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!

Lakshmi D. Subramanian graduated with a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Iowa in 2022. In this Q&A, Subramanian discusses her path to her current role of Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at Kean University, shares memories of her time at Iowa, and more!

Pooya Rahimian graduated with a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Iowa in 2019. In this Q&A, Rahimian discusses his path to his current role of Software Engineer at Google, shares memories of his time at Iowa, and more!

In a new study, University of Iowa researchers investigated how pre-teenage children determined when it was safe to cross a residential street with oncoming self-driving cars. The researchers found children made the safest choices when self-driving cars indicated via a green light on top of the vehicle that it was safe to cross when the vehicle arrived at the intersection, then stopped. When self-driving cars turned on the green light farther away from the crossing point—and even when they slowed down—children engaged in riskier intersection crossings, the researchers learned.

In recognition of her outstanding contributions to teaching and teaching activities in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dr. Liza Kleiman was one of a select few instructors awarded a 2023-2024 Collegiate Teaching Award.

PhD candidate Ingroj Shrestha (CS - 6th year) was awarded a Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded UI computer science professor Sriram Pemmaraju $330,000 for his research project entitled "The Communication Cost of Distributed Computation". This collaborative (Medium) proposal, with collaborators Gopal Pandurangan (University of Houston) and Peter Robinson (Augusta University), is funded by the Algorithmic Foundations program at the NSF.