Computer Science Professors Bijaya Adhikari and Muchao Ye and Ph.D. candidates Akash Choudhuri and Hieu Vu attended SDM25 in Virgina this May to present their research. In total, the University of Iowa CS group had three papers accepted to the conference. Professor Adhikari also gave a keynote address at one of the conference's workshops and Professor Ye gave a minitutorial.

Nithyanand’s research is broadly in the areas of privacy and social computing. His research aims to improve transparency and accountability in the online data ecosystem.

The Department of Computer Science congratulates Angelina Evans on her travels to study abroad in Germany.

Computer Science Professors Juan Pablo Hourcade and Lucas Silva attended CHI 2025 at Yokohama, Japan this April presenting their projects. This year's conference theme of Ikigai, which refers to the Japanese concept of a reason for living.

Chao Yang graduated with a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Iowa in 2015. In this Q&A, Yang discusses his path to his current role as the Machine Learning Engineering Manager for the Facebook Video Recommendation Retrieval Team at Meta, provides insights into some of his current projects, and more!

Learn more about the 2024-2025 Distinction Award recipients.