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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
Manling Li Named Kuruganti Junior Faculty Fellow
Effective September 1, the fellowship supports early-career faculty who are working in computational research with a focus on AI or machine learning.Sep 22, 2026
Northwestern Engineering Announces New AI Major
The first major program in the new Northwestern Engineering bachelor of science in engineering degree, the AI major will launch in fall 2026.Sep 21, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Want to Major in AI?
Professor Samir Khuller spoke with WBEZ about Northwestern’s new undergraduate major.Sep 17, 2026|from WBEZ
CS + LS PhD alum Natalie Araujo Melo Wins Doctoral Dissertation Award
Melo (PhD ’26, MS ’25) earned the 2026 Network of the Learning Sciences in Canada Doctoral Dissertation Award for ExcellenceSep 11, 2026
Michael Rubenstein Selected for Chief of Naval Research Fellowship
Launched this year, the program brings highly accomplished academic researchers into the naval science and technology enterprise, giving them the opportunity to apply their expertise to critical US Navy and US Marine Corps challenges.Aug 21, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
PhD Alums Mohapatra and Cruz Selected for MLCommons Rising Stars
Payal Mohapatra (PhD ’26) and Stefany Cruz (PhD ’25) were among 39 outstanding early-career researchers from 26 institutions worldwide selected for the fourth annual MLCommons Rising Stars cohort.Aug 20, 2026
Advancing AI for Impact, from Forest Canopies to Speech Recognition
The Northwestern Network for Collaborative Intelligence hosted Meta’s Madeline Hinkamp and Technion’s Yossi Keshet for two Summer Speaker Series events highlighting how researchers are harnessing open-source AI to tackle real-world challenges.Aug 19, 2026|from Northwestern Network for Collaborative Intelligence
Blockchain Networking Start-up bloXroute Acquired by FalconX
bloXroute’s core Blockchain Distribution Network technology—developed by PhD alum Uri Klarman and Professor Aleksandar Kuzmanovic—enables market participants to receive blockchain data and submit transactions with greater speed, reliability, and privacy.Aug 13, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Maryam Azmandian’s Team Wins 2026 Windy City Case Competition
Combining expertise in computer science, epidemiology, evolutionary biology, and finance, PhD student Azmandian and her cross-university team developed a commercialization strategy for a medical device company.Aug 12, 2026
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