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Trio of New UChicago CS Faculty Join for 2021-22 Academic Year
September 16, 2021
Aloni Cohen, Rana Hanocka, and Ken Nakagaki bring expertise in cryptography and privacy, AI-driven visual computing, and human-computer interaction to the department, expanding the research and education strengths of UChicago CS. -
Asst. Prof. Aaron Elmore Receives CAREER Award for Resource-Efficient Databases
September 03, 2021
With the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty, Elmore will design innovative databases that balance speed with resource use and cost for data-driven applications and edge computing. -
New College Data Science Major: From Foundations to Insight to Impact
August 29, 2021
With a new undergraduate major in data science available in the 2021-22 academic year, University of Chicago College students will learn how to analyze data and apply it to critical real-world problems in medicine, public policy, the social and physical sciences, and many other domains. -
2011 Paper Co-Authored by Prof. Hank Hoffmann Receives Test of Time Honor
August 09, 2021
A 2011 paper co-authored by associate professor Hank Hoffmann created a new method for balancing accuracy and performance in software, using a once-controversial approach that has now become widespread. -
Overhaul of Standard ML of New Jersey System Wins Special IFL Award
August 05, 2021
Professor John Reppy and PhD alumnus Kavon Farvardin received the Peter Landin Prize for their paper describing the implementation of a new LLVM backend for the Standard ML of New Jersey project. -
UChicago Researchers Excel in IBM Quantum Open Science Challenge
July 30, 2021
UChicago-affiliated researchers Alexey Galda and Pranav Gokhale topped their respective categories in the first IBM Quantum Open Science Challenge, developing new strategies for more efficient and accurate quantum computers. -
Scientists Use Artificial Intelligence to Detect Gravitational Waves
July 16, 2021
Professor Ian Foster and research scientist Ben Blaiszik were part of a team that developed a new artificial intelligence framework that allows for accelerated, scalable and reproducible detection of gravitational waves. -
Largest-Ever CDAC Summer Lab Adds 55 Students, New Social Impact Track
July 13, 2021
The Center for Data and Computing Summer Lab, designed to train and inspire the next generation of interdisciplinary computational and data scientists, welcomed high school, undergraduate, and master’s students to work on research projects with mentors from UChicago CS and other units. -
UChicago CS Study Examines Wi-Fi/Cell Phone Network Competition
July 01, 2021
A paper led by UChicago CS associate member Monisha Ghosh found that increased network competition between Wi-Fi and phone devices could negatively impact internet service for everyday users. -
PhD Student Chengcheng Wan Receives Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant
June 23, 2021
Fifth-year PhD student Chengcheng Wan was awarded the Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant, one of only ten students in the U.S. and Canada to receive the distinguished award in 2021. -
First-Ever Data4All Workshop Nurtures Future Data Scientists From Chicago’s South Side
June 21, 2021
In the first-ever Data4All workshop, a group of seven high school students learned about the basics of data science, how to think critically about data, and the various career pathways available to them with computational skills. -
Edge Computing Strategy from UChicago CS Student Wins RTAS Outstanding Paper
June 17, 2021
Work by UChicago CS PhD student Tejas Kannan and Associate Professor Henry Hoffmann on balancing the energy consumption of sensors using recurrent neural networks was recognized at the 2021 IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS). -
Two UChicago CS PhD Students Receive 2021 Harper Fellowship
June 07, 2021
PhD students Jean Salac and Zihan Tan, received the William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship, the highest honor awarded to UChicago graduate students, for their research in computer science education and graph theory. -
Three EPiQC Papers Chosen By IEEE Micro for Annual Top Picks Awards
May 27, 2021
Three UChicago CS papers advancing the field of quantum computing were recognized by the prestigious IEEE Micro Top Picks roundup of the best research from 2020 computer architecture conferences. -
Two UChicago CS Alumni Named to 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 List
May 24, 2021
