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Adam Czajka

Adam Czajka receives NSF CAREER award to improve biometric security

Adam Czajka, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award. CAREER awards are among the highest honors awarded to young faculty. Czajka’s research focuses on human biometrics and security, …

Nitesh Chawla

Nitesh Chawla named fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for outstanding contributions in machine learning

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, has named Nitesh Chawla, Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, a fellow. Chawla, an expert in machine learning, …

Tijana Milenkovic

Tijana Milenkovic to receive 2023 ND Women in Engineering Impact Award

Tijana Milenkovic, professor of computer science and Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Professor of Engineering, has been named the recipient of the 2023 Catherine F. Pieronek Women in Engineering Impact Award. The annual award honors a faculty or staff member in the Notre Dame College of …

Toby Li

Toby Li Receives Google Research Scholar Award

Toby Li, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received a Google Research Scholar Award for his project “Effective Human-AI Collaboration with Data-Driven Models in UX Design.” The project’s goal is to create software …

Jane Cleland-Huang

Jane Cleland-Huang named Freimann Professor of Computer Science

Jane Cleland-Huang, professor and chair of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded an endowed professorship. She was named the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science on July 1, 2022. Appointment to an endowed chair is one of the highest honors …

NeuRRAM chip. Photo credit: David Baillot/University of California San Diego

Computing on the edge: computer engineers co-design new energy-efficient neuromorphic compute-in-memory chip

Computers constantly transfer information between processing and memory units, and this shuttling back and forth of data consumes a lot of energy. Siddharth Joshi, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, and Ph.D. student Clemens Schafer, are …

Meng Jiang

Meng Jiang receives NSF CAREER award for new computational framework for intelligent assistance for mental health

Meng Jiang, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, one of the highest honors awarded to young faculty. His CAREER research project will develop novel algorithms to improve the quality of intelligent assistance for …

Jane Cleland-Huang inspecting a large drone

Jane Cleland-Huang appointed chair of Computer Science and Engineering at Notre Dame

Jane Cleland-Huang, professor of computer science and engineering, has been appointed chair of the Notre Dame Department of Computer Science and Engineering, effective July 1, 2022. She replaces Patrick Flynn, the Fritz Duda Family Professor of Engineering, who returns to teaching and research …

Xiaobo Sharon Hu

Xiaobo Sharon Hu named fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest and most prestigious educational and scientific computing society, has named Xiaobo Sharon Hu, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, a 2021 fellow. The ACM Fellows program recognizes …

Ron Metoyer standing at his desk

Oasis in the desert: Computer scientist and engineer aims to bring healthier food to people far from grocery stores

Millions of Americans live in a food desert — an area with limited access to affordable, nutritious food. As a result, many of these Americans often end up with unhealthy and costly options for their meals. Ron Metoyer, a Notre Dame computer scientist and engineer who specializes in data …