Katherine Kosaian, formerly Cordwell, who received her doctoral degree from the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the Bill McCune PhD Award. Her dissertation, Formally Verifying Algorithms for Real Quantifier Elimination, was chosen for its strong theoretical and practical contributions to formally verified quantifier elimination for the first-order logic of real arithmetic. The award was presented at the 12th International Joint Conference on Automated Reasoning (IJCAR 2024).

Professor Juan Pablo Hourcade and co-authors/student advisees Flannery Currin - who recently defended her doctoral thesis, Summer Schmuecker and Delaney Norris recently published “Understanding Adult Stakeholder Perspectives on the Ethics of Extended Reality Technologies with a Focus on Young Children and Children in Rural Areas”. This paper was awarded the Best Full Paper Award and Social Impact Honorable Mention at IDC '24 - the 23rd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference.

"The NSF’s support of UI research projects increased 56% for a record high of $18 million, including a new $1.2 million project to advance the personalization of hearing aids. The lead investigator on the project is Octav Chipara, a professor in the Department of Computer Science." Rishab Nithyanand work with School of Journalism and Mass Communication's Brian Ekdale on a $1.7 million DOD project also gets an accolade.

Meng Zhou earned his PhD in informatics from the University of Iowa in Dec.'23 and has embarked on a new role as an assistant scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). His research focuses on using satellite remote sensing to monitor environmental conditions, particularly pollutants like PM2.5 and nighttime wildfires. The unique aspect of Zhou’s work is that he utilizes sensors that operate at night, leveraging moonlight scattered by polluted air to monitor air quality. For wildfires, he developed an innovative algorithm to assess their intensity and combustion phases, providing critical data on how many pollutants, such as PM2.5, black carbon, and CO, will be emitted to the air by the wildfire.

Zachary Morris, who graduated this May 2024 with an MCS degree, was chosen to receive the award for “Academic Excellence in the Masters Program” for 2023-24. This competitive honor recognizes academic prowess, the variety and difficulty of courses taken along the way, as well as instructor feedback.

UI Computer Science Associate Professor Doug Jones, whose expertise is "Voting technology, how we came to vote using technology, voting system acquisition and evaluation"...

William “Bill” Decker, a UIowaCS alumnus and instructor who was instrumental in developing technology infrastructure both at the University of Iowa and on the national level, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Science from Iowa during the 9 a.m. May 11 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences commencement ceremony.

CS Professor Kasturi Varadarajan was recently awarded the UI Graduate College’s 2024 Outstanding Mentor Award for his commitment to excellence in teaching and mentoring.

Daniel Yahyazadeh graduated with a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Iowa in 2021. In this Q&A, Rusert discusses his path to his current role of Formal Verification Engineer at Apple, shares memories of his time at Iowa, and more!

Jonathan Rusert graduated with a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Iowa in 2022. In this Q&A, Rusert discusses his path to his current role of Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Purdue Fort Wayne, shares memories of his time at Iowa, and more!