Author: College of Engineering

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Celebrating undergraduate excellence: 2024 awards from the Notre Dame College of Engineering

Notre Dame Engineering is pleased to announce the recipients of its annual college-wide awards to undergraduate students. Reverend Thomas A. Steiner, C.S.C. Award The Reverend Thomas A. Steiner, C.S.C. Award “for all around excellence as a graduating senior in the College of …

Taeho Jung

Taeho Jung receives NSF CAREER award to improve cybersecurity

Taeho Jung, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award. The award recognizes early career excellence in STEM research and education. Jung’s research focuses on enhancing data security …

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Nitesh Chawla elected as fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Nitesh Chawla, Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame and director of the Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society, has been elected as a fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The AAAS is …

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8 Engineering faculty win NSF CAREER awards in 2023-24

Between 2023-24, eight Notre Dame faculty in the College of Engineering received National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards in recognition of their potential as innovators, both in research and education. CAREER awards come with five years of …

A History of Fake Things on the Internet book cover

Disinformation expert explores history and future of fake news in new book

The era of fake news feels brand-new. But a new book, “A History of Fake Things on the Internet,” takes a deeper look into the origins of online deception. “There’s this conventional narrative about fake news and manipulated imagery on the internet. But when I started to actually …

Tim Weninger

ND Expert Tim Weninger: Using social media to dehumanize is part of the conflict playbook

While the latest war between Israel and Hamas rages, politically salient imagery, memes and videos have saturated social media platforms — a phenomenon that goes hand-in-hand with war in the digital age. Tim Weninger, the Frank M. Freimann Associate Professor of Engineering at the University …

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John J. Uhran, Jr., professor emeritus and founding member of Notre Dame’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering

John J. Uhran, Jr., senior associate dean emeritus and professor emeritus of computer science and engineering and electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, died October 2 (Monday). He was 87.  Born and raised in New York City, Uhran earned a bachelor’s degree in …

Matthew Morrison

Matthew Morrison awarded Google Visiting Faculty Research Fellowship to advance digital hardware education

Matthew Morrison, associate teaching professor in computer science and engineering, has been awarded a Google Visiting Faculty Research Fellowship. His research project will focus on integrating semiconductor chip design software into K-12 and university curricula, with the goal of …

Photos of 5 College of Engineering new hires; Mengxue Hou, Fanxin Kong, Kai Ni, Jeffrey R. Rhoads, and Charles Wampler.

Five new faculty join Notre Dame Engineering in Fall 2023

The Notre Dame College of Engineering this fall welcomed 5 new members of the faculty. Mengxue Hou (above far left) joined as assistant professor of electrical engineering. She devises algorithms that prepare robotic systems to be cognizant, taskable, and adaptive. Her aim is to create systems …

Yiyu Shi

Yiyu Shi named a top innovator in DAC’s Under 40 Innovator Awards

Yiyu Shi, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, is one of four recipients of the 2023 Under-40 Innovator Award from the Design Automation Conference (DAC). DAC is the largest industry event devoted to electronic computer-aided design. The award …