UChicago CS alumni Leslie Jones-Dove and Devshi Mehrotra were named to the prestigious list for their work on JusticeText, software that helps public defenders manage case data more efficiently. -
Asst. Prof. Blase Ur Receives Quantrell Award for Teaching Undergraduates
May 20, 2021
Blase Ur, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Computer Science, was one of five UChicago faculty to receive a 2021 Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award, believed to be the nation’s oldest prize for undergraduate teaching. -
Ten Papers at CHI 2021 Flourish Frontiers of HCI Research at UChicago CS
May 11, 2021
Researchers from UChicago CS presented an astonishing ten papers at the 2021 ACM CHI conference, covering everything from wearable technologies and virtual reality hardware to new data visualization tools and the security advice given to Black Lives Matter protesters. -
SANDLab Fawkes Project Featured in Technology Review
May 06, 2021
Fawkes, an algorithm and software tool to block AI facial recognition models, has been downloaded half a million times and covered by dozens of media outlets, including a new story published this week by MIT Technology Review. -
Victor Veitch, First UChicago Data Science Faculty, Builds “Safe and Credible” AI Systems
April 27, 2021
Victor Veitch, a new assistant professor in the Department of Statistics and the first faculty hire in the University of Chicago’s new data science initiative, combines causal inference and machine learning to build AI systems that align with human values. -
Globus Helps Preserve Legacy of Collapsed Arecibo Telescope
April 22, 2021
Globus, the research data management service run by researchers at the University of Chicago, assisted in the transfer and preservation of petabytes of data from the collapsed Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. -
Your Unique Muscle Response Could Become a New Approach to Digital Authentication
April 15, 2021
ElectricAuth is a novel technique for user authentication that takes advantage of an individual’s unique response to stimuli. By providing a variety of gentle electrical stimuli to the muscles of the forearm and measuring the resulting finger movements, users can be robustly and uniquely identified. -
CDAC Discovery Challenge Awardees Train Data Science on Medicine, Clean Water, and Education
April 09, 2021
Several UChicago CS faculty are part of four new projects that will build interdisciplinary partnerships, open source software, and tools that enable major new data science advances against difficult real-world problems. -
With CAREER Award, Asst. Prof. Pedro Lopes Explores Human-Computer Integration
April 05, 2021
A new NSF CAREER grant will help Assistant Professor Pedro Lopes explore the next phase of human-computer integration, inventing and testing wearable technologies that interface with smell, touch, temperature, and other senses. -
Prof. Rebecca Willett Named SIAM Fellow
March 31, 2021
Willett was one of 28 scholars named in the 2021 class of fellows by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM for their exemplary research as well as outstanding service to the community. -
Public Interest Technology Grant Funds and Expands CS/Harris Civic Data & Technology Clinic
March 26, 2021
A new grant from the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) will support and expand the Civic Data & Technology Clinic, a new University of Chicago program that pairs student data scientists with non-profit organizations working on social and economic justice, sustainability, and climate change. -
Five UChicago CS Faculty Receive CAREER Awards
March 08, 2021
Assistant professors Marshini Chetty, Bill Fefferman, Pedro Lopes, and Blase Ur received the NSF CAREER award, the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education. -
UChicago CS Student Group compileHer Takes Hackathon Virtual (And To Space)
February 25, 2021
The 2021 hackathon for middle school girls organized by UChicago CS student group compileHer moved to a virtual environment this year, but that didn't stop the organizers from taking participants on a journey through the stars and app design. -
New Asst. Prof. Chenhao Tan Explores The Future of Human-Centered AI
February 16, 2021
Chenhao Tan, an expert in natural language processing, computational social science, and artificial intelligence who joined UChicago CS in January, focuses on human-centered AI, asking not only what AI can do, but also what AI should do for people. -
UChicago Researchers Present Seven Papers at Major Quantum Theory Conference
February 05, 2021
