The SoC and VII are offering an AI Summer Camp to rising 9-12th graders in Summer 2026! The global job market is being shaped by AI, and early literacy helps students make informed academic and career choices as AI becomes central to many industries. This event will demystify AI, make AI feel approachable, and build […]
The 2026 Graduate Student Fellowship Award Ceremony
Congratulations to our graduate students for being recognized for their academic accomplishments by receiving prestigious fellowship awards! Predoctoral Fellowships are awarded by school recommendation and are intended to accelerate progress of recipients towards the completion of doctoral degree requirements. Yushan Jiang received the School’s top honor – the Taylor L. Booth graduate fellowship. This fellowship, […]
Professor Dongjin Song has been elected to Senior Member status of AAAI
Professor Dongjin Song has been elected to Senior Member status of Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) in recognition of his achievements and long-standing efforts in the field of artificial intelligence and long-term participation in AAAI. This year, only 11 members have been elected.
Prof. Dongjin Song and Prof. Chuxu Zhang Recognized with 2025 AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Award
We are proud to share that Prof. Dongjin Song and Prof. Chuxu Zhang, faculty members in the School of Computing, have been recognized with the 2025 AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Award – Honorable Mention in the area of Data Mining. The award highlights their significant research contributions between 2015 and 2024. The AI 2000 […]
Professor Laurent Michel awarded ACP Research Excellence Award
Congratulations to Professor Laurent Michel for being the 13th recipient of the coveted Association for Constraint Programming Research Excellence Award! The ACP Award for Research Excellence was established by the Executive Committee of the Association for Constraint Programming ten years after the first Constraint Programming (CP) conference to honor the most influential people in the […]
IJCAI Early Career Spotlight, Chuxu Zhang
Chuxu Zhang receives the prestigious IJCAI Early Career Spotlight at this year’s International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI). This honor recognizes exceptional early-career AI researchers, nominated and chosen by the IJCAI Program Committee for their contributions and potential in the field. Congratulations!
AI Summer Camp for 8-10th Graders
The SoC is offering a free AI Summer Camp to rising 8-10th graders in Summer 2025! The global job market is being shaped by AI, and early literacy helps students make informed academic and career choices as AI becomes central to many industries. This event will demystify AI, make AI feel approachable, and build a […]
Fellowship Awards Presented to School of Computing Graduate Students
Congratulations to our graduate students for being recognized for their academic accomplishments by receiving prestigious fellowship awards! Predoctoral Fellowships are awarded by school recommendation and are intended to accelerate progress of recipients towards the completion of doctoral degree requirements. Shuya Feng received the School’s top honor – the Taylor L. Booth graduate fellowship. This fellowship, […]
Chiman Salavati selected as Finalist for NCWITAiC Collegiate Award
Congratulations to Chiman Salavati, a PhD student in the School of Computing at the University of Connecticut, for being selected as a Finalist for the 2025 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Collegiate Award! This prestigious award, presented by the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), recognizes women in computing for their technical accomplishments, leadership, […]
52 UConn Engineering Faculty Among World’s Top 2% of Scientists
Fifty-two faculty members from the UConn College of Engineering have been recognized among the world’s top 2% of scientists in 2024, according to Stanford/Elsevier’s Top 2% Scientist Rankings. This annual ranking highlights the most widely cited researchers across diverse scientific disciplines, underscoring their significant contributions to research and their global impact. The Stanford rankings evaluate […]