Research News
2024
Dr. Laurie Williams One of Four Faculty to Win Holladay Medal
Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Williams on being one of four NC State faculty members selected to receive the 2024 Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by NC State and the university’s Board of Trustees.
4/04/24
Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Williams on being one of four NC State faculty members selec...
4/04/24
Senior Design Center's Spring Posters & Pies Planned for April 26
Please join us as the NC State Computer Science Senior Design Center students showcase their work during our Spring “Posters & Pies” event on Friday, April 26th in NC State’s McKimmon Center.
3/29/24
Please join us as the NC State Computer Science Senior Design Center students showcase the...
3/29/24
Assunção Wins Distinguished Paper Award at IEEE SANER Conference
Congratulations to Dr. Wesley K. G. Assunção and his co-authors on recently winning the IEEE Computer Society TCSE Distinguished Paper Award at the 31st IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2024).
3/28/24
Congratulations to Dr. Wesley K. G. Assunção and his co-authors on recently winning the ...
3/28/24
Will Our Best Teachers Be Robots?
AI could help even those who struggle the most learn better in the future, say computer scientists and educators James Lester and Noboru Matsuda.
3/04/24
AI could help even those who struggle the most learn better in the future, say computer sc...
3/04/24
Spring 2024 Carla Savage Award Winners Announced
Congratulations to Dr. Zhishan Guo, Dr. Dongkuan (DK) Xu, and Mr. Parvez Rashid who were named the Spring 2024 winners of The Carla Savage Award for their exceptional contributions to the NC State Department of Computer Science.
3/04/24
Congratulations to Dr. Zhishan Guo, Dr. Dongkuan (DK) Xu, and Mr. Parvez Rashid who were n...
3/04/24
DK Xu Awarded Microsoft’s AFMR Award
Dr. Dongkuan (DK) Xu was recently honored with Microsoft’s AFMR Award for his ground-breaking research proposal that seeks to address the critical challenge of assessing the trustworthiness of large language models (LLMs).
2/29/24
Dr. Dongkuan (DK) Xu was recently honored with Microsoft’s AFMR Award for his ground-bre...
2/29/24
Chi Named 2023-24 University Faculty Scholar
Dr. Min Chi, professor of computer science in the NC State Computer Science Department, has been named one of twenty-two 2023-24 University Faculty Scholars.
2/19/24
Dr. Min Chi, professor of computer science in the NC State Computer Science Department, ha...
2/19/24
Williams Named Goodnight Distinguished University Professor
Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Williams on being named the inaugural Goodnight Distinguished University Professor in Security Sciences at NC State University.
1/22/24
Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Williams on being named the inaugural Goodnight Distinguishe...
1/22/24
Enck and Williams Win Best Paper Award in IEEE Privacy & Security Magazine
The IEEE Computer Society Publications Board has awarded a 2022 Best Paper Award in the IEEE Security & Privacy magazine to Drs. Will Enck and Laurie Williams for their paper focusing on the top five challenges in software supply chain security.
1/08/24
The IEEE Computer Society Publications Board has awarded a 2022 Best Paper Award in the IE...
1/08/24
Zhishan Guo Receives RTSS Best Paper Award
Congratulations to Dr. Zhishan Guo and his collaborators from the University of Notre Dame on being awarded the Best Paper Awards at the 2023 44th Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS).
1/02/24
Congratulations to Dr. Zhishan Guo and his collaborators from the University of Notre Dame...
1/02/24
2023
Wujie Wen Receives William J. McCalla ICCAD Best Paper Award
Congratulations to Dr. Wujie Wen and his collaborators from the University of Notre Dame on winning one of two Best Paper Awards at the International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD).
12/04/23
Congratulations to Dr. Wujie Wen and his collaborators from the University of Notre Dame o...
12/04/23
Department Honors Hall of Fame Inductees and Rising Stars
Congratulations to the Computer Science alumni who were honored for their exemplary contributions to their profession, their community, and to the world at large during the Computer Science Department’s Alumni Hall of Fame ceremony last week.
11/09/23
Congratulations to the Computer Science alumni who were honored for their exemplary contri...
11/09/23
Welcome New Computer Science Faculty!
The Computer Science Department is celebrating 12 new talented faculty members who have joined, or are joining us this year.
11/02/23
The Computer Science Department is celebrating 12 new talented faculty members who have jo...
11/02/23
Fall 2023 Carla Savage Award Winners Announced
Congratulations to Dr. Rada Chirkova, Dr. Ignacio Domínguez, and Ms. Carol Allen who were named Fall 2023 winners of the Carla Savage Award for their exceptional contributions to the NC State Department of Computer Science.
10/26/23
Congratulations to Dr. Rada Chirkova, Dr. Ignacio Domínguez, and Ms. Carol Allen who were...
10/26/23
Menzies Designated as an ASE Fellow
Congratulations to Dr. Tim Menzies, Professor of Computer Science, on being designated as an ASE Fellow.
10/18/23
Congratulations to Dr. Tim Menzies, Professor of Computer Science, on being designated as ...
10/18/23
Liu and Xu Win Best Paper Award at IEEE ICCCN
Congratulations to CSC assistant professors Yuchen Liu and Dongkuan Xu, along with their co-authors, on recently winning the Best Paper Award at 32nd International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2023) held in Hawaii.
9/25/23
Congratulations to CSC assistant professors Yuchen Liu and Dongkuan Xu, along with their c...
9/25/23
Assunção Wins Best Paper Award at SPLC 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Wesley K. G. Assunção and his co-authors from the Federal University of Paraná, on recently winning the Best Research Paper award at the 27th ACM International Systems and Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2023).
9/25/23
Congratulations to Dr. Wesley K. G. Assunção and his co-authors from the Federal Univers...
9/25/23
From Ideas to Solutions
CSC’s Dave Roberts and his collaborative ‘Wearable EKG for Dogs’ prototype is among six projects which secured support from the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF) this year.
8/24/23
CSC’s Dave Roberts and his collaborative ‘Wearable EKG for Dogs’ prototype is among ...
8/24/23
Dr. Jianqing Liu’s Quantum Sensing Project Receives $1.1M NSF Grant
CSC assistant professor Jianqing Liu is the first person at NC State to be awarded a very selective $1.1M National Science Foundation (NSF) TAQS grant to support his quantum research on crop diseases.
8/31/23
CSC assistant professor Jianqing Liu is the first person at NC State to be awarded a very ...
8/31/23
A New Weapon in the War on Robocall Scams
The new tool is designed to help regulators, phone carriers and other stakeholders better understand and monitor robocall trends – and take action against related criminal activity.
8/08/23
The new tool is designed to help regulators, phone carriers and other stakeholders better ...
8/08/23
Pande Receives Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Pande’s research focuses on promoting personalization and accessibility in learning environments, as well as increasing the participation of people with disabilities in computer science across all levels of academia and industry.
6/30/23
Pande’s research focuses on promoting personalization and accessibility in learning envi...
6/30/23
Guo Receives ACM SIGBED Early Career Award
The award recognizes Guo's outstanding contributions in the area of embedded, real-time and cyber-physical systems.
6/29/23
The award recognizes Guo's outstanding contributions in the area of embedded, real-time an...
6/29/23
Singh Named SAS Institute Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Congratulations to Dr. Munindar Singh, Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor, on being named the SAS Institute Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at NC State.
6/06/23
Congratulations to Dr. Munindar Singh, Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor, on being n...
6/06/23
New AI Boosts Teamwork Training
A new artificial intelligence (AI) framework will enable training technologies to better understand how well individuals are coordinating with one another working as part of a team.
6/06/23
A new artificial intelligence (AI) framework will enable training technologies to better u...
6/06/23
Battestilli Recognized for Excellence in Teaching
Congratulations to Dr. Lina Battestilli on receiving the College of Engineering’s Outstanding Teacher Award.
5/19/23
Congratulations to Dr. Lina Battestilli on receiving the College of Engineering’s Outsta...
5/19/23
Abdelshiheed Named CoE Doctoral Scholar of the Year
Mark Abdelshiheed, whose research interests are in the field of cognitive science and artificial intelligence in education, is a skilled researcher with novel and creative ideas, and a 4.2 cumulative GPA.
5/17/23
Mark Abdelshiheed, whose research interests are in the field of cognitive science and arti...
5/17/23
Pop Quiz: AI Matches Human Performance at Developing Good Test Questions
Dr. Noboru Matsuda, associate professor of computer science at NC State, and other researchers have developed an AI model that can generate online course assessment questions that instructors found indistinguishable from questions written by humans.
5/17/23
Dr. Noboru Matsuda, associate professor of computer science at NC State, and other researc...
5/17/23
Lester Named Goodnight Distinguished University Professor
Congratulations to James Lester, Distinguished University Professor, and Director of the Center for Educational Informatics, on being named the inaugural Goodnight Distinguished University Professor in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
5/11/23
Congratulations to James Lester, Distinguished University Professor, and Director of the C...
5/11/23
Richards Named 2022-2023 CSC Person of Exceptional Performance (PEP)
Congratulations to Donna Richards, Assistant Director of Research Administration in the NC State Computer Science Department, on being selected as this year’s recipient of the “Person of Exceptional Performance” award.
5/11/23
Congratulations to Donna Richards, Assistant Director of Research Administration in the NC...
