Computer Science

Professors Receive a $4M Principles and Practice of Scalable Systems NSF Grant

Northwestern Engineering’s Peter Dinda, Simone Campanoni, and Nikos Hardavellas received a National Science Foundation grant to support collaborative research with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to develop techniques that simplify parallel programming, including for heterogenous machines, and to develop systems and educational materials to teach this skill to broader audiences. The $4 million NSF award is divided equally between Northwestern and CMU.

National Science Foundation

Noshir Contractor Receives 2022 SIMMEL Award

Northwestern Engineering’s Noshir Contractor received the 2022 SIMMEL award, given annually to the keynote speaker at the Sunbelt Social Networks Conference hosted by the International Network for Social Network Analysis. The award is named for Georg Simmel (1858-1918), a German sociologist who was a pioneer in social structures and social network analysis research. Contractor is the Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences in the McCormick School of Engineering, the Northwestern School of Communication, and the Kellogg School of Management, and director of the Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) Research Group.

SONIC

Souradip Ghosh Receives DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

Undergraduate Souradip Ghosh (co-advised by Simone Campanoni and Peter Dinda) received a Department of Energy (DOE) Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF). The DOE CSGF "fosters a community of energetic and committed PhD students, alumni, DOE laboratory staff, and other scientists who want to have an impact on the nation while advancing their research." Souradip will be joining the Carnegie Mellon computer science PhD program in the fall.

Carnegie Mellon University

Northwestern CS Welcomes New Tenure-Track and Teaching-Track Faculty

Northwestern Engineering’s Department of Computer Science begins its fifth year of an ambitious hiring initiative by welcoming three tenure-track faculty members and five teaching-track faculty.