In November, PhD students Yafan Huang, Md Hasanur Rahman, Shihui Song, and Bohan Zhang traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to attend SC24. In the following Q&A, each student shares their unique experience, reflecting on what it is like to volunteer, present, attend, and/or receive recognition for their work at one of the most prestigious conferences in HPC. Read on for Prof. Guanpeng Li accolade as well!

PhD student Maaz Musa attended the EMNLP conference in Miami this November to present his collaborative research on a novel dataset aimed at automating privacy compliance. His paper, titled "CP3A: An Open Dataset of Expert-Annotated and Regulation-Aware Privacy Policies to Enable Scalable Regulatory Compliance Audits," focuses on helping organizations identify privacy-related disclosures in line with data privacy regulations, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

As marching band season kicks into high gear, many Hawkeyes find themselves navigating the challenging balance between academic commitments and the vibrant world of music. Here’s our students of marching band answer our questions about how they tackle this challenge.

The Nov 12-13 event brought together current and aspiring PIs, NSF representatives as well as guest speakers. We are proud to have assembled, in Iowa City, researchers from UC-Berkeley to MIT, and from the University of Minnesota to the University of Texas-Austin.

Jankowski reflects on his summer at Discover Financial Services' headquarters in Riverwoods, Illinois, and provides insight into what he learned from his experience.