Department news
CS&E undergrads present at ACM’s CHI Student Design Competition
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The teams presented work in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
Fulton awarded prestigious NSF Fellowship
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Fulton was awarded the fellowship for his research into using autonomous underwater robots to find trash in large bodies of water. The goal of his research is to map out trash deposits so that robot or human efforts can be used to clean them up.
Gini receives President’s Award
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Gini was selected for her tireless effort to increase the number of women and underrepresented minorities in the computing discipline.
CS&E Ph.D. students named Doctoral Dissertation Fellows
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The Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship is a highly competitive fellowship that gives the University’s most accomplished Ph.D. candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to an outstanding research project.
CoreBiome takes home OVPR’s Innovation Award
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The team was selected for their groundbreaking research into the human microbiome and their entrepreneurial drive to bring this science to industry.
Liu named 2019 IBM Ph.D. Fellow
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Advised by Professor Tian He, Liu is working at the intersection of multi-modal robotic systems and internet-of-things. Currently, he is looking for ways to reduce the cost of Kinect-like systems by eliminating expensive infrared cameras.
Alumni spotlight: Tom Niccum
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From dropping out of school as a sophomore to graduating Magna Cum Laude ten years later to launching an extremely successful career as a serial entrepreneur with an aim to help the healthcare industry make better decisions with data.
Tinkering in different buoyancies
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Minnebot, the amphibious robot that ultimately could help improve our knowledge of water quality in the state—and beyond.
Professor Gini wins award for championing underrepresented members in computer science
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As a researcher and professor at the University of Minnesota, Professor Gini has helped increase the number of women and underrepresented minorities in the Department.
Shekhar re-elected to CRA Board
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The CRA Board of Directors is a distinguished group of leaders in computing research from academia and industry.