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July 08, 2026

WeRide Donates Autonomous Driving Platform to NC State Computer Science Research Group

The vehicle will be housed within the RTIS group, led by NC State CS Associate Professor Zhishan Guo. This donation will provide students and researchers with a hands-on platform for studying the computing challenges behind safe, reliable and responsive autonomous systems.
Aditi Mallavarapu, assistant professor of computer science at NC State, researches human-centered computing and intelligent learning technologies that support exploration-based learning in open-ended educational environments. Photo by Adam Jennings

July 06, 2026

Engineering AI to Aid Human Behavior

Five questions with Assistant Professor Aditi Mallavarapu
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June 30, 2026

Meet the LAS Summer Interns

The Laboratory for Analytic Sciences is a partnership between the intelligence community and NC State that develops innovative technology and tradecraft to help solve mission-relevant problems. Founded in 2013 by…
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June 24, 2026

What to Know from NC State’s Quantum Workshop

Industry professionals, students, faculty and researchers explored the future of quantum machine learning during summer school at NC State.
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June 15, 2026

Rajapaksha, Bacher and Barnes Receive Honorable Mention at ACM CHI

“Games were always more than just entertainment, I was fascinated by how they motivate people to persist, problem-solve and learn through exploration. I always wanted to do something meaningful with that passion beyond simply playing games.”

June 11, 2026

Bowen Xu Wins ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award

Xu’s paper, “Understanding Codebase like a Professional! Human–AI Collaboration for Code Comprehension”, was accepted at the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Program Comprehension (ICPC 2026).
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June 08, 2026

Ph.D. Students Alex Qin and M. M. Abid Naziri Win TCSE Best Student Paper Award

Congratulations to Department of Computer Science (CS) Ph.D. students Feiran (Alex) Qin and M. M. Abid Naziri on winning the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society Technical…
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May 26, 2026

Dongkuan (DK) Xu Receives Dean’s Applied AI Research Accelerator Award

Dongkuan (DK) Xu, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at NC University, has received a 2026 NC State College of Engineering Dean’s Applied AI Research Accelerator Award. This…
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May 18, 2026

Yang Receives Goldwater Scholarship

Bryce Yang, a junior majoring in computer science, was one of three NC State University students to receive the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship this year. 
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May 12, 2026

Spring 2026 Senior Design Center’s Posters and Pies

The #NCStateCS Senior Design Center celebrated Posters and Pies on April 29, a culmination of the Spring 2026 Senior Design capstone course.
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May 08, 2026

Congratulations to our Spring 2026 Graduates!

Celebrating the largest graduating class in #NCStateCS history!
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May 08, 2026

Welcoming Department of Computer Science Head Daphne Yao

Daphne Yao has been named the next head of the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering at NC State. Her appointment begins July 1, 2026.
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