By Noor Majid, CSE student writer Congratulations to Sybille Légitime! She is the recipient of the Sarah Levitan Larie Fellowship for 2021-22. This merit-based fellowship is awarded to a graduate student pursuing a degree in Computer Science & Engineering. It is in honor of Sarah Levitan Larie, who was a member of UConn’s first ever […]
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Student Spotlight: Anusha Nagella and Women in Computer Science Club
Student Spotlight: Anusha Nagella and Women in Computer Science Club By Noor Majid, CSE Student Writer Senior Anusha Nagella, Computer Science & Engineering major with a concentration in Computational Data Analytics, is the founder of the Women in Computer Science Chapter at UConn. Women in Computer Science, also known as WiCS, is an organization focusing […]
Governor Lamont Visits, Signs Cybersecurity Bill at UConn Tech Park
On July 15, Governor Ned Lamont visited the University of Connecticut and the UConn Tech Park, in order to meet with several UConn Engineering faculty and sign strong legislation to combat cybersecurity threats across the state. Complete story here.
The Department Welcomes Dr. Dori-Hacohen!
Dr. Shiri Dori-Hacohen will be joining the University of Connecticut School of Engineering in the Computer Science and Engineering Department starting August 2021 as a tenure-track assistant professor. She is currently the founder and CEO of Automated Controversy Detection, Inc. (AuCoDe), an AI-based startup that detects controversies and misinformation online and turns them into actionable […]
2021 Senior Design Project Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners of Computer Science & Engineering’s 2021 Senior Design Project competition! This year’s competition, held on April 28th, featured 43 teams presenting projects sponsored by CT towns, industry, and the University. Each team of 2-5 students spent the year developing the project idea, impact, design, interface, and prototype to present at the […]
UConn Student Wins Top Honors at the 2021 ExploreCSR Workshop
Congratulations to UConn Senior Kiera Wolfe on her first place win at the 2021 Tri-State ExploreCSR Workshop! Kiera’s team, including students from Fordham University and New York City College of Technology, was led by UConn Assistant Professor Caiwen Ding. The team’s project titled Utility Monitoring in Data Centers explored the accuracy of two different forecasting […]
Senior Design Journey 2021: Using Lung Scans and Algorithms to Diagnose COVID-19
A group of five University of Connecticut computer science students are on the precipice of completing a Senior Design project that could not only aid researchers studying lung disease—but could be a boon for diagnosticians when it comes to COVID-19. Complete article is here.
Assistant Professor Fei Miao Wins NSF CAREER Award
Assistant Professor Fei Miao’s Career award, titled “Distributionally Robust Learning, Control, and Benefits Analysis of Information Sharing for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles” brings the concept of self-driving cars one step closer to reality. While the science behind autonomous vehicles is extremely technical, the goal is quite simple: to create a system of connected auto cars […]
CyberSEED Returns in Virtual Format
After a postponement last year, the annual CyberSEED event, hosted by Synchrony and The Connecticut Advanced Computing Center (CACC), is back on in a 100 percent virtual format. CyberSEED 2021, which will take place on March 27, from 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., will host teams from schools all over the United States, who will compete in […]
CSE Graduate Student Pujan Joshi Wins Best Oral Presentation Award
Congratulations to Ph.D. student Pujan Joshi on his recent accomplishment! Pujan won a Best Oral Presentation award at the 2020 4th International Conference on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. The paper titled, A Framework for Route Based Pathway Analysis of Gene Expression Data describes pathway analysis as a key step in genomics study to reduce the […]