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.

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.

Learn more about the 2024-2025 Distinction Award recipients.

The full list of recognized faculty and staff included the following from the UI Computer Science Department:...

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!

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!

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, 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.

The textbook grew out of his namesake UIowaCS lecture notes.

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.