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PhD Student Kexin Zhao Wins Best Student Paper Award at ACS 2025
Zhao and Professor Ken Forbus demonstrated the effectiveness of combining symbolic and neural methods for word sense disambiguation.Nov 4, 2025
PhD Student Spotlight: Payal Mohapatra
Mohapatra’s goal is to design robust deep learning frameworks capable of adapting to practical sensing scenarios in healthcare, continuous sensing, and audio domains.Nov 3, 2025
Connie Chau, Ziyi Guo, and Gefei Tan Earn 2025 Global Google PhD Fellowships
The 2025 Global Google PhD Fellowships recognize 255 outstanding graduate students across 35 countries who are conducting innovative research in computer science and related fields.Oct 30, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
PhD Student Spotlight: Matthew Casey
Casey studies computational social choice, with a focus on multiwinner voting and participatory budgeting.Oct 29, 2025
PhD Student Charles Cui Attends Heidelberg Laureate Forum
Cui was among 200 young researchers selected to attend the annual networking conference designed to encourage intellectual discourse and collaboration.Oct 16, 2025
PhD Application Feedback Program Aims to Increase Diversity in CS Graduate Programs
Professor Fabian Bustamante launched the feedback program in 2020 to provide guidance to prospective PhD students applying to any computer science program in the country.Oct 3, 2025
Wilensky Named 2025 Yidan Prize Winner
This year’s prize, honoring Professor Uri Wilensky, spotlights changemakers advancing complex systems literacy and multilingual education.Oct 1, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Wearable Sensors Could Reshape Obesity Treatment
A team led by Professor Nabil Alshurafa developed a groundbreaking lifestyle medicine program that uses three wearable sensors to capture real-world overeating behavior, providing a foundation for personalized interventions.Sep 18, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
McCormick Alumni Kosmowski, Morey Named University Trustees
Christina Kosmowski, the CEO of LogicMonitor, and Daryl Morey, the president of the 76ers’ basketball operations, are joining the University’s Board of Trustees along with Weber Shandwick Collective CEO Susan Howe.Sep 18, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Northwestern Engineering Names Winners of 2025 Cole-Higgins Awards
Joshua D’Arcy, Izzy Grosof, Jeremy Keys, Amjed Shafique, and Robert Linsenmeier received the school’s annual awards for outstanding teaching and advising.Sep 18, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Law Schools Embrace AI
It’s not clear how generative AI will reshape the job market for new lawyers in the coming years, but Professor Dan Linna Jr. told Inside Higher Ed that law schools are increasingly focused on deepening students’ understanding of the technology’s potential and limitations.Aug 29, 2025|from Inside Higher Ed
The Best Tips and Tricks to Spot AI
AI image generators are getting better and better. Professor V.S. Subrahmanian shares with Rolling Stone a few ways to stay ahead of them … for now.Aug 28, 2025|from Rolling Stone
Northwestern Computer Science Recognizes Faculty Promotions
Newly promoted faculty include Christos Dimoulas, Miklos Racz, and Xiao Wang.Aug 28, 2025
Northwestern CS Welcomes New Faculty Members
Beginning this fall, four new tenure-track, clinical, and visiting faculty will join the department.Jul 21, 2025
Strong Northwestern Presence at EC’25
Northwestern Engineering faculty and students participated in the annual forum for advances in theory, empirics, and applications at the interface of economics and computation.Jul 17, 2025