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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
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