5/11/23
Rothermel Reappointed as Head of Department of Computer Science
Dr. Gregg Rothermel, one of the top software engineering researchers in the world, has been reappointed as the head of NC State’s Department of Computer Science in recognition of his excellent leadership, dedication and integrity.
4/28/23
Dr. Gregg Rothermel, one of the top software engineering researchers in the world, has bee...
4/28/23
Spring 2023 Carla Savage Award Winners Announced
Dr. Muhammad Shahzad, Dr. Anupam Das, and PhD student Vaibhav Garg were named Spring 2023 winners of The Carla Savage Award for their exceptional contributions to the NC State Department of Computer Science.
2/22/23
Dr. Muhammad Shahzad, Dr. Anupam Das, and PhD student Vaibhav Garg were named Spring 2023 ...
2/22/23
2022
Chirkova Named Distinguished Member of the ACM
The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) has selected Dr. Rada Chirkova as one of 67 Distinguished Members for 2022 for her outstanding scientific contributions to computing.
12/08/22
The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) has selected Dr. Rada Chirkova as one of 67 D...
12/08/22
Senior Design Center's Posters & Pies Planned for December 7th
Please join us as the NC State Computer Science Senior Design Center students showcase their work during our annual “Posters & Pies” event on Wednesday, December 7th in the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on NC State’s Centennial Campus.
11/30/22
Please join us as the NC State Computer Science Senior Design Center students showcase the...
11/30/22
Making the Pitch!
Students in Dr. Timothy Menzies’ Software Engineering class are challenged to not just create innovative software solutions to real-world problems, but to sell their ideas to the classmates in a novel ‘software swap’ approach.
11/15/22
Students in Dr. Timothy Menzies’ Software Engineering class are challenged to not just c...
11/15/22
Dr. Donald Bitzer Named a Computer History Museum 2022 Fellow
Dr. Donald Bitzer, Distinguished University Research Professor of Computer Science at NC State, was named a 2022 Fellow by the Computer History Museum for his global influence and outstanding contributions in the field of computer science.
10/17/22
Dr. Donald Bitzer, Distinguished University Research Professor of Computer Science at NC S...
10/17/22
Fall 2022 Carla Savage Award Winners Announced
Dr. Jessica Young Schmidt, Dr. William Enck, and Donna Richards were named Fall 2022 winners of The Carla Savage Award for their exceptional contributions to the NC State Department of Computer Science.
10/11/22
Dr. Jessica Young Schmidt, Dr. William Enck, and Donna Richards were named Fall 2022 winne...
10/11/22
NC State to Lead Multi-institution Software Supply Chain Security Grant from NSF
NC State University is the lead institution on a $9M, multi-institution NSF 'Frontiers' grant to research technical challenges in software supply chain security and to help build a diverse workforce for the software industry.
8/03/22
NC State University is the lead institution on a $9M, multi-institution NSF 'Frontiers' gr...
8/03/22
Barnes Receives NCWIT Research and Mentoring Award
Dr. Tiffany Barnes has been recognized by the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) for her outstanding research and graduate mentorship, along with her efforts to recruit, encourage and promote women and minorities in computing.
6/30/22
Dr. Tiffany Barnes has been recognized by the National Center for Women & Information Tech...
6/30/22
Fostering Community to Help Battle Academic Hardships
Manali Shirsekar, a 2022 CSC BS graduate, helped build a supportive group of students during her time at NC State.
5/10/22
Manali Shirsekar, a 2022 CSC BS graduate, helped build a supportive group of students duri...
5/10/22
New Study Reveals Why Facebook Ads Can Miss Target
The study finds Facebook’s algorithm doesn’t seem to account for the context of user activities.
3/28/22
The study finds Facebook’s algorithm doesn’t seem to account for the context of user a...
3/28/22
Reaves Receives NSF CAREER Award
Congratulations to Bradley Reaves on receiving an NSF CAREER Award, one of the highest honors given by NSF to young faculty members in science and engineering. Reaves becomes the department’s 35th CAREER Award winner; the 32nd currently on staff.
3/24/22
Congratulations to Bradley Reaves on receiving an NSF CAREER Award, one of the highest hon...
3/24/22
Dr. James Lester One of Five Faculty to Win Holladay Medal
Distinguished Professor Dr. James Lester III is one of five NC State faculty members who received the 2022 Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by NC State and the university’s Board of Trustees.
3/22/22
Distinguished Professor Dr. James Lester III is one of five NC State faculty members who r...
3/22/22
Spring 2022 Carla Savage Award Winners Announced
The Computer Science Department is pleased to recognize the Spring 2022 recipients of “The Carla Savage Award.” The award is named in honor of Dr. Carla Savage who served the University and Department for over 42 years.
2/17/22
The Computer Science Department is pleased to recognize the Spring 2022 recipients of “T...
2/17/22
Singh Named 2021 ACM Fellow
Dr. Munindar Singh was recently named an ACM Fellow for his contributions to artificial intelligence and multiagent systems and their applications in service-oriented computing and sociotechnical systems. He is the Department’s third ACM Fellow.
1/20/22
Dr. Munindar Singh was recently named an ACM Fellow for his contributions to artificial in...
1/20/22
2021
Fall 2021 Carla Savage Award Winner Announced
The Department is thrilled to recognize Dr. Munindar Singh, the latest recipient of “The Carla Savage Award” in the Full Professor category. The award is named in honor of Dr. Carla Savage who served the University and Department for over 42 years.
12/07/21
The Department is thrilled to recognize Dr. Munindar Singh, the latest recipient of “The...
12/07/21
CSC and ECE Students Compete in National Combat Robotic Event
Students from CSC and ECE have taken their robots, “The Wheel of Power (WoP)” and “The Greatest Danger” to compete in one of the country’s biggest combat robotic events, the Norwalk Havoc Robot League.
11/29/21
Students from CSC and ECE have taken their robots, “The Wheel of Power (WoP)” and “T...
11/29/21
In-Person Fall Diploma Ceremony Set for December 10th in Reynolds Coliseum
Join us in-person on December 10th as we celebrate our Fall 2021 graduates! The ceremony will be in Reynolds Coliseum at 3:30 p.m., and alumna Kamala Subramaniam of Google will deliver the keynote address.
11/29/21
Join us in-person on December 10th as we celebrate our Fall 2021 graduates! The ceremony w...
11/29/21
Five Alumni Inducted into the CSC Alumni Hall of Fame
The department is proud to announce the induction of five outstanding alumni into the NC State Computer Science Alumni Hall of Fame for 2021.
11/23/21
The department is proud to announce the induction of five outstanding alumni into the NC S...
11/23/21
Statewide Cybersecurity Coalition Receives $2 Million NSA Grant
A $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation will help fund a statewide coalition to help drive the state's economy by giving North Carolina businesses the skilled workers, knowledge and support that they need to grow.
10/01/21
A $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation will help fund a statewide coaliti...
10/01/21
Shen’s Tech Startup, CoCoPIE, Wins NSF Small Business Innovation Funding
CoCoPIE, a tech startup co-founded by Xipeng Shen, Professor of Computer Science at NC State, opens up limitless opportunities for AI app developers, smartphone and IoT device vendors, robotics, health, autonomous driving, and many other industries.
8/27/21
CoCoPIE, a tech startup co-founded by Xipeng Shen, Professor of Computer Science at NC Sta...
8/27/21
Study: Benefits Outweigh Risks for Autonomous Vehicles – As Long As You Regulate Them
Dr. Munindar Singh is part of an interdisciplinary panel of experts that has assessed the risks and potential benefits associated with deploying autonomous vehicles (AVs) on US roads. They predict the benefits could substantially outweigh the risks.
8/23/21
Dr. Munindar Singh is part of an interdisciplinary panel of experts that has assessed the ...
8/23/21
Singh Using Hypergame Theory to Fend Off Attackers
Dr. Munindar Singh will use funding from Virginia Tech to support his research on a form of cyberdefense based on defensive deception against an attacker.
7/30/21
Dr. Munindar Singh will use funding from Virginia Tech to support his research on a form o...
7/30/21
NC State’s 4th Churchill Scholar Prepares for Deep Dive Into Genetics
Nikhil Milind, who graduated in May with degrees in computer science and genetics, is going to Cambridge University to continue his studies into links between human genetics and diseases. He is NC State’s fourth-ever Churchill Scholar.
7/06/21
Nikhil Milind, who graduated in May with degrees in computer science and genetics, is goin...
7/06/21
Three from CSC Win NSF CAREER Awards
Alexandros Kapravelos, Christopher Parnin and Ruozhou Yu, all assistant professors in the NC State Computer Science Department, have received prestigious NSF CAREER Awards. The CSC Department now has 34 CAREER Award winners.
6/11/21
Alexandros Kapravelos, Christopher Parnin and Ruozhou Yu, all assistant professors in the ...
6/11/21
Singh Elected Foreign Member of Academia Europaea
Congratulations to Dr. Munindar Singh on being the first from NC State University to become an Elected Foreign Member of Academia Europaea.
6/29/21
Congratulations to Dr. Munindar Singh on being the first from NC State University to becom...
6/29/21
Veronica Cateté Receives 2020 Erskine B. Bowles Staff Service Award
Dr. Veronia Cateté, a research scientist in the NC State Computer Science Department, has received the 2020 Erskine B. Bowles Staff Service Award. She is the first recipient from NC State University.
