Computer Science

PhD Student Mingzhe Hao Receives UChicago Harper Dissertation Fellowship

June 17, 2019

Mingzhe Hao, a 4th-year PhD student advised by Neubauer Family Assistant Professor Haryadi Gunawi, received a William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship, the highest honor awarded to UChicago graduate students. The fellowship is awarded in the final year of graduate study to help students concentrate on thesis completion. In his thesis work, Hao combines cloud computing, storage systems, and performance to primarily study tail latency, the delays sometimes experienced by users when they are trying to access a web page or request data stored in a cloud system.

CALOREE Balancing: UChicago CS Paper Named IEEE Micro Top Pick

June 06, 2019

A UChicago CS paper that combines machine learning and control theory to both speed up applications and conserve energy was given honorable mention in the 2018 IEEE Micro Top Picks, an annual roundup of the most significant scientific advances in computer architectures. CALOREE, an intelligent resource manager developed by graduated UChicago PhD students Nikita Mishra and Connor Imes with associate professor Hank Hoffmann and John Lafferty of Yale, outperforms state-of-the-art approaches on systems ranging from smartphones to servers.

PhD Student Yuliana Zamora Awarded National Physical Science Consortium Fellowship

June 03, 2019

Second-year PhD student Yuliana Zamora received the the National Physical Science Consortium, which comes with up to six years of funding as well as mentoring and internship opportunities from a government or national laboratory sponsor. The funding supports Zamora's research with advisors Ian Foster and Hank Hoffmann on the interface between power-aware computing, machine learning, and cutting-edge computer architectures.

Quantum Computing + Information Design + NYSCI = Design for Understanding

May 21, 2019

Design for Understanding, a course at Princeton University, partnered with the UChicago-led Enabling Practical-Scale Quantum Computing (EPiQC) collaboration to feature a first-of-its-kind section on quantum computing and information design. A mix of students from the humanities, engineering, social sciences, and computer science created infographics and pitched museum exhibits to the New York Hall of Science, learning how to explain the basic concepts and principles of quantum technology to a general audience.

Google Award to Prof. Andrew Chien Will Explore Regional Optimization for Greener Cloud

May 16, 2019

Google granted a Research Award to a team led by Andrew A Chien, William Eckhardt Distinguished Service Professor of Computer Science at the University of Chicago to study “Optimizing Power Cost and Carbon Footprint for a Distributed Collection of Data Centers." The project dovetails with Chien’s Zero-Carbon Cloud project, which seeks to exploit phenomena in modern power grid markets such as “stranded power” to create carbon-free data centers.

CompileHer Capstone Grants Girls Tech Superpowers

May 13, 2019

On a snowy April day, Chicago middle school girls received a crash course in computer science thanks to the UChicago CS student group compileHer and over 100 student and faculty volunteers. The "superpowHer" event themed its day of educational activities with a comic book flair, sending each group of girls on a mission to save their city from a dangerous computer virus. Attendees learned how to query a database, encrypt and decode secret messages, craft an unbreakable password, and many more handy skills, receiving clues along the way that helped them solve the overall story conflict.

What Art and Games Can Teach Science About AI

May 10, 2019

A panel of University of Chicago experts from computer science, the arts, and humanities grappled with a topic that goes beyond technology into philosophy, ethics, and the very meaning of humanity in a world where machines perform more and more tasks once thought exclusively human. Attendees also had the chance to explore some of these weighty issues in a more interactive manner, by play-testing a new card game from Tommy Maranges, a Chicago game designer who co-created the popular Secret Hitler.

Two UChicago CS Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

April 29, 2019

A graduate student researching how to improve computer science education at the grade school level and an undergraduate interested in creating efficient data-intensive software for scientists were the UChicago CS recipients of this year’s prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Jean Salac, a 2nd-year PhD student working with Research Associate Professor and Lecturer Diana Franklin, and Pranav Subramaniam, a 4th-year undergraduate who works with Associate Professor Shan Lu and Assistant Professor Aaron Elmore, were among 16 students from the University of Chicago Physical Sciences Division to receive the honor. The program provides funding support for exceptional students pursuing master’s or doctoral degrees in STEM disciplines.

Computer Scientists Design Method to Close ‘Backdoors’ in AI-based Security Systems

April 24, 2019

EPiQC Students Present Quantum Computing Research at ASPLOS 2019

April 22, 2019

Researchers from the UChicago-led EPiQC collaboration presented two papers at the ASPLOS 2019 conference that promise to improve the speed and performance of today's quantum computers. EPiQC graduate students described a new compiler that utilizes the physics concept of quantum optimal control and a technique that repurposes noise data from quantum hardware to reduce errors in talks at the prestigious systems research gathering in Providence, RI.

Asst. Prof. Junchen Jiang Receives Google Award to Improve Streams for Machines

April 16, 2019

Assistant Professor Junchen Jiang received a Google Faculty Research Award for “Scaling Deep Video Analytics to the Edge,” a project that will use machine learning algorithms to push analytics closer to the source of video data and realize some of the promised benefits of real-time computer vision.

How to Improve the FAIRness of Biomedical Big Data Research

April 15, 2019

Big data research is notoriously hard to reproduce, a key tenet of good, transparent science. A new paper from UChicago CS, Argonne, and Globus researchers shows how low-cost and open-source tools can help improve FAIRness and the quality of data-intensive science.

