In November 2024, undergraduate students (3rd year CS and music major) Eric Newton, (3rd year CS) Fin Deevy, (2nd year CS major) Kyle Chi, and (3rd year CS and linguistics major) Nick Theuerkauf participated in Swan Hacks, securing 3rd place with their creation of SpreadSim.

The growing Department of Computer Science will find a new home in the Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories (IATL) as part of a $25 million project to renovate the west wing and to build an addition that was originally intended but never completed. The design phase is progressing, and construction will begin this summer with completion in summer 2027.

Join us in welcoming two new faculty members as we begin the Spring '25 semester: Naimul Hoque and Tasfia Mashiat!

PhD candidate Josh Sobel (CS - 4th year) received a Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship for Spring 2025. Fellow doctorate student Nahid Zeinali (IGPI - 4th year) was awarded a Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship.

Nahar reflects on his time at CRST - The Transportation Solution and provides insight into what he learned from his experience.