5/27/21
Dr. Veronia Cateté, a research scientist in the NC State Computer Science Department, has...
5/27/21
Congratulations Spring 2021 CSC Graduates!
Over 300 BS, MS, and PhD candidates celebrated their graduation during the Computer Science Department’s virtual Spring 2021 Diploma Ceremony held May 13th.
5/19/21
Over 300 BS, MS, and PhD candidates celebrated their graduation during the Computer Scienc...
5/19/21
First Blind PhD Student Graduates from the Department of Computer Science
Sean Mealin, the first blind PhD student to graduate from the Department of Computer Science, found inspiration for his research from his guide dog, Simba, and has helped make service dog training programs more efficient.
5/11/21
Sean Mealin, the first blind PhD student to graduate from the Department of Computer Scien...
5/11/21
Catete Honored with CoE's 2021 Award for Excellence
Congratulations to Veronica Catete, Research Scholar, on being honored as one of four recipients of a College of Engineering 2021 Award for Excellence.
4/30/21
Congratulations to Veronica Catete, Research Scholar, on being honored as one of four reci...
4/30/21
LexisNexis Partnership Grows Alongside Researchers, Students
The partnership between NC State’s Computer Science Department and Super ePartner, LexisNexis, is largely fueled by research collaborations, unique branding opportunities and access to talent just around the corner.
4/22/21
The partnership between NC State’s Computer Science Department and Super ePartner, Lexis...
4/22/21
April 2021 Carla Savage Award Winners Announced
The Computer Science Department is pleased to recognize the latest recipients of “The Carla Savage Award” in the Administrative Staff and Teaching Professor categories.
4/20/21
The Computer Science Department is pleased to recognize the latest recipients of “The Ca...
4/20/21
Senior Design Center's Spring 2021 Virtual "Poster Day" Planned for April 30th
Please join us as the NC State Computer Science Senior Design Center students virtually showcase their work during our annual “Poster Day” event on Friday, April 30th at 9:30A. Links to each team’s individual rooms will be released soon.
4/19/21
Please join us as the NC State Computer Science Senior Design Center students virtually sh...
4/19/21
NC State #1 in World for Computer Science Education Research
In a paper presented at the 2021 SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, NC State has been cited as the #1 institution in the world for computer science education research from 2015-2020.
3/30/21
In a paper presented at the 2021 SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education,...
3/30/21
Hui Guo Named Winner of The Carla Savage Award for PhD Students
The Computer Science Department is thrilled to recognize Hui Guo, recipient of “The Carla Savage Award” in the PhD student category. The award is named in honor of Dr. Carla Savage who has served the University and Department for over 42 years.
3/10/21
The Computer Science Department is thrilled to recognize Hui Guo, recipient of “The Carl...
3/10/21
Singh Named 2020 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor
Dr. Munindar Singh has received a 2020 Graduate School Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award in the area of Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Engineering. Only one award is made every two years in this category, university-wide.
3/10/21
Dr. Munindar Singh has received a 2020 Graduate School Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor...
3/10/21
Study Reveals Extent of Privacy Vulnerabilities with Amazon’s Alexa
Collaborative research effort including Drs. Anupam Das and Will Enck from NC State finds issues range from misleading privacy policies to post-approval changes in code.
3/04/21
Collaborative research effort including Drs. Anupam Das and Will Enck from NC State finds ...
3/04/21
Battestilli Recognized as a 2021 Equity for Women Award Nominee
Congratulations to Dr. Tzvetelina (“Lina”) Battestilli on being recognized during the 2021 Equity for Women Awards for her efforts in increasing women’s participation in tech.
2/26/21
Congratulations to Dr. Tzvetelina (“Lina”) Battestilli on being recognized during the ...
2/26/21
Dr. Helen Gu Wins 10-Year Best Paper Award at SoCC ’20
Dr. Helen Gu and her collaborators were awarded the 10-Year Best Paper Award at the ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing 2020 for their paper focusing on CloudScale and prediction-driven elastic resource scaling.
2/19/21
Dr. Helen Gu and her collaborators were awarded the 10-Year Best Paper Award at the ACM Sy...
2/19/21
Cisco Systems Makes Major Gift in Support of Department’s Cybersecurity Initiative
As part of a larger investment in developing the next generation of cybersecurity talent, Cisco Systems has made a $250,000 unrestricted gift in support of Dr. Laurie Williams and the Secure Computing Institute at NC State University.
2/11/21
As part of a larger investment in developing the next generation of cybersecurity talent, ...
2/11/21
Williams Named 2020 ACM Fellow
Dr. Laurie Williams was recently named an ACM Fellow for her contributions to empirical research on agile software development, software security, and software engineering education. She is the Computer Science Department’s second ACM Fellow.
1/13/21
Dr. Laurie Williams was recently named an ACM Fellow for her contributions to empirical re...
1/13/21
Robots in the Air and on the Water Could Improve Shellfish Farming
Dr. John-Paul Ore is working with other researchers to build a “co-robotic” system using high-fidelity computer simulations and real-world experiments to automate software testing and analysis for mobile robots.
1/04/21
Dr. John-Paul Ore is working with other researchers to build a “co-robotic” system usi...
1/04/21
Williams Named Distinguished University Professor
Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Williams on being named a Distinguished University Professor at NC State. She becomes the fifth Distinguished Professor in the NC State Department of Computer Science.
1/07/21
Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Williams on being named a Distinguished University Professor...
1/07/21
2020
Barnes Named Distinguished Member of the ACM
The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) has selected Dr. Tiffany Barnes as a Distinguished Member for her outstanding educational contributions to computing.
12/16/20
The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) has selected Dr. Tiffany Barnes as a Distingu...
12/16/20
CSC Graduate Awarded Marshall Scholarship
As a Marshall Scholar, Botta plans to pursue a Master’s in Cognitive Science at the University of Edinburgh in Fall 2021, then pursue a Master’s in Education and Technology at the University College London in Fall 2022.
12/14/20
As a Marshall Scholar, Botta plans to pursue a Master’s in Cognitive Science at the Univ...
12/14/20
Singh Elected AAAS Fellow
Dr. Singh is being recognized for his distinguished contributions to the field of computer science, particularly to foundations of multiagent systems and their applications in service-oriented computing, sociotechnical systems, and governance.
11/24/20
Dr. Singh is being recognized for his distinguished contributions to the field of computer...
11/24/20
Rouskas and Enck Named October 2020 Carla Savage Award Winners
The NC State Computer Science Department is thrilled to recognize “The Carla Savage Award” winners for October 2020: Dr. George Rouskas and Dr. William Enck.
11/09/20
The NC State Computer Science Department is thrilled to recognize “The Carla Savage Awar...
11/09/20
Enck’s Paper Wins 2020 SIGOPS Hall of Fame Award
A paper written by Dr. William Enck and his co-authors was recently recognized as one of the most influential operating systems papers that was published at least ten years in the past.
11/09/20
A paper written by Dr. William Enck and his co-authors was recently recognized as one of t...
11/09/20
Singh Recognized for Research Innovation by the IEEE
Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor Munindar Singh of the NC State Computer Science Department was recently awarded the IEEE TCSVC Research Innovation Award 2020 in recognition of his work in services research and engineering systems.
10/16/20
Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor Munindar Singh of the NC State Computer Science De...
10/16/20
Software Spots and Fixes Hang Bugs in Seconds, Rather Than Weeks
Hang bugs – when software gets stuck, but doesn’t crash – can frustrate both users and programmers, taking weeks for companies to identify and fix. Researchers from NC State have developed software that can spot and fix the problems in seconds.
10/12/20
Hang bugs – when software gets stuck, but doesn’t crash – can frustrate both users a...
10/12/20
Using CyberBook to Build an Effective Online STEM Learning Environment
Dr. Noburo Matsuda is using his $368,884 NSF grant to build an effective online STEM learning environment, called CyberBook, to promote robust mathematics learning with understanding.
9/08/20
Dr. Noburo Matsuda is using his $368,884 NSF grant to build an effective online STEM learn...
9/08/20
Research Hopes to Raise Interest in Middle School Science
Dr. Jonathan Rowe has received an NSF grant valued at more than $414,000 to support his research on the impact of multimodal affect-sensitive learning environments on student learning and science interest.
9/08/20
Dr. Jonathan Rowe has received an NSF grant valued at more than $414,000 to support his re...
9/08/20
Helping Intelligent Tutors Improve Individualized STEM Instruction
Drs. Chi, Barnes and Price have received an NSF grant valued at nearly $2M to develop data-driven technology and tools that can support individualized learning in STEM domains.
9/08/20
Drs. Chi, Barnes and Price have received an NSF grant valued at nearly $2M to develop data...
9/08/20
Can ChangeGradients Bring About Healthy Changes in Adolescents’ Behavior?
Researchers from NC State are hoping that ChangeGradients, a clinically integrated health behavior change system for adolescents, will promote healthy changes in adolescents' behavior by generating personalized interactive narratives.
9/08/20
Researchers from NC State are hoping that ChangeGradients, a clinically integrated health ...
9/08/20
Can a Simple Email Encourage Women to Stay in a STEM Program?
Researchers from NC State and Kent State are collaborating on a project to examine the effectiveness of using affirmative emails to women in computer science classes to increase retention of women in STEM programs.
8/28/20
Researchers from NC State and Kent State are collaborating on a project to examine the eff...
