Department news

Mashaal Musleh and Mohamed Mokbel pose with their winning poster
Research, Student awards and honors

Mashaal Musleh Wins Best Demo Award at 2023 ACM-SIGMOD

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Specifically, the system Musleh created, named KAMEL, adapts artificial intelligence (AI) models to trajectory data in order to make predictions about locations.

Dr. Rose Ogutu works with local farmers in a workshop
AI for a Changing World, Research

AI-CLIMATE: Broadening Participation in Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry

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In addition to broadening participation within farming and forestry communities, Ogutu, Roop and Gini’s work will help develop and educate a diverse AI workforce.

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Research

Ju Sun Part of $1.2M Grant to Study Role of AI in Breast Cancer Treatment

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The funding will be used to help develop an innovative computational framework for artificial intelligence (AI)-driven healthcare research with imbalanced data.

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CSpotlight: Hackathon Expert

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B.S. student Samyok Nepal shares his experience on how hackathons have helped him improve as a website developer.

Zhi-Li Zhang poses in Keller Hall
AI for a Changing World, Research

Zhi-Li Zhang Earns $4.25 Million NSF Grant for Autonomous Vehicle Research

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The project aims to facilitate safe and incremental adoption of tele-operated AVs to address societal challenges in transportation, while accelerating AV technology towards full autonomy.

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CSpotlight: Exploring Computer Science

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B.S. student Rocío Cotta Antúnez shares her experiences in computer science, from internships to research to student groups and TA work.

Chad Babcock, Vipin Kumar, Shashi Shekhar, David Mulla, and Zhenong Jin
AI for a Changing World, Research

AI-CLIMATE Institute: Curbing Climate Change with Artificial Intelligence

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CS&E Professor Shashi Shekhar is leading a $20 million National AI-CLIMATE Institute aimed at tackling climate change through the agriculture and forestry industries. Check out the full story in Soundbyte Magazine!

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CSpotlight: Finding a Place in Computer Science

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B.S. student Alexandra Delacruz shares her experience with helping her local community with her coding skills and dealing with being overwhelmed in the computer science field.

Harmanpreet Kaur poses in Keller Hall
Meet the Faculty

Meet the Faculty - Harmanpreet Kaur

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Harmanpreet Kaur joined the Department of Computer Science & Engineering in fall 2023 as an assistant professor. She is a University of Minnesota alumni (B.S., 2016) and earned her M.S. (2019) and Ph.D. (2023) from the University of Michigan.

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CSpotlight: Computer Science and Finance

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Undergraduate student Raji Mekonen shares his passion for computer science, mathematics, and finance.