Department news

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Internship Lineup: Jaanon Anbar

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Jaanon Anbar is a computer science B.A. student with a minor in psychology. She is working on the enterprise imaging team this summer at M Health Fairview.

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Alumni news

Alumni Corner: Amr Magdy

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Department of Computer Science & Engineering alumni Amr Magdy has received the NSF CAREER award to support his research on exploring scalable spatial data science. The project is titled "CAREER: Scalable Spatial Data Science on User-generated Data".

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Meet the Faculty

Meet the Faculty - Chris Dovolis

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Chris Dovolis is a teaching professor and University of Minnesota veteran with over 30 years of experience. He specializes in teaching introductory level courses for the Department of Computer Science & Engineering.

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Student awards and honors

Three CS&E students receive College of Science & Engineering and 3M Fellowships

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Mohamed Hemdan, Xinran Wang, and Sara Ghanbari were selected for fellowships starting in the 2023-24 academic year. 

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Student awards and honors

Congratulations to the 2023-24 CS&E Scholarship Recipients

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The Department of Computer Science & Engineering has selected 38 undergraduate students to receive scholarships for the 2023-24 academic year.

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Alumni news

CS&E Alumni Ron Vetter Named Founding Dean of College of Science and Engineering at UNCW

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Vetter completed his Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Minnesota in 1992 with a focus on computer networks. He was advised by professor David Hung-Chang Du. 

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Internship Lineup: Jashwin Acharya

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Data science master’s student Jashwin Acharya is a software engineering intern at Electronic Arts this summer. He is working on EA’s popular video game, “Madden”.

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Media coverage

CS&E in the News - Chancellor Shares Thoughts on the Reddit Blackout

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Assistant professor Stevie Chancellor was featured in a number of news features after sharing her thoughts on the Reddit blackout and application programming interface (API) changes that prompted the movement.

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Student awards and honors

Matthew Zent Wins Graduate Category at ACM SIGCHI Student Research Competition

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Zent is a member of the GroupLens Lab at the University of Minnesota and works closely with his advisor and associate professor Lana Yarosh. 

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Internship Lineup: Sophia Sun

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Second-year Ph.D. student Sophia Sun is an audio research scientist with Dolby Lab this summer. She is working on natural language modeling to enable users to use plain human language to control their music performances.