The Department of Computer Science celebrates our 55 graduate and undergraduate students who received their degrees at University of Iowa Commencement ceremonies this December.

We’re especially proud of our CS undergraduate honor grads:

With Highest Distinction: 
Tommy Khywnn Looi, B.S. Computer Science

With Distinction:
Chloe Elise Ovel, B.A. Computer Science
Kira Nicole Semmens, B.S., Data Science

With Honors:
Molly Ann Patterson, B.A., Computer Science
Adithya Mukundan, B.S., Computer Science
 

We are also proud that five students received the master’s degree in Computer Science (MCS):

• Hyunjin Cho
• Bekir Zahit Demiray
• Abdullah Naveed
• Trung Thanh Nguyen
• Rohith Rao

In addition, nine of our graduate students received their Ph.D. degrees:

Fall 2025

Yumna Anwar, Ph.D., Computer Science
Deep Learning for Real-World Sound Processing in Healthcare
Ph.D. Received December 2025
Advisor: Octav Chipara

Bekir Zahit Demiray, Ph.D., (IGPI - Information Science)
Bridging Hydrological Modeling and AI: Advancing Streamflow Forecasting with Multi-Task Learning and Spatio-Temporal Data Improvement
Ph.D. received December 2025
Advisor: Ibrahim Demir

Zhengyang He, Ph.D., Computer Science

Enhancing Software Based Soft Error Resilience in High-Performance Computing Systems Through Cross-layer Optimization and Performance Variation Analysis
Ph.D. received December 2025
Advisor: Guanpeng Li

Summer 2025

Hussam Habib
How do Social Media Platforms Influence Our Beliefs and Behaviors?
Ph.D. received August 2025
Advisor: Rishab Nithyanand

Md Kowsar Hossain
Overcoming communication failures in reliable and real-time cyber-physical networks
Ph.D. received August 2025
Advisor: Octav Chipara

Mudathir Mohamed
Extensions to Theories of Relations and Tables in SMT
PhD received August 2025
Advisor: Cesare Tinelli

Maaz Bin Musa
Protecting Users Online Privacy Through Enhanced Transparency and Accountability
PhD received August 2025
Advisor: Rishab Nithyanand

Ingroj Shrestha
Detection and Mitigation of Biases in Large Language Models Through Diverse Lenses and Methods for Fairness
PhD received August 2025
Advisor: Padmini Srinivasan

Mary Wilson (IGPI - Information Science)
Transcriptomic and Metagenomic Characteristics of Visceral Leishmaniasis 
PhD received August 2025
Advisor: Andrew Kitchen

We wish all our graduates well in their future academic and professional endeavors and look forward to Spring 2026 Commencement.