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UIowaCS move to IATL in "Facilities upgrades to CLAS research spaces will spur discovery, creative activity"

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.
Signed Best Paper in Distributed Computing Track for “Faster Set Cover in the MPC Model” - contributed

"Faster Set Cover in the MPC Model" Won Best Paper in Distributed Computing Track at ICDCN25

Monday, January 27, 2025
Professor Sriram Pemmaraju, Emeritus Faculty Sukumar Ghosh, and UI Alum Shreyas Pai along side computer science PhD students Hongyan Ji and Joshua Sobel recently won the Best Paper in Distributed Computing Track award for their paper “Faster Set Cover in the MPC Model” at the ICDCN 2025 conference.

Department Welcomes Two New Faculty Members in Spring '25

Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Join us in welcoming two new faculty members as we begin the Spring '25 semester: Naimul Hoque and Tasfia Mashiat!

Sobel and Zeinali awarded Competitive Spring '25 Fellowships

Tuesday, January 21, 2025
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.
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MCS student Veetrag Nahar on his experience as a Software Engineering Intern for CRST - The Transportation Solution

Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Nahar reflects on his time at CRST - The Transportation Solution and provides insight into what he learned from his experience.
The UIowaCS group for SC'24 poses in front of a neon sign reading "SC'24". From left to right: Yafan Huang, Md Hasanur Rahman, Guanpeng Li, Shihui Song, and Bohan Zhang.

UIowaCS Attendees — SC24 Debrief

Tuesday, December 31, 2024
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!
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From the Lab to Miami: Maaz Bin Musa Shares his Journey of Presenting C3PA

Thursday, December 19, 2024
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).
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Balancing Beats and Bytes: Let’s Talk!

Wednesday, December 11, 2024
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.

2024 NSF FMitF PI Meeting Wrap-up

Friday, December 6, 2024
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.
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CS student Nathan Jankowski on his experience as a Data and Analytics Intern for Discover Financial Services

Monday, December 2, 2024
Jankowski reflects on his summer at Discover Financial Services' headquarters in Riverwoods, Illinois, and provides insight into what he learned from his experience.