UChicago researchers presented seven papers, including three co-authored by UChicago CS Asst. Prof. Bill Fefferman, at the 2021 Conference on Quantum Information Processing, the most prestigious meeting for the theory underlying future quantum technologies. -
C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute Announces CFP to Advance AI for Energy and Climate Security
February 02, 2021
The C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute, which includes UChicago as a founding academic partner, seeks new proposals to address the challenge of re-envisioning energy systems with artificial intelligence (AI) and digital transformation. -
Marshini Chetty Receives CAREER Award to Study Educational Technology Privacy
February 01, 2021
With a new five-year NSF CAREER grant, UChicago CS assistant professor Marshini Chetty will conduct a large scale study on educational technologies used by primary and middle school students, using approaches from human computer interaction (HCI) such as user-centered design. -
Quantum Compiler Co-Created by Robert Rand Named Distinguished Paper at POPL 21
January 21, 2021
A new quantum compiler co-developed by UChicago CS Assistant Professor Robert Rand received one of seven Distinguished Paper awards this month at the 2021 Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages (POPL), one of the top conferences in programming languages research. -
Mapping and Mitigating the Urban Digital Divide
January 19, 2021
Data.org grants $1.2 million to Nick Feamster and the Center for Data and Computing to lead a data science “moonshot," developing new tools to measure broadband access and working with community partners to bring high-speed internet accessible to all. -
UChicago CS Professor Rick Stevens Named ACM Fellow
January 16, 2021
Professor Rick Stevens was named a Fellow of the Association of Computer Machinery (ACM), in recognition of his contributions to high-performance computing, collaborative environments, and tools for large-scale science initiatives. -
Ravi Chugh Promoted to Associate Professor at UChicago Computer Science
January 06, 2021
Ravi Chugh, who studies, teaches, and builds new programming languages and systems that draw upon software engineering and human-computer interaction, has been promoted to associate professor at UChicago CS. -
Asst. Prof. Bill Fefferman Receives NSF CAREER Award To Find Quantum Computing’s Icebreaker
December 30, 2020
Fefferman received the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious grant for early-career faculty to search for the unique talents that even today’s imperfect quantum computers can do better than their classical counterparts. -
Postdoctoral Researcher Jun Nishida Receives PSD Suzuki Award
December 22, 2020
Jun Nishida, a researcher in the Human Computer Integration Lab led by Assistant Professor Pedro Lopes, received one of the 2020-2021 Suzuki Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards presented annually by the University of Chicago Physical Sciences Division. -
New Clinic Leverages Data Science for Social and Environmental Causes
December 17, 2020
The inaugural Civic Data and Technology Clinic, funded by the 11th Hour Project and co-organized by CDAC and the Masters in Computational Analysis and Public Policy (MS-CAPP), connected 13 students with three organizations working in social and economic justice, sustainability, and climate change. -
UChicago/TTIC Researchers Present Several Papers, Win Test of Time Awards at FOCS 2020
December 10, 2020
The University of Chicago and Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago left its mark on the highly competitive FOCS meeting, presenting several research papers and receiving Test of Time awards for past work by current and former faculty. -
Wired Covers Nightmare Prevention App Created by UChicago CS Student
December 02, 2020
An app created by UChicago CS PhD student Tyler Skluzacek to interrupt PTSD-related nightmares recently received FDA approval and an article in Wired magazine on the story behind its development. -
South African Roots, Travel Shape Computer Scientist’s Research
December 01, 2020
A new profile by Katrina Miller for the Physical Sciences Division website profiles UChicago CS assistant professor Marshini Chetty, charting her path from South Africa to Chicago and how she chose the field of human-computer interaction. -
UChicago CS Alums Go On To Exciting Futures in Academia, Industry, and Startups
November 24, 2020
PhD and postdoctoral alums of UChicago CS describe their new positions at universities around the United States, innovative new startups, and global tech giants, and offer advice to current and incoming students. -
