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Professor Emeritus Ming-Yang Kao Passes Away
Kao, professor emeritus of computer science, passed away on May 11, 2026. He will be remembered for his contributions to the design, analysis, and implementation of algorithms and the development and broadening of computer science at Northwestern.Aug 7, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Advancing Theory, Research, and Practice for Generative AI in Computing Education
On July 20, Northwestern Computer Science hosted a workshop on generative AI in computing education for practitioners, scholars, and instructors.Aug 6, 2026
At Colleges, the AI Boom Means Everyone Wants to Dabble in Computer Science
The Associated Press explored how institutions of higher education are grappling with the proliferation of artificial intelligence, including the addition of a new AI major at Northwestern.Aug 3, 2026|from The Associated Press
First AI-Driven Telescope Goes Stargazing
A new system developed by a team with Professor Aravindan Vijayaraghavan successfully schedules observations on a major national telescope.Jul 31, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
AI-Designed Drone ‘Phantom Twist’ Spins Fast Enough to Fool the Eye
Reuters reported on researchers using AI to design a drone that is far less visible in flight, exploiting motion blur rather than camouflage to make the aircraft appear as a faint haze.Jul 23, 2026|from Reuters
AI-Directed Protein-Engineering Cloud Lab Receives $20 Million from NSF
The Northwestern facility will be the nation’s first open automated lab for designing, building, and testing proteins.Jul 23, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Michael Rubenstein Selected for NIAC Fellowship
Rubenstein will develop the concept of satellite swarms to explore the rings of Saturn.Jul 22, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
New Spinning Drone Hides in Plain Sight
By exploiting the quirks of human vision, Professors Michael Rubenstein, Emma Alexander, and Sam Kriegman designed a drone that nearly disappears right before the eyes.Jul 16, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Patients Demand More from AI Health Tools than Just Answers
A research team examined how pregnant people expect AI-powered health tools to support stress management and desire systems that can help them understand how such tools work.Jul 15, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Northwestern Computer Science at EC’26
Three Northwestern schools represented the University at the ACM Conference on Economics and Computation this month.Jul 9, 2026
Ahuja to Participate in The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Professor Karan Ahuja is one of 74 outstanding early-career engineers selected for NAE's signature event, designed to facilitate the cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas and techniques to strengthen US innovative capacity.Jul 1, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Northwestern Computer Science at CVPR 2026
Professors Emma Alexander, Manling Li, Han Liu, Marcelo Worsley, and their students represented Northwestern CS at CVPR 2026 this month.Jun 30, 2026
Apple Taps Northwestern Eye-Tracking Tech for Vision Pro Wheelchair Controls
Crain’s Chicago Business wrote about how years-long research at Northwestern and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab done by a team with Professor Brenna Argall is being put to use by Apple in tech that lets eye movements create the signals that power wheelchair control systems.Jun 25, 2026|from Crain's Chicago Business
Northwestern Tech Helps Power Apple Vision Pro Wheelchair-Control Feature
Apple unveiled a new Vision Pro accessibility feature that allows users to control powered wheelchairs using only their eyes, and technology developed by Professor Brenna Argall helps make it possible.Jun 22, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Jumping Spiders Inspire Wildly Efficient 3D Camera
Popular Science wrote about the work by a team with Professor Emma Alexander that led to SpiderCam, which perceives depth the same way that jumping spiders gauge distances before jumping.Jun 16, 2026|from Popular Science