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Dave Kelly (BA '95) Alumnus Q&A

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Dave Kelly graduated with a degree in computer science from the University of Iowa in 1995. In this Q&A, Kelly discusses his current role as a Executive Director of Enterprise Infrastructure at the University of Iowa, shares memories from his time at Iowa, and more!

Department Welcomes New Faculty Member in Fall '25...

Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Learn more about Taylor Olson, our new Fall'25 faculty joining the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa.

Celebrating 2025-26 Scholarship Award Recipients

Friday, September 19, 2025
The University of Iowa Department of Computer Science recognizes this academic year’s scholarship recipients: José Valladolid - Frank A. Scholarship, Eric Lucas - Arthur A. Collins Scholarship, Gabriel Postacchini - Arthur A. Collins Scholarship, Chloe Ladines - Principle Scholars Award Kira Semmens - David Sprang Award, Nguyen Trung - Gerard Weeg Scholarship, Kristin To - Jason & Leslie Weber Scholarship for Women, Ben Kleiman - Jason and Leslie Weber Emerging Technologies Scholarship (UG or G), Aditya Mukundan - Jason and Leslie Weber Emerging Technologies Scholarship (UG or G), Isabelle Paulsen - Barkermeier Trice 2025-26, Willian Pixley - Barkermeier Trice 2025-26, Mitchell Piehl - Sheets Fellowship 2025-26, Jiandong (Arnold) Yu - CS Outstanding TA Award 2024-25, Lawrence Deng - Academic Excellence in the MCS 2024-25.

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Colloquium - Structured Data Analysis with Weak Supervision in Healthcare Applications

Friday, October 10, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
A talk on structured data analysis with weak supervision to develop systematic data-driven analytics methodologies for complex system modeling, monitoring, and diagnosis with applications in healthcare.

Maker Breaks: Computer Code Friendship Bracelets and Keychains

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 11:30am to 1:00pm
Seamans Center

Happy Ada Lovelace Day! Celebrate one of the first computer programmers by learning some binary code. Use the fundamental language of computers that uses only 0 and 1 to create a bracelet or keychain with your initials, your birthday, or a secret message.

Engineering Library Workshop: Data Management in 60 Minutes

Thursday, October 23, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Seamans Center
Get ahead on your research skills! These workshops are designed for graduate students and faculty but also open to undergraduates.
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Learn to Solder: Fundamentals

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Seamans Center

Soldering is one of the most fundamental skills needed to explore the world of electronics. Learn through-hole soldering to combine LEDs, resistors, and other components to create a fun light-up creepy-crawly bug. This workshop will help you gain a better understanding of electronics and be better equipped to create your own. This hands-on workshop is a standalone event. It will be taught by Instructional Lab Manager Kara Beauchamp.

Co-sponsored by IEEE and the Lichtenberger Engineering Library

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Colloquium - Bridging Public Health with Clinical Decisions from a Data Centric Perspective

Friday, October 31, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
We welcome Jiaming Cui, PhD, from Virginia Tech who will speak on "Bridging Public Health with Clinical Decisions from a Data Centric Perspective."
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Full-Time Faculty
in the Department

1030

Students taught in introductory courses per year (2015-2020)

158

Women declared majors in the four undergraduate programs (2023-2024)

136

Graduate students in Computer Science and Informatics