Prof. Nick Feamster Argues For Better Internet Speed Tests in CACM
November 20, 2020
In Communications of the ACM, Professor Nick Feamster provides an overview of how existing speed tests operate and explain why the future Internet will need entirely new types Internet speed tests that can do more than simply measure the speed of the ISP. -
New Asst. Prof. Robert Rand Writes the Language of Tomorrow’s Quantum Computers
November 17, 2020
Robert Rand is part of the small but growing community of researchers creating programming languages to realize the immense promise of quantum computing, developing new languages, compilers, and verification methods. -
Globus Celebrates Ten Years of Connecting the Research Universe
November 10, 2020
Globus, a research data management platform developed and operated by the University of Chicago, has become an essential service for over 150,000 global researchers and today's largest scientific agencies and experiments. -
New Assistant Professor Sarah Sebo Wants to Build Better Robot Teammates
October 26, 2020
Sarah Sebo, who joined UChicago CS this fall as an assistant professor, studies how robots can encourage the humans around them to act in ways that are more inclusive, helpful, and productive. -
Four UChicago CS Students Selected for Rising Stars Program
October 17, 2020
Yi Ding, Jean Salac, Chengcheng Wan and Junwen Yang were selected for the 2020 edition of the Rising Stars workshop, a prestigious program for boosting the careers of women in CS and related fields. -
Why TIPP&SEE Works: CANON Lab Research Wins Best Paper at CS Education Conference
October 15, 2020
A study exploring why the computer learning strategy TIPP&SEE is effective for teaching elementary students computational thinking won a Best Paper award at the 2020 International Computing Education Research (ICER) conference. -
David Uminsky Brings Data Science Education Experience to UChicago Initiatives
October 12, 2020
David Uminsky, executive director of the UChicago data science initiative, comes to UChicago with deep experience and expertise in founding and building academic programs and connecting with industry, non-profits, and government. -
Globus Reaches One Exabyte Milestone in Research Data Management
October 08, 2020
Globus, a research data management service based at the University of Chicago, passed the exabyte barrier in early October, sharing over a billion billion bytes of data that accelerates scientific research and discovery. -
UChicago CS Fall Speaker Series Features Human-Computer Interaction Luminaries
October 05, 2020
The UChicago CS Distinguished Lecture Series for Fall 2020 puts the spotlight on human-computer interaction, inviting leaders of the field to talk about their groundbreaking work and meet students and faculty. -
A New Grasp on Empathy: UChicago CS HandMorph Project Uses Tech to Simulate Children’s Experience
October 01, 2020
A project from postdoctoral researcher Jun Nishida and the Human Computer Integration Lab of Assistant Professor Pedro Lopes that built a wearable exoskeleton to simulate the hand of a child received the Best Paper Award from the 2020 UIST Conference. -
“Bracelet of Silence” Named Finalist in 2020 Fast Company Design Awards
September 30, 2020
A wearable microphone jammer developed by UChicago CS researchers to protect user privacy near smart devices was named a finalist in Fast Company's 2020 Innovation By Design Awards. -
Five UChicago CS Students Named in 2021 Class of Siebel Scholars
September 23, 2020
Three PhD students from the Department of Computer Science and two from the MS in Computational Analysis and Public Policy (CAPP) program were named in the 2021 class of Siebel Scholars by the Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation -
New Data Stations Project Creates Architecture, Marketplace for Sharing Data
September 18, 2020
Data Stations, a new project from University of Chicago researchers, creates a new data architecture that enables sharing datasets for research while protecting sensitive information and intellectual property. -
Department Manager Nita Yack Featured in PSD Spotlight
September 18, 2020
Nita Yack, Manager of the Department of Computer Science, was featured by the Physical Sciences Division as their Spotlight employee for September 2020. She received several nominations as the "keystone" of the department. -
UChicago Joins Three Universities in Institute for Foundational Data Science
September 01, 2020
