"Bijaya Adhikari said the public has concerns about AI. He said one concern is that AI will impact the quality of patient care, but he said it will not. He said another common concern about AI is that it will replace human labor and cause people to be laid off, but he also does not see this happening. He said AI will complement human expertise and inform healthcare providers of possible next steps in treatment."

Associate Prof. Octav Chipara and his co-authors* received a Test Of Time Award at SenSys2022; which recognizes paper that are at least 10 years old and have had long lasting impact on networked embedded sensing system science and engineering.

Jamil Gafur (3rd Year PhD Student) was awarded a GEM Employer Fellowship for the 2022-23 academic year.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)and the University of Iowa co-sponsor this fellowship. As part of this program Gafur interned at the NREL in Summer 2022.

Jamil was kind enough to answer a few questions for us.

Rack Light and Wash Wiz shared first place and were both awarded $900 at Startup Games on Oct. 16 in the Paul W. Brechler Press Box at Kinnick Stadium.

Ben Hammond, senior (economics and infomatics) was part of team "Wash Wiz" a service that creates a more efficient method to do laundry.

McClain joined the UIowaCS faculty in the fall of 1970. He later became an Assistant Director to the Weeg Computing Center, a precursor to ITS.
In 2002, McClain retired from more than 30 years at Iowa, most of it at Weeg then ITS. He then became an Adjunct Prof. in CS where he taught for an additional ten years.

PhD candidates Dat Hong (Computer Science - 6th year), Jeehan Malik (Computer Science - 6th year), and Muhammed Ali Sit (IGPI | Information Science - 4th year) were awarded a Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship.
Fellow doctorate students Hussam Habib (CS - 4th year) and Min Zhang (IGPI | Information Science - 4th year) have received Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowships for Spring 2023.

Ryan Policheri (2nd year MCS student) was chosen to receive the Computer Science Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for 2021-22.

Osama is a fourth-year PhD student in the Computer Science and a first-year master's degree student in Linguistics.
Fellows gain practical experience in the field of educational and faculty development and work to create their own pedagogical project.

Ernest Petti (00MS) didn’t know he would want to pursue animation when he arrived at the University of Iowa to pursue his master’s degree in computer science. [...]

Computer graphics coursework is what attracted Petti to Iowa. Although he knew he wanted to work in the entertainment industry, he hadn’t considered animation. As a Hawkeye, he explored a variety of areas like gaming, visual special effects, and animation—but was still unsure what to pursue.

"The Diversity and Inclusion Task Force presents Excellence in STEM, with Nery Antonio Chapetón-Lamas, instructional faculty in Computer Science at MiraCosta Community College in Oceanside, California.

Professor Chapetón-Lamas shares how connecting with Latinx colleagues outside of STEM helped him become a better computer scientist, faculty, and person.

Keep reading to learn how Professor Chapetón-Lamas has overcome professional challenges because of the community he built around himself."