8/28/20
Study Debunks Robocall Myths, Lays Groundwork For Stopping Them
Robocalls are not getting worse, but this paper shows how bad they can be. The paper recently won a Distinguished Paper Award and the First Place Internet Defense Prize valued at $100,000 to promote future work on the topic.
8/18/20
Robocalls are not getting worse, but this paper shows how bad they can be. The paper recen...
8/18/20
Paper Wins Blue Sky Award at AAMAS 2020
Congratulations to PhD graduate Pradeep Murukannaiah and his co-authors on recently winning the Blue Sky Award for a paper at the 19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2020).
8/06/20
Congratulations to PhD graduate Pradeep Murukannaiah and his co-authors on recently winnin...
8/06/20
Jhala Named Senior Member of ACM
Congratulations to Dr. Arnav Jhala, associate professor of computer science at NC State, on being recognized as a Senior Member of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM).
7/31/20
Congratulations to Dr. Arnav Jhala, associate professor of computer science at NC State, o...
7/31/20
Henderson Wins Best Paper Award at EDM2020
Congratulations to PhD student Nathan Henderson and his co-authors from NC State and the Concord Consortium on recently winning the Best Student Paper award at the 13th Educational Data Mining Conference (EDM2020).
7/31/20
Congratulations to PhD student Nathan Henderson and his co-authors from NC State and the C...
7/31/20
New Director of Cybersecurity Education Joins Department of Computer Science
With over 15 years spent on the front lines of cybersecurity efforts, Dr. Thierry Wandji Ketchiozo joins the department to help train the next generation of computer scientists to continue his work protecting critical systems from dangerous attacks.
7/31/20
With over 15 years spent on the front lines of cybersecurity efforts, Dr. Thierry Wandji K...
7/31/20
Rahman Receives COE Distinguished Dissertation Award
Dr. Akond Rahman, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Tennessee Technological University and 2019 NC State Ph.D. graduate, has received the College of Engineering’s 2020 Distinguished Dissertation Award.
7/17/20
Dr. Akond Rahman, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Tennesse...
7/17/20
Big Data for Better Sweetpotatoes
Drs. Kemafor Ogan and Alessandra Scafuro are part of an interdisciplinary team of researchers at NC State that is setting out on an ambitious three-year project that will use artificial intelligence to make sweetpotatoes even more profitable.
6/05/20
Drs. Kemafor Ogan and Alessandra Scafuro are part of an interdisciplinary team of research...
6/05/20
Secure State
The Department of Computer Science is ramping up its research and education efforts in the area of cybersecurity to help meet a critical national need.
4/23/20
The Department of Computer Science is ramping up its research and education efforts in the...
4/23/20
Visualization Tool Tracks COVID-19
A new visualization dashboard allows users to compare COVID-19 data by region and to view predictions on when regions may "flatten the curve," or show decreases in COVID-19 cases.
4/08/20
A new visualization dashboard allows users to compare COVID-19 data by region and to view ...
4/08/20
Rouskas Recognized for Outstanding Service to ONTC
Rouskas has been a member of the ONTC for over 20 years serving as secretary from 2012-2013; vice chair from 2014-2015; and chair from 2016-2017.
2/19/20
Rouskas has been a member of the ONTC for over 20 years serving as secretary from 2012-201...
2/19/20
Singh Recipient of 2020 ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award
SIGAI is the ACM’s Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence. The award is intended to recognize researchers in autonomous agents whose current work is an important influence on the field.
2/19/20
SIGAI is the ACM’s Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence. The award is inte...
2/19/20
Research Targets Making Network Operations More Secure
In this project, Drs. Enck and Reaves seek to provide a new security foundation for the growing security needs of both public and private sector network operations.
2/03/20
In this project, Drs. Enck and Reaves seek to provide a new security foundation for the gr...
2/03/20
Dreher to Study Noise and Systemic Errors in Quantum Computers
The goal of this project will be to research software technologies that can extend the coherence lifetimes of qubits in quantum computers.
2/05/20
The goal of this project will be to research software technologies that can extend the coh...
2/05/20
Heckman and Other Researchers Assess the Impact of Peer Teaching
Demand for computing is increasing across computing pathways, and peer teachers are needed to support learning outcomes. This proposal hopes to expand support across these computing pathways.
1/31/20
Demand for computing is increasing across computing pathways, and peer teachers are needed...
1/31/20
Creating a Quantum Programming Curricula
Dr. Frank Mueller will use this NSF award to support collaborative efforts to create a curriculum for a quantum programming class with access to cutting-edge quantum computing platforms.
1/31/20
Dr. Frank Mueller will use this NSF award to support collaborative efforts to create a cur...
1/31/20
Team Wins Best Paper Award at AIED 2019
Co-authors Guojing Zhou, Hamoon Azizsoltani, Markel Sanz Ausin along with Drs. Tiffany Barnes and Min Chi recently won the best paper award at the 20th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2019).
1/27/20
Co-authors Guojing Zhou, Hamoon Azizsoltani, Markel Sanz Ausin along with Drs. Tiffany Bar...
1/27/20
$2.75M NSF Award Helps Launch New CyberCorps® Scholarships for Service
The goal of the CyberCorps® program is to strengthen the workforce charged with safeguarding our government agencies from cyberattacks, and protecting the security and privacy of the public.
1/23/20
The goal of the CyberCorps® program is to strengthen the workforce charged with safeguard...
1/23/20
2019
Team Wins Best Paper Award at AIIDE 2019
NC state alumnus Dr. Justus Robertson and his co-authors Morteza Behrooz (UCSC) and Dr. Arnav Jhala recently won the best students paper award at the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE 2019).
11/13/19
NC state alumnus Dr. Justus Robertson and his co-authors Morteza Behrooz (UCSC) and Dr. Ar...
11/13/19
Making (Fun) Multi-Player Gaming an Educational Experience
A new video game framework keeps multiple players engrossed in the learning experience while fostering collaboration and problem solving.
11/13/19
A new video game framework keeps multiple players engrossed in the learning experience whi...
11/13/19
Browser Tool Aims to Help Researchers ID Malicious Websites, Code
VisibleV8 is a tool that runs in the Chrome browser and is designed to detect malicious programs that are capable of evading existing malware detection systems.
10/25/19
VisibleV8 is a tool that runs in the Chrome browser and is designed to detect malicious pr...
10/25/19
Can Empirical Software Engineering be Adapted to Computational Science?
Dr. Timothy Menzies is using his recent award from the National Science Foundation amounting to over $592,000 for research on safe adaptation methods of empirical software engineering that can be deployed in computational science.
11/06/19
Dr. Timothy Menzies is using his recent award from the National Science Foundation amounti...
11/06/19
Using AI in K-12 Classrooms
Dr. James Lester has received an award from the National Science Foundation amounting to nearly $100,000 for a project developing and analyzing research for artificial intelligence education in K-12 classrooms.
11/06/19
Dr. James Lester has received an award from the National Science Foundation amounting to n...
11/06/19
Artificial Intelligence Education and the Next Generation
Dr. James Lester and Dr. Bradford Mott have received an award from NSF amounting to nearly $1M that will allow them to develop programs and curriculum that integrate AI and science in upper-elementary science classrooms.
11/06/19
Dr. James Lester and Dr. Bradford Mott have received an award from NSF amounting to nearly...
11/06/19
Tackling Network Design Problems
Congratulations to Dr. George Rouskas who was recently awarded nearly $440,000 by the National Science Foundation to conduct research developing effective and efficient solutions for network design problems of the Internet.
11/06/19
Congratulations to Dr. George Rouskas who was recently awarded nearly $440,000 by the Nati...
11/06/19
Efficient Data Analysis in Everyday Crises
Dr. Raju Vatsavai has been using his $60,000 award from CARTA on a research project developing technological applications that will help first responders in everyday crises receive and analyze critical data more efficiently.
10/31/19
Dr. Raju Vatsavai has been using his $60,000 award from CARTA on a research project develo...
10/31/19
A New Era: Automated Contracts
Congratulations to Dr. Munindar Singh who was recently awarded $450,000 by the National Science Foundation to conduct research investigating theoretical models that will bring forth automated contracts enabling flexible transactions between parties.
10/31/19
Congratulations to Dr. Munindar Singh who was recently awarded $450,000 by the National Sc...
10/31/19
Lessons Learned from 10,000 Software Projects
Dr. Timothy Menzies has been awarded almost $475,000 by NSF to support research that will expand the sample size of software engineering samples by applying innovative transfer learning methods on 10,000 different projects.
11/06/19
Dr. Timothy Menzies has been awarded almost $475,000 by NSF to support research that will ...
11/06/19
Building Better Vulnerability Predictors
Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Williams and Dr. Timothy Menzies for receiving an NSF Award worth almost $500,000 to support research on software analytics that will help explore ways to build more efficient vulnerability predictors.
10/31/19
Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Williams and Dr. Timothy Menzies for receiving an NSF Award ...
10/31/19
Applying Augmented Reality to Caterpillar Vehicles
Dr. Ben Watson is using his $10,000 award from Caterpillar, Inc. to investigate augmented reality applications such as an augmented dashboard and a transparent bucket for Caterpillar Vehicles.
10/31/19
Dr. Ben Watson is using his $10,000 award from Caterpillar, Inc. to investigate augmented ...
