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Northwestern to Lead $20 Million National AI Research Institute in Astronomy
With Professor Aggelos Katsaggelos as co-principal investigator, the SkAI Institute will develop AI tools and accelerate astronomy’s data-driven revolution.Sep 18, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Monisola Jayeoba Wins AAUW International Fellowship
Technology and Social Behavior PhD student Monisola Jayeoba is advancing knowledge in the field of digital health behavior change and cancer care.Sep 12, 2024
hls4ml Summer School Offers Students Training in Edge-AI Hardware Accelerators
Professor Seda Ogrenci organized a hands-on summer school for students to explore her team’s open-source tool for designing machine learning inference in hardware using high level synthesis language.Sep 5, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Northwestern Computer Science Launches AI Minor and Major Concentrations
Effective fall 2024, the undergraduate CS major will offer eight optional degree concentrations and non-CS majors across Northwestern can pursue a new minor in artificial intelligence.Sep 5, 2024
Safeguarding Critical Software Infrastructure through Novel AI Systems
A Northwestern Computer Science team led by Xinyu Xing and Yan Chen is advancing to the final competition of the DARPA and ARPA-H AI Cyber Challenge.Sep 4, 2024
How to Avoid Being Fooled by AI-Generated Misinformation
Studies have revealed the best ways to tell if images, video, and audio are real, including one by PhD student Negar Kamali that was profiled by New Scientist.Sep 2, 2024|from New Scientist
Emerging Technologies through Engineering the Sub-Atomic Quantum World
The IQ-PARC Quantum Summer School event introduced STEM students to fundamental quantum concepts, quantum technologies, cutting-edge research areas, and related job opportunities.Aug 26, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
Northwestern Computer Science Recognizes Faculty Promotions
Newly promoted faculty include Brenna Argall, Nikos Hardavellas, Jessica Hullman, Eleanor O'Rourke, and Xinyu Xing.Aug 9, 2024
Andrew Crotty Receives Google Research Scholar Program Award
The award will support research advancing deep learning algorithms for compressing large datasets.Aug 6, 2024
Building Informative and Trustworthy Election Forecasts
Northwestern Engineering researchers aim to create clear, effective, and trustworthy visual communication tools that empower citizens to engage knowledgeably with electoral information.Jul 29, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
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