuan Wan, a data science student, into the impact of likes and comments on CaringBridge user retention.

Courtney Hutton headshot
Graduate news, Student awards and honors

Ph.D. student Courtney Hutton Pospick selected as ARCS Scholar

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She is a 5th year Ph.D. candidate in the Illusioneering Lab. Her research focuses on user interaction in augmented and virtual reality.

Governess Simpson Headshot
Undergraduate news

Governess Simpson’s code for success

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Hear more from the computer science minor and 3M Diversity Scholarship, who is working toward a career in software engineering.