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Academic Awards Presented to Stellar Undergraduate Students

On December 9th, forty three seniors were recognized for their superior academic performance in Computer Science & Engineering, Computer Science, and Computer Engineering.  The special event was hosted by the Department Head, Alexander Schwarzmann, who presented the awards to this distinguished group of gifted students. During the event, Professor Schwarzmann stated, “You are amongst the […]

Professor Wang Elected To Journal Editorial Board

Dr. Fei Wang was appointed as an Action Editor to the Editorial Board of The Journal of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery based on his extensive knowledge and research accomplishments in the field of Data Mining. The Editorial Board is a very honorable position where the board member is nominated by the current Editorial Board […]

Dr. Sheehy Awarded Two NSF/CISE/Directorate Grants Totaling $514,000

Assistant Professor Donald Sheehy was recently awarded two NSF/CISE/Directorate Grants for his research entitled, “CRII: AF: Principled Divide-and-Conquer for Topological Algorithms” and “AF:SMALL: Homological Methods for Big Enough Data”. These grants address fundamental questions in the growing field of Topological Data Analysis (TDA). Topology is the mathematical study of shape.  In many data sets, the […]

Gift to the Taylor L. Booth Scholarship Fund

We would like to thank Robert and Deanne Glorioso for their generous contribution to the Taylor L. Booth Scholarship Fund. This gift helps support students to become leaders, problem solvers, and innovators who will shape our future.  In 2016, UConn Engineering turns 100! We celebrate a legacy of education and innovation that has been made […]

Dr. Michel Elected President of the ACP

We are happy to announce that Professor Laurent Michel was elected as the President of the Association for Constraint Programming for a three year term starting in 2015. Election results can be viewed here: http://www.a4cp.org/election-results/2014/09/2014-election-results. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Michel was selected to serve on the ACP Executive Committee. The Association for Constraint Programming […]

Dr. Ammar named as Chairman of EMC Project Competition

Professor Reda Ammar has been selected as the chairman of the steering committee for the EMC Project Competition, a part of the EMC Academic Alliance in the Middle East and Africa for 2015-2016. The objective of this design contest is to strengthen EMC’s relationship with the top universities in the region, in addition to creating […]

CS&E Welcome Two New Faculty Members

The Computer Science & Engineering Department is pleased to announce the addition of two new faculty members for the fall of 2015 academic term. Their substantial academic credentials and experience will strengthen our competitive program. Sheida Nabavi received her Ph.D. in December 2008 from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University, where […]

UConn’s Comcast Center of Excellence for Security Innovation Hosts 2015 CyberSEED Cybersecurity Challenge – Register by September 18th

The University of Connecticut, home to the Comcast Center of Excellence for Security Innovation (CSI), and Comcast, one of the nation’s largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers, are sponsoring their second annual Cybersecurity, Education & Diversity Challenge (CyberSEED) conference Oct. 29-30 at UConn’s main campus in Storrs, CT. Further information is here.