10/31/19
Seven Alumni Inducted into the CSC Alumni Hall of Fame
Seven outstanding alumni were inducted into the NC State Computer Science Alumni Hall of Fame for 2019 during a special event at the Park Alumni Center on October 10th.
10/14/19
Seven outstanding alumni were inducted into the NC State Computer Science Alumni Hall of F...
10/14/19
How AI Will Help Train the Soldiers of the Future
Research scientists in NC State’s Center for Educational Informatics (CEI), led by Dr. James Lester, are developing artificial intelligence tools to improve training in order to save lives.
10/02/19
Research scientists in NC State’s Center for Educational Informatics (CEI), led by Dr. J...
10/02/19
Students Win Silver Award in International Serious Play Awards Program
A game called “Making First Impressions” created by undergraduates Louis Jacobowitz and Hannah Morrison won a Silver Medal in the 2019 student division of the International Serious Play Awards.
9/24/19
A game called “Making First Impressions” created by undergraduates Louis Jacobowitz an...
9/24/19
NSF Announces Raleigh and Cary as Testbed Sites for Advanced Wireless
Dr. Rudra Dutta, professor and interim associate head of computer science, is a co-PI on AERPAW, a major research project at NC State aimed at creating a more flexible and adaptable 5G network.
9/18/19
Dr. Rudra Dutta, professor and interim associate head of computer science, is a co-PI on A...
9/18/19
Martens Receives NSF CAREER Award
Congratulations to Dr. Chris Martens on receiving an NSF CAREER Award, one of the highest honors NSF gives to young science and engineering faculty members. Martens is the Computer Science Department’s 30th CAREER Award Winner.
8/06/19
Congratulations to Dr. Chris Martens on receiving an NSF CAREER Award, one of the highest ...
8/06/19
Learning by Teaching – a Benefit for Both the Tutor and Tutee
Dr. Matsuda and his team of researchers will use this $1.3 million award to develop and evaluate an online game-like environment for middle school students to solve and learn algebra linear equations by teaching a simulated peer student.
7/30/19
Dr. Matsuda and his team of researchers will use this $1.3 million award to develop and ev...
7/30/19
Robocalls Have a New Enemy
Dr. Bradley Reaves is using his recent NSF Award to develop techniques to measure the prevalence and characteristics of robocalls in order to pave the way for a more trustworthy and useful phone network.
7/30/19
Dr. Bradley Reaves is using his recent NSF Award to develop techniques to measure the prev...
7/30/19
Are Smart Home Devices Oversharing Your Personal Data?
Dr. Anupam Das recently received an NSF Award worth almost $175,000 to support his work on how Internet of Things (IoT) devices commonly found in smart homes leak sensitive personal information.
7/30/19
Dr. Anupam Das recently received an NSF Award worth almost $175,000 to support his work on...
7/30/19
Mueller Receives Gauss Award at ISC 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Frank Mueller, professor of computer science, for receiving the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing Best Paper Award at the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC 2019) held in June in Frankfurt, Germany.
7/29/19
Congratulations to Dr. Frank Mueller, professor of computer science, for receiving the Gau...
7/29/19
Using Virtual Reality to Create New Tech for First Responders
Researchers from NC State are working on a project called IntelliVisor that is focused on developing VR software that can help law enforcement, firefighters and emergency medical technicians respond to crises more rapidly and efficiently.
7/25/19
Researchers from NC State are working on a project called IntelliVisor that is focused on...
7/25/19
Rahman Wins Distinguished Paper Award at ICSE 2019
Security smells, or recurring coding patterns that are indicative of security weaknesses, are the focus of a paper written by Drs. Akond Rahman, Christopher Parnin and Laurie Williams that received the Distinguished Paper Award at ICSE 2019.
7/24/19
Security smells, or recurring coding patterns that are indicative of security weaknesses, ...
7/24/19
Game Design Program Ranked in Top 5
The NC State Game Design Program was recently recognized as #5 on the list of the top 25 Best Bachelor's in Game Design Degree Programs for 2019.
6/03/19
The NC State Game Design Program was recently recognized as #5 on the list of the top 25 B...
6/03/19
Imtiaz and Williams Win Best Poster Award at HoTSoS 2019
Congratulations to PhD student Nasif Imtiaz and Dr. Laurie Williams for winning the Best Poster Award at HoTSoS 2019.
6/03/19
Congratulations to PhD student Nasif Imtiaz and Dr. Laurie Williams for winning the Best P...
6/03/19
Luck, Woodlief Win Outstanding Poster Presentations
Congratulations to Adam Luck and Alan Woodlief on having their research posters recognized during the 28th Annual NC State Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium.
5/20/19
Congratulations to Adam Luck and Alan Woodlief on having their research posters recognized...
5/20/19
Lester Named Distinguished University Professor
Congratulations to Dr. James Lester, Director of the Center for Educational Informatics, on being named a Distinguished University Professor at NC State.
5/13/19
Congratulations to Dr. James Lester, Director of the Center for Educational Informatics, o...
5/13/19
Two Faculty Win Holladay Medal
Dr. Donald Bitzer, Distinguished University Research Professor in Computer Science, is one of two recipients of the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by NC State and the university’s Board of Trustees.
5/08/19
Dr. Donald Bitzer, Distinguished University Research Professor in Computer Science, is one...
5/08/19
New Technique Cuts AI Training Time by More Than 60 Percent
New artificial intelligence training technique reduces training time for deep learning networks by more than 60 percent without sacrificing accuracy.
4/08/19
New artificial intelligence training technique reduces training time for deep learning net...
4/08/19
Savage Named 2019 SIAM Fellow
Dr. Carla Savage is being recognized as a Class of 2019 (SIAM) Fellow for her outstanding research in algorithms of discrete mathematics and in computer science applications, alongside exemplary service to mathematics.
4/04/19
Dr. Carla Savage is being recognized as a Class of 2019 (SIAM) Fellow for her outstanding ...
4/04/19
Think and Do Entrepreneurship with Computer Science!
The Department of Computer Science at NC State invites those with ideas (thinkers) to network with CSC students who can execute those ideas (doers) at the CSC Entrepreneurship Fair on April 12th!
3/29/19
The Department of Computer Science at NC State invites those with ideas (thinkers) to netw...
3/29/19
NC State Launches North America’s First University IBM Q Hub
According to Dr. Patrick Dreher, chief scientist at NC State’s IBM Q Hub, the goals of the Hub are to advance fundamental research in quantum computing and to explore practical applications important to business, science and engineering.
3/25/19
According to Dr. Patrick Dreher, chief scientist at NC State’s IBM Q Hub, the goals of t...
3/25/19
Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Track Coming Fall of 2019
The Entrepreneurship Track is one of two new undergraduate tracks available to NC State Computer Science students starting in the fall of 2019.
3/20/19
The Entrepreneurship Track is one of two new undergraduate tracks available to NC State Co...
3/20/19
Mealin Wins Best Paper Award at SIGCSE 2019
Mealin and his co-authors modified the entire Code.org Computer Science Principles course to make it accessible and helped prepare teachers of blind or visually impaired students to teach CSP or support those who do.
3/11/19
Mealin and his co-authors modified the entire Code.org Computer Science Principles course ...
3/11/19
NC State Paper Ranks #2 on SIGCSE’s Top Ten Symposium Papers of All Time
Congratulations to Drs. Laurie Williams, Susan Balik and other computer science researchers on having their paper about the use of pair programming in the classroom chosen as #2 on the list of SIGCSE’s “Top Ten Symposium Papers of All Time.”
3/11/19
Congratulations to Drs. Laurie Williams, Susan Balik and other computer science researcher...
3/11/19
NC State Names Executive Director, Chief Scientist for IBM Q Hub
Dr. Patrick Dreher, research professor in the Department of Computer Science and associate faculty member in the Department of Physics, will the hub’s chief scientist.
1/08/19
Dr. Patrick Dreher, research professor in the Department of Computer Science and associate...
1/08/19
Scholarship Endowment to Honor Dr. Robert Funderlic
The scholarship, which was seeded by a lead pledge from CSC alum, Dr. Andy Smith (BS '95, MS '97, PhD '04), honors Dr. Robert Funderlic, Professor Emeritus and former CSC department head from 1986 to 1992.
1/09/19
The scholarship, which was seeded by a lead pledge from CSC alum, Dr. Andy Smith (BS '95, ...
1/09/19
2018
Rebar to Retire From Office of Research and Innovation
Dr. Mladen Vouk, current associate vice chancellor for research development and administration, and former computer science department head, will take the helm on January 1st.
12/12/18
Dr. Mladen Vouk, current associate vice chancellor for research development and administra...
12/12/18
Menzies Elected as Fellow of IEEE
Dr. Timothy Menzies was recognized by the IEEE as a Fellow for his contributions to software engineering for artificial intelligence. He becomes the Computer Science Department’s 10th IEEE Fellow.
12/11/18
Dr. Timothy Menzies was recognized by the IEEE as a Fellow for his contributions to softwa...
12/11/18
Mueller Named 2018 ACM Fellow, First in CSC Department
Congratulations to Dr. Frank Mueller, professor of computer science, for being named the Computer Science Department’s first ACM Fellow for his “transformative contributions” to computer science.
12/06/18
Congratulations to Dr. Frank Mueller, professor of computer science, for being named the C...
12/06/18
Shen Named Distinguished Member of the ACM
The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) has selected Dr. Xipeng Shen as a Distinguished Member for his outstanding scientific contributions to computing.