Professor Rebecca Willett of UChicago CS and Statistics, along with Rina Foygel Barber and Mary Silber from Statistics, will help the four-university collaboration establish the maturing field of data science while also advancing machine learning and other artificial intelligence approaches. -
Prof. Fred Chong Named to National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee
August 31, 2020
Professor Fred Chong was named as an inaugural member of the new National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee (NQIAC), which will advise the U.S. government on funding quantum research as part of the National Quantum Initiative. -
Data Load Migration Could Boost Renewable Energy Use, UChicago/UCSB Study Finds
August 25, 2020
A new paper by Prof. Andrew A. Chien and researchers from University of California, Santa Barbara finds that shifting data center load to areas with excess clean energy could reduce carbon emissions and save money. -
PhD Student Yi Ding Receives CRA Computing Innovation Fellowship
August 24, 2020
Yi Ding, a 5th-year PhD student in Associate Professor Hank Hoffmann’s research group, received the Computing Innovation Fellowship from the Computing Research Association and the Computing Community Consortium, funding a 2-year postdoctoral position. -
Cloud Computing Testbed Chameleon Launches Third Phase with Focus on IoT and Reproducibility
August 14, 2020
A new $10 million NSF grant will fund the next four years of Chameleon, an experimental cloud computing testbed led by the University of Chicago and Kate Keahey, Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering (CASE) Senior Scientist affiliated with University of Chicago CS. -
University of Chicago and UIUC Lead New Quantum Education Program
August 05, 2020
Prof. Diana Franklin will co-lead a new NSF program to support quantum education, including a website called Q2Work that will gather learning resources and opportunities for outreach, internships, and careers. -
UChicago CS Researchers Create New Protection Against Facial Recognition
August 03, 2020
A new UChicago CS project called Fawkes provides a powerful new protection mechanism against facial recognition models, "cloaking" photos to trick deep learning systems without creating noticeable changes visible to the human eye. -
Four New Faculty Join UChicago Computer Science for 2020-21
July 27, 2020
Four new faculty members with expertise in quantum computing, human-computer interaction, machine learning, high-performance computing, and natural language processing will join UChicago CS in the 2020-2021 academic year. -
UChicago Researchers Receive Grants to Apply Computational Techniques to COVID Fight
July 17, 2020
The c3.ai Digital Transformation Institute awarded grants to three new projects with University of Chicago researchers — including UChicago CS Asst. Prof. Yuxin Chen — that will use computational approaches to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Chicago Quantum Exchange Adds New Partners in Tech, Computing and Finance
July 09, 2020
The Chicago Quantum Exchange added several new industry partners including two companies, Intel and Rigetti Computing, that have active collaborations with UChicago CS Professor Fred Chong and his EPiQC research partnership. -
Asst. Prof. Bill Fefferman Comments on New “Quantum Advantage” Research
July 06, 2020
UChicago CS Assistant Professor Bill Fefferman wrote an invited perspective piece for Nature Physics on a new paper that demonstrated "quantum advantage" — proving that a quantum algorithm can out-perform a similar-scale classical approach. -
New Project Seeks Greener Computing By Granting Equipment “Second Life”
June 26, 2020
A new project led by Professor Andrew A. Chien examines how moving retired computational resources near wind and solar energy farms could help realize a vision of greener large-scale computing. -
2020 CDAC Summer Lab Kicks Off with 38 Student Researchers
June 20, 2020
The 2020 Center for Data and Computing Summer Lab is the biggest edition yet, with 38 undergraduate and high school students from around the world studying applied machine learning and AI, human-computer interaction, computational social science, systems, and much more with mentors from UChicago CS and other units. -
Prof. Fred Chong Receives UChicago Graduate Teaching Award
June 08, 2020
Fred Chong, the Seymour Goodman Professor in Computer Science and the College, was one of five recipients of this year's Faculty Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring, one of the University's highest faculty honors. -
Three UChicago CS Students Receive Harper Dissertation Fellowships
