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Computer scientist Chaoli Wang democratizes 3D visualization with new software system 

Data doesn’t speak for itself, especially when it comes to complex, 3D data. Trained professionals translate it into visuals we can understand, whether that’s a CT scan of a broken leg, a satellite image of a storm, or a map of the galaxy.  Chaoli Wang, professor of computer science …

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The Notre Dame College of Engineering welcomes 9 new members to the faculty this fall

“We are thrilled to welcome this outstanding group of new faculty to the College of Engineering,” said Patricia J. Culligan, Matthew H. McCloskey Dean of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering. “Their wide-ranging expertise and innovative research will help shape the future of engineering, …

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Notre Dame Awards Prestigious Engineering Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2025

This fall, the College of Engineering welcomes seven new postdoctoral fellows through the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the Bioengineering and Life Sciences (BELS) initiative. Six of the fellows will join as part of the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, a …

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ND grad student fuses classical and quantum computing to improve skin disease diagnosis 

Early diagnosis of skin diseases greatly improves patient outcomes, but subtle symptoms often demand a dermatologist’s trained eye. While computers can assist by learning from high-quality medical images, the scarcity of such data remains a major barrier to fast, accurate …

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Notre Dame and Johns Hopkins team up to bring digital privacy and AI literacy education to the Smithsonian

Visitors to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., were recently invited to step into the shoes of synthetic personas—fictional yet data-driven characters created using generative artificial intelligence (AI)—to explore the real-world consequences of digital …

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Team led by Professor Fanny Ye awarded 2025 Poverty Research Package

The Notre Dame Poverty Initiative has announced a new round of multi-year investments that will support high-impact, …

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Crossing borders with NDG grants: How a professor is ensuring ethics stay in the conversation about technology

As technology progresses, are the conversations about the ethics surrounding it doing the same? As an assistant …

Ricardo García Cárcamo, post-doctoral researcher in the Colón Research Group, presents his research during the poster session at the CECAM flagship workshop at the University of Notre Dame on July 8, 2025.

Notre Dame hosts major international artificial intelligence and machine learning conference

Experts from 22 different institutions of education and research located in 7 different countries gathered at the …

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Seven engineering faculty named collegiate professors

Seven faculty members in the Notre Dame College of Engineering have been named collegiate professors—a prestigious …

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Sharon Hu receives IEEE 2024 Outstanding Technical Achievement and Leadership Award 

Xiaobo Sharon Hu, Leo E. and Patti Ruth Linbeck Professor of Engineering in the Department of Computer Science and …