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Celebrating 2024-2025 Distinction Award Recipients

Friday, May 2, 2025
Learn more about the 2024-2025 Distinction Award recipients.

CS Faculty and Staff recognized by Graduating Class

Friday, April 25, 2025
The full list of recognized faculty and staff included the following from the UI Computer Science Department:...
Mauricio Monsalve sitting in front of a computer with a map behind him.

Mauricio Monsalve (PhD '15) Alumnus Q&A

Mauricio Monsalve graduated with a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Iowa in 2015. In this Q&A, Monsalve discusses his current role as a postdoctoral scholar at CIGIDEN in Chile and shares more about some of the exciting projects he is working on!
Adhikari and Li portraits with NSF logo

Adhikari and Li secure CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation

Bijaya Adhikari and Guanpeng Li, both assistant professors in the Department of Computer Science in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, recently earned CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation.
Guanpeng Li

Computer science faculty member receives NSF grant to improve safety of autonomous vehicles

Monday, March 10, 2025
Guanpeng Li, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, received a $310,077 National Science Foundation grant which focuses on ensuring autonomous vehicle systems are dependable and safe.

Prof. Emeritus Hantao Zhang publishes book on "Logic in Computer Science"

Wednesday, March 5, 2025
The textbook grew out of his namesake UIowaCS lecture notes.

In Memoriam: Harriet Weeg (1927–2025)

Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Mrs. Weeg was the widow of our founding chairperson, Gerard Weeg, who passed away in 1977. The Weeg name is familiar to many alumnae/i for the Gerard P. Weeg Computing Center [A precursor to Information Technology Services (ITS)]. To Computer Science Department constituents, the name may invoke the decades-long support that Mrs. Weeg, her family, and fellow benefactors have offered students via the Gerard P. Weeg Scholarship.

CS Major Ishan Dhanani Joins JPEC Refiller Me Startup to Combat Plastic Waste

Thursday, February 20, 2025
The group found out that some of the thickest plastic that's only used one time and then thrown away is laundry detergent bottles. Refiller Me has made it their mission to reduce plastic waste by providing refill stations for liquid laundry detergent. The project has been in development just over a year.
Kean University Assistant Professor Lakshmi Subramanian, Ph.D., and student researcher Brandon Mirabal use VR technology to research how autonomous vehicles impact pedestrian safety. [Photo Credit: Kean University]

Alumna in the news: Lakshmi Subramanian (22PhD) on "Making Self-driving Cars Safer for Pedestrians"

Assistant Professor Lakshmi Subramanian, Ph.D., of the Department of Computer Science and Technology, is leading a team of Kean undergraduate researchers who are conducting research to understand how pedestrians behave when crossing streets in the era of autonomous vehicles.
The Department of Computer Science's 2025 Dare to Discover Honorees, (from left to right) Phuong Nguyen, Delaney Norris, Nahid Zeinali, and Liao Zhu.

Students Featured in 2025 Dare to Discover Campaign

Monday, February 10, 2025
Congrats to all University of Iowa Dare to Discover '25 campaign rising stars! Special shout out to our own IGPI and Computer Science students Phuong Nguyen (Informatics PhD), Delaney Norris (Informatics MS), Nahid Zeinali (Informatics PhD), and Liao Zhu (CS BS | Mathematics BS).