June 03, 2020
Yongshan Ding, Junwen Yang and Leonardo Coregliano received the William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship, the highest honor awarded to UChicago graduate students. Their projects span from the architecture of quantum computers and the performance of database-backed web applications to the theoretical underpinnings of computer science and mathematics. -
“Apples-to-Apples” Call Stack Comparison Wins Distinguished Paper at PLDI 2020
May 29, 2020
The paper by UChicago CS PhD student Kavon Farvardin and Professor John Reppy empirically judged six different programming language implementation approaches for continuations, a mechanism fundamental for implementing language features such as concurrency and parallelism. -
Q&A: Asst. Prof. Blase Ur on Contact Tracing Tech and Privacy
May 21, 2020
UChicago News talks to Neubauer Family Assistant Professor Blase Ur, a University of Chicago expert on human-computer interaction and user-centered security and privacy, about how contact tracing tech works and whether the privacy fears are valid or outweighed by the benefits. -
Prof. Diana Franklin Co-Lead Writer of NSF Report on Key Concepts for Quantum Education
May 20, 2020
A new report co-written by UChicago CS associate professor Diana Franklin highlights key concepts for teaching the fundamentals of quantum information sciences to pre-college students. -
NSF Grant Backs funcX — A Smart, Automated Delegator for Computational Research
May 14, 2020
A $3.1 million NSF grant will create funcX, a new distributed “function-as-a-service” (FaaS) platform that makes it easier for scientists to easily and automatically delegate their computational workload to different resources. -
New AI + Science Grants Fund Projects & Workshops in Chemistry, Physics, and CS Education
May 12, 2020
The second round of AI + Science grants awarded by UChicago’s Office of Research and National Laboratories Joint Task Force Initiative supports new AI applications to boost scientific discovery and education. -
UChicago CS Receives Several Awards, Presents Virtual Papers at CHI 2020
May 08, 2020
Students and faculty from UChicago CS presented eight papers and won several awards at the CHI 2020 conference — the premier gathering for human-computer interaction (HCI) research. -
CQE IBM Postdoc Program Trains Next-Generation Quantum Workforce with Industry
May 07, 2020
Kate Smith, a postdoctoral researcher in the research group of UChicago CS Professor Fred Chong, talks about her experience with the Chicago Quantum Exchange’s IBM Postdoctoral Trainees Program, which educates the next generation of quantum scientists. -
CS/Math Professor Alexander Razborov Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 28, 2020
Alexander Razborov, the Andrew MacLeish Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Computer Science and Mathematics, was elected as part of the 2020 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. -
Asst. Prof. Blase Ur Comments on Contact Tracing Tech for Chicago Tonight
April 25, 2020
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor Blase Ur joined WTTW's news program (remotely) to explain the COVID-19 contact tracing technologies proposed by Apple and Google and discuss the privacy concerns and limitations of the approach. -
EPiQC-Related Startup Joins Argonne Incubator, Named Innovation Fund Finalist
April 20, 2020
Super.tech, a quantum computing startup founded by UChicago CS PhD student Pranav Gokhale and advised by Professor Fred Chong, was named to the Argonne Chain Reaction Innovations incubator program and made the finals of the George Shultz Innovation Fund, a program run by the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. -
MS in Computational Analysis and Public Policy (MSCAPP) Celebrates Five Years
April 06, 2020
A new feature from the Harris School of Public Policy looks at the first five years of the Masters of Science in Computational Analysis and Public Policy (CAPP), offered jointly by Harris and the University of Chicago Department of Computer Science. -
Student Videos Showcase Outputs of New Inclusive Technology Course
April 02, 2020
The new UChicago CS course Inclusive Technology: Design for Underserved and Marginalized Communities used the tools of human-computer interaction — including psychology, design, ethics, and computer science — to create accessible tools that diminish rather than deepen existing inequities. -
UChicago Joins New Academic/Industry Consortium to Accelerate AI Innovation
March 26, 2020
