Computer Science

New Wearable Device Controls Individual Fingers for Sign Language, Music Applications

October 11, 2021

DextrEMS, a new invention from the Human Computer Integration Laboratory directed by UChicago CS assistant professor Pedro Lopes uses a combination of electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) and mechanical brakes to control individual fingers of its wearer.

UChicago and EPiQC Alum Yongshan Ding Joins Yale in Faculty Position

October 08, 2021

Yongshan Ding, a graduate of the UChicago Department of Computer Science and advisee of Seymour Goodman Professor Fred Chong, started this fall at Yale University as an assistant professor of computer science.

$3.25m DOE Grant Funds UChicago/Argonne Research on AI Models of Physics Simulations

September 27, 2021

A new collaboration between University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory researchers will apply artificial intelligence to accelerate the scientific simulation of complex physical systems, with the potential to more accurately determine the probability of extreme events.

Five UChicago CS Students Named to Siebel Scholars 2022 Class

September 23, 2021

Students Natalie Ayers, Jonathan Baker, Caton Brewster, Weijia He, and Chengcheng Wan were accepted into the prestigious group chosen by the Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation.

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.

Postdoc Kate Smith Receives IEEE Early Career Award in Microelectronics

June 28, 2021

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.

EPiQC Lands 2 of 12 IEEE Micro 2019 Top Picks in Computer Architecture

May 27, 2020

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.

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