11/14/18
The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) has selected Dr. Xipeng Shen as a Distinguish...
11/14/18
Using SmartChainDB Platforms to Support Smart Marketplaces
Researchers from Computer Science and the Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering are working on a SmartChainDB platform that will be used to support Smart Marketplaces.
11/09/18
Researchers from Computer Science and the Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engin...
11/09/18
NSF Supports Parnin’s Research on Computing Environments
Dr. Christopher Parnin will use this NSF award, worth more than $345,000, to support his research on improving computing environments.
11/02/18
Dr. Christopher Parnin will use this NSF award, worth more than $345,000, to support his r...
11/02/18
Wearable Physiologial Monitors for Measuring Canine Stimulus Responses
A multi-disciplinary team from the departments of computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and the college of veterinary medicine are taking steps to see how environmental stimuli affect canines.
10/22/18
A multi-disciplinary team from the departments of computer science, electrical and compute...
10/22/18
IOQL: An I/O Interface for Near-Data Processing
Tseng’s research hopes to increase system performance by avoiding moving data and performance bottlenecks.
10/23/18
Tseng’s research hopes to increase system performance by avoiding moving data and perfor...
10/23/18
High-resolution Face Completion with Multiple Controllable Attributes
New technology research led by Drs. Christopher Healey and Tianfu Wu is helping computer systems learn to accurately fill in the gaps in high-resolution facial images – and offer users multiple options for customization.
9/19/18
New technology research led by Drs. Christopher Healey and Tianfu Wu is helping computer s...
9/19/18
Rothermel Named New Head of Department of Computer Science
Dr. Gregg Rothermel will become the department's 6th department head when he officially joins us on November 1st, 2018. He is widely considered one of the top software engineering researchers in the world.
8/15/18
Dr. Gregg Rothermel will become the department's 6th department head when he officially jo...
8/15/18
NC State #2 in Technical Games Research
Universities and other institutions were ranked by how active they have been in publishing at conferences and journals dedicated to games and interactive entertainment research within the field of computing (AI, HCI, graphics, etc.).
6/28/18
Universities and other institutions were ranked by how active they have been in publishin...
6/28/18
Shen, Tuck Attend First ASPLOS Grand Challenges Workshop
Drs. Shen and Tuck received travel support so they could attend an NSF-sponsored community visioning workshop on Inter-Disciplinary Research Challenges in Computer Systems on a 10-15 year horizon.
6/26/18
Drs. Shen and Tuck received travel support so they could attend an NSF-sponsored community...
6/26/18
Watson Helps Caterpillar With CUV Design
Dr. Benjamin Watson is using his user experience expertise to help Caterpillar develop a better display in their utility vehicle’s cab. Caterpillar hopes to position itself as one of the best UTVs on the market.
7/09/18
Dr. Benjamin Watson is using his user experience expertise to help Caterpillar develop a b...
7/09/18
National Security Agency Renews Science of Security Lablet at NC State
The NC State Lablet, which was established in 2012, will continue its work on five “hard problems”: Scalability and Composability, Policy-Governed Secure Collaboration, Predictive Security Metrics, Resilient Architectures, and Human Behavior.
6/08/18
The NC State Lablet, which was established in 2012, will continue its work on five “hard...
6/08/18
Williams Named Distinguished Professor
Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Williams, Interim Computer Science Department Head, on being named a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at NC State.
5/30/18
Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Williams, Interim Computer Science Department Head, on being...
5/30/18
Shashidharan is the 2018 Esri Development Center International Student of the Year
PhD candidate Ashwin Shashidharan has earned international accolades for his cutting-edge research in computational steering for geosimulations. Now, he’s being recognized as the 2018 Esri Development Center International Student of the year.
5/22/18
PhD candidate Ashwin Shashidharan has earned international accolades for his cutting-edge ...
5/22/18
NC State Named First University-Based IBM Q Hub in North America
NC State will be the first university in N.A. to establish an IBM Quantum Computing Hub as part of the global IBM Q Network, a collaboration of top Fortune 500 companies, universities and research labs working with IBM to advance quantum computing.
5/09/18
NC State will be the first university in N.A. to establish an IBM Quantum Computing Hub as...
5/09/18
Showcasing Games and VR for Education at ECGC
NC State proved to be a competitive force in the world of VR and emerging technologies at the 10th annual East Coast Game Conference (ECGC) with a variety of innovative and cutting-edge projects available for participants to experience.
4/27/18
NC State proved to be a competitive force in the world of VR and emerging technologies at ...
4/27/18
Chi, Haugh Receive Alcoa Foundation Engineering Research Awards
Congratulations to Dr. Min Chi, assistant professor of computer science, for receiving one of two Alcoa Foundation Engineering Research Awards.
5/03/18
Congratulations to Dr. Min Chi, assistant professor of computer science, for receiving one...
5/03/18
King Receives Gertrude Cox Award for Teaching with Technology
Dr. Jason King received the Gertrude Cox Award for his impact on student learning, motivation and creativity, and the impact of his teaching innovation on campus and beyond.
4/27/18
Dr. Jason King received the Gertrude Cox Award for his impact on student learning, motivat...
4/27/18
Improving Public Engagement with Science Museums
The goal is to develop tools and models that can help museums better understand how visitors interact with educational exhibits.
4/19/18
The goal is to develop tools and models that can help museums better understand how visito...
4/19/18
Tseng Wins Facebook Hardware & Software Systems Research Award
Congratulations to Dr. Hung-Wei Tseng on receiving a Facebook Research Award to support his work on a computer system architecture that makes use of near-data processing to fundamentally minimize the overhead of moving data.
3/30/18
Congratulations to Dr. Hung-Wei Tseng on receiving a Facebook Research Award to support hi...
3/30/18
Stolee wins NSF CAREER Award
Dr. Kathryn Stolee becomes the NC State Computer Science Department's 29th NSF CAREER Award winner (23rd currently on faculty), one of the highest concentrations of any department in the nation.
2/22/18
Dr. Kathryn Stolee becomes the NC State Computer Science Department's 29th NSF CAREER Awar...
2/22/18
The NSF Supports Martens' Complex Systems Research
Martens proposes an expansion of the programming language Ceptre’s audience by implementing a user interface that can be run and deployed in the browser for rapid prototyping.
2/21/18
Martens proposes an expansion of the programming language Ceptre’s audience by implement...
2/21/18
How Secure are Digital Signatures in the Quantum World?
The goal of Dr. Alessandra Scafuro’s proposed research is to formally analyze the post-quantum security of LM signature schemes.
2/20/18
The goal of Dr. Alessandra Scafuro’s proposed research is to formally analyze the post-q...
2/20/18
Best Paper Award Presented at IEEE Big Data 2017
IEEE Big Data 2017 is a leading forum for disseminating the latest results in Big Data research, development and applications.
2/20/18
IEEE Big Data 2017 is a leading forum for disseminating the latest results in Big Data res...
2/20/18
Creating a Virtual World-Building Machine for Military Training
Computer researchers at NC State are working with the Army to develop "DeepGen", a program for generating customizable virtual training scenarios.
2/12/18
Computer researchers at NC State are working with the Army to develop "DeepGen", a program...
2/12/18
Williams Elected as Fellow of IEEE
Dr. Laurie Williams is being recognized as a Fellow by the IEEE for her contributions to reliable and secure software engineering.
1/11/18
Dr. Laurie Williams is being recognized as a Fellow by the IEEE for her contributions to r...
1/11/18
2017
Faculty Inventors Honored
Dr. Donald Bitzer, Distinguished University Research Professor of Computer Science, is one of two NC State faculty members being named fellows by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
12/12/17
Dr. Donald Bitzer, Distinguished University Research Professor of Computer Science, is one...
12/12/17
Gaming to Inspire Future Generations of Health Scientists
Researchers are developing an online adventure game designed to inspire future generations to pursue health-related careers.
12/06/17
Researchers are developing an online adventure game designed to inspire future generations...
12/06/17
Introducing the Visual Narrative Faculty Cluster
It’s only a year old, but already the Visual Narrative faculty cluster has come together as a team to find new ways of telling stories – and to offer their resources to community members. Its members hail from four departments spread across campus.
11/13/17
It’s only a year old, but already the Visual Narrative faculty cluster has come together...
11/13/17
Students Win Big on Big Data
NC State Computer Science PhD students Chin-Jung Hsu, George Mathew and Vivek Nair won big last month at the HPCC System Community Summit in Atlanta, GA.
11/29/17
NC State Computer Science PhD students Chin-Jung Hsu, George Mathew and Vivek Nair won big...
11/29/17
Visualizing Wildfire Narratives
The project will investigate the use of large-scale media data capture to identify, construct, and visualize risk narratives – conversations formed from related social media posts.
10/30/17
The project will investigate the use of large-scale media data capture to identify, constr...
10/30/17
"TrackWhere" App Improves Team Communication at Lenovo
Lenovo is providing supplemental funding for Jhala’s and Parnin’s “TrackWhere” project, an app that helps Lenovo teams communicate.
10/31/17
Lenovo is providing supplemental funding for Jhala’s and Parnin’s “TrackWhere” pro...
10/31/17
Scaling-up Scientific Data Analysis
Vatsavai’s research addresses the challenging task of scaling-up data analysis and machine-learning algorithms for data-driven discovery.
