Recent News
Art historian and computer scientist earn inaugural Debra Haring Excellence in Research Awards
An art historian and a computer scientist have been named the recipients of the inaugural Debra Haring Excellence in Research Award.
Enriching child development and learning with AI?
Prof. Zhen Bai discusses the tools her team is developing.
Senior Sarah Mammen wins Wells Prize
Sarah has excelled in pursuing her interests at the intersection of privacy law, technology, and machine learning.
Professor Xu speaks on deepfakes
It appears generative artificial intelligence is an increasingly prominent tool in the misinformation toolbox. Should voters be concerned about being bombarded with phony videos of politicians created with generative AI? Professor Xu weighs in.
Grace Hopper 2024
This past week the department funded students to attend the Grace Hopper Conference, the world’s largest gathering of women in computing.
Fall Highlights
The department has had a busy fall semester. ICPC World finals, our 50th anniversary, and several new faculty awards were all to be had. Read about the highlights here.
Fatemeh Nargesian receives NSF CAREER Award
Fatemeh Nargesian, the James P. Wilmot Distinguished Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, has received a 2024 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Students Travel Abroad for International Collegiate Programming Contest
Three computer science students compete in a very different type of competition halfway across the world.
Professor Zhu and collaborators design autonomous machines that are more reliable and less costly
An international team of computer scientists has developed a new method to reduce cost-safety tradeoffs.
50th Anniversary Celebration
The department celebrated its 50th Anniversary in style today. Learn more about the festivities.
Chenliang Xu wins new AI grant
Congratulations to Associate Professor Chenliang Xu from the Department of Computer Science for receiving $75,000 in sponsored research from Cisco Systems, Inc. The funding supports a project titled, “MUTATIONS: Machine Unlearning for Trustworthy multi-modAl foundaTION modelS.
PhD Students Lead AI Summer Camp
Each summer, the University hosts numerous pre-college programs for high school students to explore a variety of disciplines and learn from Rochester faculty and graduate students. WHEC-TV reported on one of those programs hosted by the Goergen Institute for Data Science that provides students a hands-on opportunity to experience the growing field of data science.
CS Student Cole Goodman Bound for Olympic Trials!
Cole Goodman '25, a member of the University of Rochester men's track & field team, will represent the University at the 2024 United States Track & Field Olympic Team Trials later this month.
UR Programming Team to go to ICPC World Finals
I am delighted to share that UR’s lead team in the International Collegiate Programming Contest finished 17th in the North American Championship, held this past week at the University of Central Florida. They will now advance to the WORLD FINALS, to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan in September. We’re in fabulous company: the complete set of qualifying schools comprises MIT, Illinois, Columbia, UBC, UC San Diego, Maryland, Stanford, Waterloo, UC Irvine, UC Berkeley, Rutgers, Washington, UT Austin, Harvard, Michigan, Cornell, and Rochester. Many congratulations to Zeyu Nie '24, Xiaoou Zhou 'MS, and Yan Zou '27, shown below with coach Adam Purtee (coach Daniel Stefankovic was unable to make the trip to UCF).
From the Hive: Krish Jain
A computer science student who serves as president of the University’s Google Student Developer Club was featured in the Five from the Hive Instagram series. Krish Jain ’26 provided a behind-the-scenes peek into his life as a student through five photos from his camera roll.
Jiebo Luo receives Riker Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
The Riker Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching recognizes a faculty member who has excelled in graduate instruction, particularly in the University’s doctoral programs.
URCS Students Take Honorable Mention in CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Research Awards
The CS department would like to congratulate seniors Alexander Martin and Sangwu Lee for each receiving an honorable mention in the 2023-2024 Computing Research Association’s Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award competition.