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Computational Logic Center (CLC) seeks Post-doctoral Scholar

Friday, March 22, 2024
The Department of Computer Science is seeking applications for a post-doctoral scholar to join the Computational Logic Center (CLC) within the department of computer science. The CLC performs research across programming languages, formal verification, and automated reasoning, and includes J. Garrett Morris, Cesare Tinelli, Katherine Kosaian, as well as several research scientists, post-doctoral scholars, and graduate student researchers.

Morris’ NSF grant brings new innovations to programming language Haskell

Friday, March 22, 2024
The National Science Foundation recently awarded UI computer science professor J. Garrett Morris $599,000 for his research project entitled A New Semantics for Type-Level Programming in Haskell.
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Alumna Daniela Rus one of "10 Underrated Women in AI to Watchout For"

"In a tech world where diversity is critical yet often overlooked, unsung women are enriching the AI field with innovations that promise a future where technology is as diverse as the society it serves. [...] Daniela L Rus is the director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and holds the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professorship in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. Rus’s contributions address challenges in machine learning such as data quality, bias, and adaptability of systems, alongside innovations in robotics like soft robotics, modular robots, and autonomous vehicle algorithms. She has developed technologies to assist the physically disabled."
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Umar Iqbal (PhD '21) Alumnus Q&A

After receiving his doctorate in computer science from the University of Iowa in 2021, Umar Iqbal became a CI Fellow Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Washington. In fall 2023, he joined Washington University in St. Louis’s faculty as an assistant professor and is sharing insightful updates, advice, and more!
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Chipara Feat. Speaker at Smart Health Symposium - Technology to Improve the Lives of Older Adults

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Prof. Octav Chipara — PI of "Shallow and Deep Personalization for Hearing Aids" NSF-funded grant — will be one of three featured speakers at Tuesday March, 5 NSF | NIH Symposium [2-3pm CT online]! Chipara and fellow Smart Health researchers [inc. UIowaCS co-PI Bijaya Adhikari] are actively pursuing advancements in technology that improve the lives of older adults.
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PhD student Rachel Fitzjerrells awarded first place for presentation on role of oral microbiome in multiple sclerosis

Monday, February 26, 2024
Informatics PhD student Rachel Fitzjerrells was recently awarded first place at the 71st Iowa Section of the American Association for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) and Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research for her presentation entitled “Machine Learning Approach Identifies Dysbiotic Oral Communities in Multiple Sclerosis.”

Bao, Hossain, Khalid, Marmaduke, and Shrestha awarded Competitive Spring '24 Fellowships

Friday, February 23, 2024
PhD candidates Andrew Marmaduke (Computer Science - 6th year) and Han Bao (IGPI | Geoinformatics - 5th year) were awarded a Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship. Fellow doctorate students Kowsar Hossain (CS - 6th year) and Osama Khalid (CS - 5th year), and Ingroj Shrestha (CS - 6th year) have received Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowships for Spring 2024.

University of Iowa Spearheads Revolutionary NSF-Funded Water Science CyberTraining Initiative

Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Ibrahim Demir, an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Bijaya Adhikari, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, won a $125,000 award from the National Science Foundation to contribute hydroinformatics and machine learning training to a cutting-edge initiative entitled "Inclusive Cyberinfrastructure and Machine Learning Training to Advance Water Science Research."

Singh’s NSF grant aims to develop structure-phenotype data management

Monday, February 19, 2024
Dr. Rahul Singh joined us in Fall 2023 from San Francisco State University. He is also a professor (by affiliation) at the Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, University of California, San Diego. Dr. Singh brings to UIowaCS a $516,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for the research project entitled Designing Structure-Phenotype Query-Retrieval and Analysis Systems for Microscopy-Based Whole Organism Studies.
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Tanmay Inamdar (PhD '20) Alumnus Q&A

Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Tanmay Inamdar graduated with a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Iowa in 2020. In this Q&A, Inamdar discusses his research and the value of a close-knit computer science department.