10/31/17
Vatsavai’s research addresses the challenging task of scaling-up data analysis and machi...
10/31/17
Project Aims to Rid Computing of Regex-Related Bugs
Dr. Katie Stolee’s NSF-funded project aims to characterize and fix regex-related bugs as well as develop new approaches for handling the particular bugs.
10/31/17
Dr. Katie Stolee’s NSF-funded project aims to characterize and fix regex-related bugs as...
10/31/17
Ford Selected to Attend NextProf Future Faculty Workshop
PhD student Denae Ford has been selected to attend the 2017 NextProf Fall Engineering Workshop, an event designed to encourage doctoral students and postdocs to consider an exciting and rewarding career in engineering academia.
9/29/17
PhD student Denae Ford has been selected to attend the 2017 NextProf Fall Engineering Work...
9/29/17
Best Paper Award Presented at IEEE Sarnoff Symposium
Congratulations to PhD student Angelyn Arputha Babu John on winning the Best Paper Award at the 38th IEEE Sarnoff Symposium.
9/29/17
Congratulations to PhD student Angelyn Arputha Babu John on winning the Best Paper Award a...
9/29/17
Scafuro to Study Privacy in Blockchains
This project will broadly address the issue of privacy across a variety of topics of blockchains.
9/29/17
This project will broadly address the issue of privacy across a variety of topics of block...
9/29/17
IBM Supports Shen’s Research on IBM Commercial Compilers
Xipeng Shen’s project proposes to leverage IBM Watson-like cognitive computing engines for improving the efficacy of IBM commercial compilers that are frequently used at NC State.
9/27/17
Xipeng Shen’s project proposes to leverage IBM Watson-like cognitive computing engines f...
9/27/17
Best Paper Award Presented at PST 2017
Congratulations to PhD student Karthik Sheshadri, lead author on a paper titled “No (Privacy) News is Good News: An Analysis of New York Times and Guardian Privacy News,” for winning one of the two Best Paper Awards at PST 2017 in August in Canada.
9/11/17
Congratulations to PhD student Karthik Sheshadri, lead author on a paper titled “No (Pri...
9/11/17
NC State Computer Science Game Design Rankings on the Rise
The Department of Computer Science at NC State has been proudly recognized in the top 50 of the 2017 Game Design School Rankings according to the Animation Career Review.
7/21/17
The Department of Computer Science at NC State has been proudly recognized in the top 50 o...
7/21/17
NSF Supports the Teaching of Computer Science to High School Teachers
Today, fewer than 2,000 teachers are prepared to teach computer science to high school students. The project will engage 162 teachers in Beauty and Joy of Computing professional development and Train the Trainer workshops.
7/26/17
Today, fewer than 2,000 teachers are prepared to teach computer science to high school stu...
7/26/17
Introducing CiF-CK: A Fresh Take on Gaming
NC State’s Arnav Jhala and colleagues nationally recognized for their major strides in the field of gaming design.
6/12/17
NC State’s Arnav Jhala and colleagues nationally recognized for their major strides in t...
6/12/17
Menzies, Shen to Use NSF Award for Software Analytics Research
Software analytics is a complex, time-consuming process. Drs. Tim Menzies and Xipeng Shen will use this award to further their research to produce algorithms and tools that are demonstrably more useful and efficient for software analytics research.
6/02/17
Software analytics is a complex, time-consuming process. Drs. Tim Menzies and Xipeng Shen...
6/02/17
Shen Receives Award for Deep Learning Research
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is supporting Dr. Xipeng Shen’s research on deep learning with an almost $30,000 award.
5/31/17
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is supporting Dr. Xipeng Shen’s research on deep learning ...
5/31/17
Lester Receives Supplemental Support for LEADS Research
Dr. James Lester recently received $114,672 in supplemental funding to support his research on learning environments across disciplines with technology.
7/20/17
Dr. James Lester recently received $114,672 in supplemental funding to support his researc...
7/20/17
Does Gender Influence Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease?
Duke University is supporting Dr. Nagiza Samatova’s project that is analyzing cognitive, biomarker and genetic data in patients to determine if gender plays a role in the risk for Alzheimer’s Disease.
5/19/17
Duke University is supporting Dr. Nagiza Samatova’s project that is analyzing cognitive,...
5/19/17
Chi’s Research Aims to Help Teachers Teach Better
Dr. Min Chi, assistant professor of computer science, recently received an NSF Award worth $297,754 to support her work on an interdisciplinary project with the Departments of Psychology and STEM Education at NC State.
5/22/17
Dr. Min Chi, assistant professor of computer science, recently received an NSF Award worth...
5/22/17
NSF Supports Tseng’s Research on SSD Efficiency
The NSF is supporting Dr. Hung-Wei Tseng’s research on improving the efficiency of the software/hardware interface for solid state drives (SSDs) in all kinds of computing systems.
5/18/17
The NSF is supporting Dr. Hung-Wei Tseng’s research on improving the efficiency of the s...
5/18/17
Lester Helps Middle Schoolers Learn Through Reflection
Dr. James Lester recently received an NSF Award worth $821,647 to support his work on REFLECT, a collaborative project with the overarching goal of improving middle school students’ science problem solving and learning outcomes.
6/05/17
Dr. James Lester recently received an NSF Award worth $821,647 to support his work on REFL...
6/05/17
Researchers Developing a Cyber Security Education Curriculum
Researchers at NC State are developing coursework that institutions can use to educate and prepare cybersecurity graduates to meet the workforce needs of the Federal government and industry.
5/16/17
Researchers at NC State are developing coursework that institutions can use to educate and...
5/16/17
“TrackWhere” App Helps Lenovo Teams Communicate
Drs. Arnav Jhala and Christopher Parnin will use this award, worth almost $30K, to support their work on a communications app called “TrackWhere” for Lenovo that is to be used during product development.
5/16/17
Drs. Arnav Jhala and Christopher Parnin will use this award, worth almost $30K, to support...
5/16/17
Singh Honored as Member of Research Leadership Academy
Dr. Munindar Singh, Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor in the NC State Computer Science Department, is one of 12 members of the university’s Research Leadership Academy.
5/18/17
Dr. Munindar Singh, Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor in the NC State Computer Scien...
5/18/17
Lester Wins 2017 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award
NC State Professor James Lester and Alelo CEO Lewis Johnson Receive Award for Influential Paper on Pedagogical Agents
5/10/17
NC State Professor James Lester and Alelo CEO Lewis Johnson Receive Award for Influential ...
5/10/17
Enck Earns Distinguished Paper Award at ASIACCS
A paper co-authored by Dr. Wiliam Enck and other researchers from Purdue University and Samsung Research America recently won one of four Distinguished Paper Awards at the ACM ASIACCS 2017 conference.
5/11/17
A paper co-authored by Dr. Wiliam Enck and other researchers from Purdue University and Sa...
5/11/17
Social, Computer Scientists Want to Share Data on Group Behavior
Computer and social scientists have collaborated to develop a large data set on how group behavior and technology influence decision-making – and they want to share that data with other researchers.
5/09/17
Computer and social scientists have collaborated to develop a large data set on how group ...
5/09/17
Study Finds Gender Bias in Open-Source Programming
A study comparing acceptance rates of contributions from men and women in an open-source software community finds that women’s contributions tend to be accepted more often than men’s, but when a woman’s gender is identifiable, they are rejected more often
5/01/17
A study comparing acceptance rates of contributions from men and women in an open-source s...
5/01/17
Menzies’ PROMISE Earns Him International Accolades
Dr. Tim Menzies (aka “Dr. Data”) was awarded the Inaugural Mining Software Repositories Foundational Contribution Award in recognition of his contributions to the field of mining software repositories, which helped others to advance the state of the art.
4/24/17
Dr. Tim Menzies (aka “Dr. Data”) was awarded the Inaugural Mining Software Repositorie...
4/24/17
Barnes Receives Award to Support Research Experiences for Undergrads
This NSF award will allow a diverse group of undergraduates to immerse themselves into a meaningful REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates). They will build and analyze cutting-edge human-centric apps including games, tutors and mobile apps.
4/19/17
This NSF award will allow a diverse group of undergraduates to immerse themselves into a m...
4/19/17
Vatsavai Using Latest Award to Study Slum Development
Unfortunately slums are an inescapable feature of cities in the developing world. Vatsavai’s research aims to develop a prototype methodology for identifying and categorizing slum development that can be easily adapted for use in other cities.
4/19/17
Unfortunately slums are an inescapable feature of cities in the developing world. Vatsava...
4/19/17
Chi Receives NSF CAREER Award
Dr. Min Chi becomes the 28th NSF CAREER Award winner for the Department of Computer Science at NC State. She is the 21st CAREER Award winner currently on staff, one of the highest concentrations of any department in the nation.
3/27/17
Dr. Min Chi becomes the 28th NSF CAREER Award winner for the Department of Computer Scienc...
3/27/17
LexisNexis and NC State Open New User Experience Lab
Computer Science students and faculty to benefit greatly from the new multi-disciplinary Experience Innovation Studio opened recently at LexisNexis' Centennial Campus facility.
3/02/17
Computer Science students and faculty to benefit greatly from the new multi-disciplinary E...
3/02/17
DOE Supports Mueller’s Research With Two Awards
Dr. Frank Mueller recently received two Department of Energy Awards totaling almost $471,000 to support his work on high performance computing.
