Department news

A doctor reviews the COVID-19 detection results of her patient's chest X-ray
COVID projects, Research

Researchers develop algorithm to analyze chest X-rays for COVID-19

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Ju Sun is on a team that developed and validated an artificial intelligence algorithm that can evaluate chest X-rays to diagnose possible cases of COVID-19.

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Alumni news, Student awards and honors, Undergraduate news

New scholarship focuses support on under-represented students

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Jonathan Olaleye was chosen as the first recipient of the new Sezzle Scholarship. He's hoping to major in computer science or computer engineering.

Visualization of art and science
Media coverage, Research

Keefe's visualization work featured in American Scientist

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CS&E associate professor Dan Keefe is working to create visualization tools to better describe the world by blending the languages of science and art.

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Department news, Graduate news

Big news! CS graduate programs no longer require the GRE

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We are excited to announce that our Computer Science M.S. and Ph.D. programs no longer require the GRE exam as part of our application process.

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Research

Kumar collaborates to study carbon credits for farmers

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Professor Vipin Kumar will be bringing data mining expertise to the project team, which received a $4.5 million award to develop commercial carbon credit tools.

People spread out wearing masks on the bus
COVID projects, Research

Traffic, transit data paint a picture of COVID-19 impacts

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CS&E's Shashi Shekhar is using privacy-protected spatial data collected from cell phones to understand how Minnesotans responded to the pandemic.

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Faculty awards and honors, Undergraduate news

University shines in latest national rankings

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The U of M's outstanding engineering and computer science programs have been recognized in rankings just released from College Choice and Guide2Research.

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Research

Two CS&E papers accepted to ICPP 2020

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Two papers from the University of Minnesota’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering were accepted for publication at the 49th International Conference on Parallel Processing.

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Research

We interrupt this message

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CS&E professor Joseph Konstan, an expert in human-computer interaction, studied the impact of interruptions on the performance and emotions of office workers.

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Alumni news, Research, Student awards and honors

Kalantzis awarded the 2020 SIAM Student Paper Prize

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Ph.D graduate Vasileios Kalantzis (2018) is one of three students recognized for outstanding scholarship in applied mathematics and computing.