From Wearable Tech to AI, UChicago Builds Future of Computer Science

April 12, 2019

The University of Chicago Computer Science's new faculty and new home in a transformed John Crerar Library mirrors the new era of computer science. No longer operating in isolation, CS methods are redefining fields as varied as finance, medicine, physics and urban studies.

Center for Data and Computing Announces First Data Discovery Grants

April 11, 2019

The Center for Data and Computing, the new UChicago incubator for new multidisciplinary data science research, announced 11 research projects and an exploratory convening that span nearly every division, department, and professional school on campus, expanding the community of collaborative data science activity.

Prof. Fred Chong Receives Intel Outstanding Researcher Award

April 03, 2019

Fred Chong, the Seymour Goodman Professor of Computer Science at UChicago, received the Outstanding Researcher Award from Intel for his contributions to the field of quantum computing. Chong, who leads the multi-institutional Enabling Practical-scale Quantum Computation (EPiQC) project, was one of four winners in the 2018 class announced last week by the technology company.

Chair Michael Franklin Named One of Chicago Magazine’s “New Power Players”

April 01, 2019

UChicago CS Chair Michael Franklin was named one of Chicago Magazine's "emerging power players" in their annual Who's Got Next list. Franklin highlighted the the new computer science space in the John Crerar Library and the Center for Data and Computing, an incubator for multidisciplinary data science collaboration at the University of Chicago. “I think that’s the way you do impactful computer science research,” he told the magazine. “You work with people who are trying to solve real problems.”

Student Group compileHer Sparks CS Interest in Middle School Girls

March 22, 2019

New Argonne Supercomputer, Built for Next-Gen AI, Will Be Most Powerful in U.S

March 19, 2019

Prof. Ben Zhao Talks AI Dangers on UChicago Big Brains Podcast

March 18, 2019

Prof. Ian Foster Receives Charles Babbage Award from IEEE

March 14, 2019

Matthew Turk Named Third President of the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

March 13, 2019

CS/MADD Center Workshop Introduces DIY Soft, Stretchable Electronics

March 13, 2019

Understanding the Future Through Science and Art — Pedro Lopes Joins UChicago CS

March 04, 2019

New Center in Crerar Fuses Media Arts, Data and Design

February 25, 2019

CDAC Kickoff Spotlights Unanswered Questions of Data Science

February 22, 2019

Applications Open for Summer Student Internship Program

February 19, 2019

Science’s New Best Friend — Area Researchers Discuss AI at UChicago CS

February 08, 2019

UChicago CS Collaboration Hopes to Improve Communication Between Humans and Smart Devices

February 04, 2019

EPIQC Grad Students Win Best Poster Award for Research on Qutrits

February 01, 2019

Sanjay Krishnan Discusses Data Centers on Chicago Tonight

January 30, 2019

IBM and University of Chicago Collaborate to Advance Quantum Computing

January 29, 2019

EPiQC Zines Offer Creative Gateway to Quantum Computing

January 16, 2019

UChicago/Argonne Collaboration Named One of Year’s 100 Best Innovations

January 08, 2019

Crain’s Chicago Features Michael Franklin and the Growth of UChicago CS

January 07, 2019

UChicago CS Represented at NSF Expeditions in Computing Celebration

December 20, 2018

International Students Visit Chicago for Inaugural Summer Program

December 12, 2018

Fourth-Year CS Major Earns Schwarzman Scholarship

December 10, 2018

“Data Cleanliness” Summer REU Project Wins Undergraduate Award at Supercomputing 2018

December 04, 2018

UChicago CS Cybersecurity Researchers Featured in UChicago Magazine

November 30, 2018

Divide And Conquer Algorithm Could Unlock More Efficient Parallel Computing

November 28, 2018

New CS/Stats Prof. Rebecca Willett Explores Foundations, Applications of Data Science

November 14, 2018

UChicago Hosts and Participates in ICPC Programming Competition

November 07, 2018

Students Help Local Organizations Do More with Data at Annual Scopeathon

November 01, 2018

Prof. Chien launches New CACM International Series with China Region Issue

October 30, 2018

UChicago CS Students Attend 2018 Grace Hopper Celebration

October 30, 2018

‘If Data, Then Discover’ — UChicago Software Group Globus Seeks to Automate Science

October 25, 2018

Prof. Heather Zheng Talks Amazon Go Tech and Privacy on Chicago Tonight

October 25, 2018

UChicago CS Open House Introduces New Space and New Faces

October 22, 2018

John Paparrizos Receives NetApp Fellowship to Enable Large-Scale IoT Data Analytics

October 11, 2018

New Asst. Prof. Sanjay Krishnan Brings “Intelligent Learning Systems” to Robotics, Databases

October 08, 2018

Prof László Babai Speaks at ICM’18 About Graph Isomorphism

October 04, 2018

Prof. Blase Ur Shares IEEE Award for Cybersecurity

October 03, 2018

Aaron Potechin, Expert in Complexity Theory, Joins UChicago CS as Asst. Professor

September 28, 2018

Aaron Potechin, a new assistant professor who joined the department this summer, adds to the long and storied history of theoretical CS at the University of Chicago. In Potechin’s sub-field of computational complexity theory, researchers study just how difficult it is to solve a particular computational problem, searching for its speed limits and resource demands.