Networks form the backbone of transportation infrastructure, communication systems, and even the neurons in our brains. When computational scientists map data points into networks—quite literally connecting the dots—the patterns they reveal can provide significant insights. In network …
Teenagers spend over five hours on social media each day – their online interactions might reveal clues that save them from the opioid epidemic. Graduating classes are dwindling as the opioid epidemic claims the lives of high school and college-aged adolescents from communities throughout the …
Xiaobo Sharon Hu, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded an endowed chair—the highest honor a university can bestow upon faculty. Hu was named Notre Dame’s Leo E. and Patti Ruth Linbeck Professor of Engineering, effective July 1, …
Foster parents and caseworkers agree: Sexual-related risks are the top concern for online safety for youths in the U.S. child welfare system. But how these two groups approach technology access and other online risks is conflicted, according to research from the University of Notre Dame. In a …
While many computer science programs offer students a single, stand-alone course on ethics, an interdisciplinary team of University of Notre Dame researchers is rethinking that model. Faculty from the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Engineering are working together to integrate …