UChicago CS joined the C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute, a new research consortium that will accelerate artificial intelligence innovation and advance its benefits for business, government, and society, including a call for research on using computational approaches to battle COVID-19. -
Leading CS Ed Conference Features Five Papers from UChicago CANON Research Group
March 25, 2020
Five papers from the Computing for ANyONe (CANON) Lab led by Associate Professor Diana Franklin were featured at SIGCSE, the world's largest conference for researchers and educators studying new ways of improving computer science curricula and instruction. -
Undergrad Part of Winning Hackathon Team at Top Sports Analytics Conference
March 24, 2020
Read how undergraduate Arnav Prasad applied skills acquired in UChicago CS courses to win a hackathon at the world's leading sports analytics conference and help the UChicago men's basketball team and the Los Angeles Dodgers. -
Research by PhD Student Pranav Gokhale and EPiQC Wins IBM Q Best Paper
March 20, 2020
A new approach for using a quantum computer to realize a near-term “killer app” for the technology, created by UChicago CS graduate student Pranav Gokhale and the Enabling Practical-Scale Quantum Computing (EPiQC) team. received first prize in the 2019 IBM Q Best Paper Award competition. -
An Automated Menu for LHC Data and the Search for Dark Matter
March 18, 2020
With a Center for Data and Computing Discovery Grant, physicist David Miller and computer scientist Yuxin Chen hope to build a "self-driving" system for selecting and analyzing data from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. -
Regional Nuclear Conflict Would Trigger Global Food Shortages, Finds UChicago/NASA Postdoc
March 16, 2020
A new study combining climate, agriculture and economic models finds that the repercussions of a regional nuclear conflict would extend around the world, producing a decade of global cooling and a severe decline in crop production that would compromise global food security. -
“Meet a UChicagoan” Series Features Borja Sotomayor
March 03, 2020
From geeky t-shirts to squirrel cams to Hack Night, Borja Sotomayor is a familiar figure to many on the UChicago campus. A new edition of Meet a UChicagoan profiles the senior lecturer and director of the Master's Program in Computer Science, and speaks with him about why he loves the university and working with students. -
CS Education Expert Diana Franklin Promoted to Associate Professor
February 27, 2020
Diana Franklin, a leading researcher and creator of computer science curricula, was promoted to Associate Professor at the UChicago Department of Computer Science. Franklin has developed new approaches for teaching computer science concepts to students from pre-kindergarten through college and studied the effectiveness of these curricula in diverse and underrepresented populations. -
New York Times Features UChicago CS Wearable Jammer Project
February 14, 2020
A project by UChicago CS research groups SAND Lab and the Human Computer Integration Lab to develop a wearable microphone jammer to protect user privacy near smart devices was featured in the New York Times technology section. -
Ancient Language Processing: Teaching Computers to Read Cuneiform Tablets
February 13, 2020
A CDAC-funded collaboration between researchers from the UChicago Oriental Institute and the Department of Computer Science applies modern computer vision approaches to read ancient cuneiform tablets. -
PhD Student Huiying Li Named 2020 Facebook Fellow
January 29, 2020
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UChicago Postdoc Co-Authors Study on Feeding 10 Billion Without Wrecking the Planet
January 20, 2020
A study including UChicago CS postdoctoral researcher Jonas Jägermeyr deploys computer modeling and simulation to suggest a comprehensive solution for feeding 10 billion people within our planet’s environmental boundaries. -
Assistant Professor Lorenzo Orecchia Receives NSF CAREER Award
January 14, 2020
UChicago CS assistant professor Lorenzo Orecchia received the NSF CAREER award, the prestigious honor supporting early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education. -
EPiQC Researchers Simulate 61-Bit Quantum Computer With Data Compression
January 13, 2020
Researchers at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory significantly reduced the gap between quantum computers and simulators by using data compression and a large supercomputer to conduct a 61-qubit simulations of a quantum search algorithm.
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