Wang aims to design efficient, robust, and scalable protocols and software infrastructures to push the practical application of secure multi-party computation.

New core tenure-track faculty members include Karan Ahuja, Manling Li, and Kate Smith.

Given annually by Northwestern University’s Office of the Provost, the award celebrates individuals or groups who work collectively to build a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable climate on campus.

During an event hosted by Northwestern CS and Women in Computing, alumna Alisa Liu reflected on the skills and knowledge she learned in the undergraduate program and her path to graduate school.

Professor Xinyu Xing’s team won first place in the fuzzing tool competition at the 17th International Workshop on Search-Based and Fuzz Testing, outperforming widely utilized industry tools.

On May 9, thought leaders in computer-mediated art shared their perspectives on whether AI is best considered a tool, a collaborator, or a competitor in the artistic process.

Annie Liang received the NSF CAREER Award for a project focused on the use of machine learning at the intersection of economic theory and computer science.

The transdisciplinary and multi-institution Institute for Data, Econometrics, Algorithms, and Learning received a five-year, $10 million NSF TRIPODS Phase II award to continue advancing the theoret...

The J.P. Morgan AI Research program awards recognize the next generation of leading researchers in artificial intelligence and machine learning, as well as related fields such as cryptography.

The ACM Fellows program recognizes outstanding accomplishments in computing and outstanding service to ACM and the computing community.

The award recognizes an outstanding dissertation in the field of economics and computation.

Moderators’ work on Reddit and Facebook is crucial but not paid. We should be creative in how we compensate them.

The dissertation advances the state of the art in high-fidelity user tracking and digitization and opens new paradigms in augmented and virtual reality, health sensing, and natural user interfaces.

Professor Xinyu Xing and his current and former students recently participated in three flagship security summits.

Newly promoted faculty include Simone Campanoni, Matthew Kay, Han Liu, Michael Rubenstein, and Marcelo Worsley.

Dravid graduates with a major in computer science and will start a PhD program in artificial intelligence at the University of California, Berkeley, funded by the Department of Energy Computational...

A project to develop smart face masks embedded with battery-free sensors to assess proper fit and monitor health has received an NSF RAPID grant.

PhD student Hugo Flores García studies sound event detection, audio source separation, and designing interfaces for inclusive music creation.

Samir Khuller has been elected to the Computing Research Association (CRA) Board of Directors for a three-year term, effective July 1.

Through the Schmidt Futures AI2050 Early Career Fellowship, Kriegman and his students will use AI to invent new robots.

Rocha graduates with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Northwestern Engineering.

A Northwestern Networks Group team, including computer science PhD students Yunming Xiao and Sen Lin, earned the Best Student Paper Award last month at the EuroSys 2024 conference.

A student-led initiative aims to embed ethics throughout the Northwestern Computer Science curriculum.

Ning Luo, a postdoc studying cybersecurity with Professor Xiao Wang, was one of 101 invited participants in the intensive workshop designed for graduate students and postdocs of historically margin...

During a two-day workshop in October, IDEAL explored reliability and trust in machine learning and artificial intelligence systems through the lens of computer science, law, and policy.

On February 3, the Honorable Paul W. Grimm and Professor Maura Grossman discussed issues that govern the admissibility of AI evidence in civil and criminal cases.

A study conducted in 2021 estimates that artificial intelligence can help cities reduce crime by 30 to 40 percent, and it may also be a tool to help keep officers accountable. NBC 5’s Stefan Holt...

Teams of computer science and law students developed computational solutions to improve legal-services delivery.

Hester and Wang are among six University faculty tabbed for their creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments which make them stand out as the next generation of leaders.

On April 19, interdisciplinary teams of computer science and law students in the Innovation Lab course presented tools they developed to address pressing problems posed by client partners.

Dilan Nair, a second-year computer science student, developed Plan Northwestern to help students and advisers create and share four-year course plans.

The new research track is designed to provide second-year students majoring in computer science with a structured and mentored introduction to the research process.

Computer science PhD student Mara Ulloa earned a Social Justice Mini-Grant for her work with nonprofit We All Code to co-design digital mental health interventions for students learning to code.

In October, Northwestern Engineering and the Buffett Institute hosted the “Conference on AI and National Security” to mark the launch of the joint Northwestern Security and AI Lab.

On November 10, the Gender Equity Initiative at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and the Northwestern University Law and Technology Initiative cohosted the “Gender and Intersectional Bias in...

On June 8, the Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design hosted a thought leader panel to explore thoughtful design approaches to broadening participation and recognizing computing’s value for...

Will the lure of deepfakes prove irresistible to democratic governments? What questions should governments ask—and who in government should be asking them—when a deepfake is being considered?

A pioneer in computational photography, tone mapping, and the application of camera systems as measurement instruments, Tumblin leaves a lasting legacy in the department.

New faculty of instruction include David Demeter and Anastasia Kurdia.

How Northwestern NUCS 349: Machine Learning used Campuswire to move instruction online

The show will spotlight Argall’s work in the area of rehabilitative robotics, including her efforts to develop autonomous wheelchairs and assistive robotic arms.

Professor Jessica Hullman is a program co-chair of the ACM FAccT conference and co-writer of a play making its premiere at the event.

The Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (I.AIM) has established the Center for Collaborative AI in Healthcare, with the mission of advancing artificial intelligence science, engineering...

Bloomberg Law’s second annual Law School Innovation Program is recognizing groundbreaking innovations in four categories: changing pedagogy, beyond the law, immersive experience, and career pathing....