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Smartwatches Could Learn to Read Your Hands
Two new systems developed by Professor Karan Ahuja sense hands beneath the skin and learn new arm movements on demand.Nov 3, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Examining Scientific Advances via the Socio-Technical System of AI
The Northwestern Network for Collaborative Intelligence’s Fall Distinguished Speaker Series welcomed Anima Anandkumar, Dennis Chookaszian, Jian Ma, Xiao-Li Meng, and William Regli.Oct 30, 2026|from Northwestern Network for Collaborative Intelligence
Brian E. Miller to Speak at PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony
Miller, a leader in surgical robotics and digital health and Northwestern alum, will speak at the December 12 ceremony.Oct 30, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Anticipating Threats, Ensuring Accountability in AI Security
On Oct. 22, leading experts in AI, international security, and governance discussed frontier and military AI; emerging applications in defense, terrorism, and warfare; and accountability in military and intelligence AI oversight.Oct 28, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
FORGE Student Spotlight: Kanagha Santhoshini Sivakumar
Sivakumar’s FORGE team developed ChildVoice, an audio speech model that separates children’s voices from adult examiners in speech assessment recordings, giving researchers the clean data they need to build earlier screening tools for speech disorders.Oct 28, 2026|from Northwestern Network for Collaborative Intelligence
Matthew Elwin Named Assistant Dean for Master’s Programs
Elwin brings his experience in robotics education to a new role on the school’s leadership team.Oct 23, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Blink-Powered Glasses Could Keep an Eye on Health
New smart glasses developed by Professor Nivedita Arora harvest mechanical energy from facial movements to power sensors.Oct 12, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
April Wang Attends Heidelberg Laureate Forum
Wang was among 200 young researchers selected to attend the annual networking conference designed to encourage intellectual discourse and collaboration.Oct 12, 2026
Alum Spotlight: Jay Budzik (PhD ’03)
Budzik, senior vice president at Fifth Third Bank, manages AI initiatives across consumer products and central operations.Oct 12, 2026
PhD Student Spotlight: Jerry Yao-Chieh Hu
Hu is an incoming assistant professor of computer science at Vanderbilt University’s College of Connected Computing, where he’ll lead the ARTificial intElligent MachIneS (ARTEMIS) Lab.Oct 9, 2026
Northwestern Computer Science Announces New Named Professorships
Branden Ghena was named the McCormick Advisory Council Professor and Joshua DeAndria was appointed as the Pioneer Professor of Practice.Oct 1, 2026
Alum Spotlight: Lukas Gross (’20)
As a member of OpenAI’s technical staff, Gross has worked on a variety of projects across the company, most recently developing tools that help lawyers focus on their most consequential work.Sep 29, 2026
Northwestern Engineering Names Winners of 2026 Cole-Higgins Awards
Gina Fong, Branden Ghena, Colin Hisey, and Suzanne Olds received teaching awards, while Greg Wagner earned the advising award.Sep 28, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Northwestern Computer Science Recognizes Promotion of Aravindan Vijayaraghavan
Vijayaraghavan was promoted to full professor of computer science.Sep 24, 2026
Postdoc Jeremy Vollen Wins Distinguished Paper Award at IJCAI-ECAI 2026
Vollen and the research team introduced incentive ratios to public decision problems and the design of fair collective decision-making algorithms.Sep 23, 2026