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Impact of the Venezuelan Crisis on the Country’s Internet
Professor Fabian E. Bustamante and postdoctoral scholar Esteban Carisimo led the study to examine Venezuela’s deteriorating Internet infrastructure amid the country’s political and economic crisis.Jul 23, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Can You Spot a Deep Fake?
CBS-2 Chicago spoke with Professor V.S. Subrahmanian about the launch of a new platform to help journalists detect deepfakes.Jul 18, 2024|from CBS-2 Chicago
Northwestern Computer Science Postdocs and PhD Students Secure Faculty Positions
Hedyeh Beyhaghi, Angelos Chatzimparmpas, Eric Evert, Yiding Feng, Suprovat Ghoshal, Peng Kang, Saurabh Kumar, Vishesh Kumar, Yingkai Li, Ning Luo, Chenkai Weng, and Fumeng Yang will pursue their research and mentorship goals in new faculty positions.Jul 16, 2024
Deepfake-Detection System Is Now Live
Professor V.S. Subrahmanian developed a free platform to help journalists determine the validity of digital artifacts.Jul 9, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Anastasia Kurdia Inducted to Northwestern IT’s ‘Mission: Accessible’ Wall of Fame
Kurdia completed the “Mission: Accessible” challenge to ensure that the CS 150 Canvas course page meets seven core accessibility criteria.Jun 26, 2024
Nikos Hardavellas Named Future CRA Leader
Hardavellas joins the inaugural cohort of Computing Research Association Future CRA Leaders and will attend the 2024 CRA Conference at Snowbird in July.Jun 24, 2024
Nivedita Arora Wins 2024 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award
The Association for Computing Machinery Doctoral Dissertation Award recognized Arora for her foundational work designing sustainability-first computing systems and exploring their applications.Jun 17, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Joshua D'Arcy Joins Northwestern Computer Science Faculty of Instruction
D'Arcy will support Northwestern Engineering’s Department of Computer Science and the MSAI and MBAi professional master’s degree programs.Jun 14, 2024
First Came ‘Spam.’ Now, With AI, We’ve Got ‘Slop’
The New York Times quoted Professor Kristian Hammond in an article about the new term that has emerged to describe dubious AI-generated material.Jun 11, 2024|from New York Times
Sheila Gujrathi Tells Her Story to Graduating Seniors
Gujrathi, a biotechnology entrepreneur and executive, healthcare investor, and drug developer with more than 25 years of experience, and Dean Christopher Schuh spoke at the 2024 Undergraduate Convocation on June 10.Jun 11, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Grace Wang Tells Graduates to Think Big, Value Others, and Themselves
Wang, president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Dean Christopher Schuh spoke at the 2024 PhD Hooding and Master’s Recognition Ceremony on June 10.Jun 11, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Celebrating 10 Years of DTR’s Self-Directed Learning Community
In celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the Design, Technology, and Research program, Professor Haoqi Zhang and DTR students organized a week-long series of public events, featuring an art installation, screening of the DTR documentary, and an alumni panel.Jun 7, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Northwestern IT Inducts Professor Connor Bain to Canvas Hall of Fame
Bain won the award for “Most Innovative Course Site” and was also a finalist in the “Best Use of Lecture Videos” category.Jun 6, 2024
CS Senior Spotlight: Elena Fabian
Fabian will join Berkeley Law this fall as a member of the inaugural class of Berkeley Innovation Scholars studying the intersection of law, technology, and society.Jun 6, 2024
Three McCormick Faculty Participating in Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Erica Hartmann, Emma Alexander, and Ryan Truby are three of 100 outstanding early career engineers who will meet for an intensive 2 1/2-day symposium to discuss cutting-edge developments in four areas.Jun 5, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News