2/22/17
Dr. Frank Mueller recently received two Department of Energy Awards totaling almost $471,0...
2/22/17
New System Makes It Harder To Track Bitcoin Transactions
Researchers have developed a system that could make it significantly more difficult for observers to identify or track the parties involved in any given Bitcoin transaction.
2/08/17
Researchers have developed a system that could make it significantly more difficult for ob...
2/08/17
Cardona-Rivera Selected to Attend EAAI 2017
PhD candidate Rogelio Cardona-Rivera has been selected to receive an EAAI New and Future AI Educator Program Travel Scholarship to attend the 7th Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-17) in San Francisco on February 4-9.
1/31/17
PhD candidate Rogelio Cardona-Rivera has been selected to receive an EAAI New and Future A...
1/31/17
Singh Elected AAAI Fellow
Dr. Munindar Singh is one of seven individuals elected to the class of 2017 Fellows of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).
1/30/17
Dr. Munindar Singh is one of seven individuals elected to the class of 2017 Fellows of the...
1/30/17
Congratulations to Our “Pride of the Wolfpack” Award Winners
Two staff members from the NC State Computer Science Department have been recognized for their “special or unique contributions” to the department. Ann Hunt and Zelda Tuazama are the department’s most recent “Pride of the Wolfpack” Award winners.
1/30/17
Two staff members from the NC State Computer Science Department have been recognized for t...
1/30/17
2016
Vouk to Step Down as Computer Science Department Head
Vouk will continue to serve NC State as Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Development and Administration, Director of the NC State Data Initiative, and as a computer science faculty member. Dr. Laurie Williams will serve as Interim Department Head.
12/23/16
Vouk will continue to serve NC State as Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Development...
12/23/16
ORIED Announces Inaugural GRIP Winners
Drs. James Lester and Tiffany Barnes are part of a research team for a project that recently won one of four inaugural ORIED Game-Changing Research Incentive Program (GRIP) awards.
12/14/16
Drs. James Lester and Tiffany Barnes are part of a research team for a project that recent...
12/14/16
NC State Chosen as New Site for NSF Center in Phase II
NC State is a new site of the Center for Hybrid Multicore Productivity Research (CHMPR) IUCRC. The site is hosted in the Laboratory for Science and Technologies for End-to-End Enablement of Data (STEED) under the direction of Dr. Rada Chirkova.
12/02/16
NC State is a new site of the Center for Hybrid Multicore Productivity Research (CHMPR) IU...
12/02/16
Dutta Named Distinguished Engineer of the ACM
Dr. Rudra Dutta is only the third professor in the NC State Computer Science Department to reach this level of recognition. He joins Drs. Frank Mueller and Laurie Williams as Distinguished Members of the ACM.
11/30/16
Dr. Rudra Dutta is only the third professor in the NC State Computer Science Department to...
11/30/16
Shashidharan Wins ACM Student Research Competition at ACM SIGSPATIAL
Congratulations to PhD student Ashwin Shashidharan on winning the first Student Research Competition held at ACM SIGSPATIAL. He now advances to the ACM’s Grand Finals.
11/22/16
Congratulations to PhD student Ashwin Shashidharan on winning the first Student Research C...
11/22/16
NC State Undergrads PRIME for Learning with Intelligent Tutoring Systems
New and exciting PRIME technology creates a personalized learning space for STEM undergraduate stu-dents of three major institutions including NC State. An appreciation and understanding of computer science is fostered through intelligent tutoring system.
11/21/16
New and exciting PRIME technology creates a personalized learning space for STEM undergrad...
11/21/16
Department Launches “Faces of Computer Science” Display
The powerful new visual campaign in EB2 on Centennial Campus, features a dozen highly accomplished CSC alumni and students who are using their degree to make a real difference in the world.
10/28/16
The powerful new visual campaign in EB2 on Centennial Campus, features a dozen highly acco...
10/28/16
NC State Ranks #1 in the Nation in CSC Female Faculty
NC State Computer Science leads the nation in number of female tenure-track/tenured faculty among all Departments of Computer Science in Colleges of Engineering.
10/28/16
NC State Computer Science leads the nation in number of female tenure-track/tenured facult...
10/28/16
SAS Supports Healey’s Research on Deep Neural Nets
Dr. Christopher Healey recently received an award from SAS Institute worth more than $118,000 to support his research on deep neural networks.
10/24/16
Dr. Christopher Healey recently received an award from SAS Institute worth more than $118,...
10/24/16
Shahzad to Study Performance Metrics of the Internet of Things
Dr. Muhammad Shahzad recently received an NSF Award worth almost $450,000 to support his work on developing a framework for passive and fine-grained measurements of the performance metrics in the Internet of Things.
10/25/16
Dr. Muhammad Shahzad recently received an NSF Award worth almost $450,000 to support his w...
10/25/16
Can Software Bugs Be Fixed Automatically?
Software is an integral part of our everyday lives, so software bugs can be very expensive. The goal of Stolee’s project is to develop a technique that fixes bugs automatically, reducing the cost of fixing the bugs, improving the quality of software.
10/21/16
Software is an integral part of our everyday lives, so software bugs can be very expensive...
10/21/16
NSF Supports Roberts’ Research on I-Learning
Can robots and software systems adapt to changing environments? Can they take direction from human users? Dr. David Roberts is working on Income Learning (I-learning), a new algorithm designed to thrive in these scenarios.
10/24/16
Can robots and software systems adapt to changing environments? Can they take direction f...
10/24/16
Shahzad’s FRPD Proposal Selected for Funding
Dr. Muhammad Shahzad recently received an FRPD award that will help fund his proposal to design, implement and extensively evaluate a cheap light-based communication system to help make buildings “smart.”
10/19/16
Dr. Muhammad Shahzad recently received an FRPD award that will help fund his proposal to d...
10/19/16
IEEE Honors Vouk with Life Membership
Congratulations to Dr. Mladen Vouk, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Head of the Computer Science Department, and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Development, on being selected for IEEE Life Membership.
9/29/16
Congratulations to Dr. Mladen Vouk, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Head of t...
9/29/16
Lester Receives Research Supplement
Dr. James Lester recently received an NSF Award supplement worth $16,000 to support his work on INSPIRE, a self-adaptive personalized behavior change system for adolescent preventive healthcare.
8/29/16
Dr. James Lester recently received an NSF Award supplement worth $16,000 to support his wo...
8/29/16
NSF Supports Stolee’s Research on Software Bugs
Dr. Katie Stolee will use this NSF award, worth more than $387,000, to support her research on developing new automatic techniques to fix software bugs.
8/30/16
Dr. Katie Stolee will use this NSF award, worth more than $387,000, to support her researc...
8/30/16
Researchers Find Vulnerabilities in iPhone, iPad Operating System
Dr. Will Enck and an international team of computer science researchers has identified serious security vulnerabilities in the iOS–the operating system used in Apple’s iPhone and iPad devices. The vulnerabilities make a variety of attacks possible.
8/26/16
Dr. Will Enck and an international team of computer science researchers has identified ser...
8/26/16
NC State Boosts Efforts to Commercialize Research Discoveries
Congratulations to John Bass and Ryan Kilby whose project on "Overcoming the Digital Divide" is one of seven selected to receive support from the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund in 2017!
8/10/16
Congratulations to John Bass and Ryan Kilby whose project on "Overcoming the Digital Divid...
8/10/16
CSC Department Welcomes New Faculty
The NC State Computer Science Department is pleased to welcome five new faculty members to the department this fall.
8/08/16
The NC State Computer Science Department is pleased to welcome five new faculty members to...
8/08/16
Murphy-Hill Receives NSF Award for FSE2016 Sessions
NSF funding will help Dr. Emerson Murphy-Hill create two events, a Doctoral Consortium and a Mentorship Session, during FSE2016 that will build connections and enhance research capacity for junior researchers.
7/19/16
NSF funding will help Dr. Emerson Murphy-Hill create two events, a Doctoral Consortium and...
7/19/16
Vatsavai Receives Research Supplement
Dr. Raju Vatsavai recently received an ORNL Award supplement worth $19,999 to support his work on weather and climate events. Total funding is now over $30,000.
8/09/16
Dr. Raju Vatsavai recently received an ORNL Award supplement worth $19,999 to support his ...
8/09/16
Shen Receives Research Support
Dr. Xipeng Shen recently received $17,609 to support his student's work on "Ontology-based Program Analysis and Optimization."
7/18/16
Dr. Xipeng Shen recently received $17,609 to support his student's work on "Ontology-based...
7/18/16
Microsoft Research Names Williams Outstanding Collaborator
Dr. Laurie Williams was recently recognized by Microsoft Research for her exceptional contributions to software engineering research, not only in Microsoft Research but throughout Microsoft at unprecedented levels for over 10 years.
7/18/16
Dr. Laurie Williams was recently recognized by Microsoft Research for her exceptional cont...
7/18/16
CSC Faculty Promotions Announced
Please join us in congratulating several members of our faculty on their promotions in the NC State Computer Science Department.
7/15/16
Please join us in congratulating several members of our faculty on their promotions in the...
7/15/16
ARO Supports Enck’s Research on Enforcement of Access Control
Dr. William Enck recently received a US Army – Army Research Office award worth more than $411,000 to support his research on improving mobile phone operating systems and security.
6/22/16
Dr. William Enck recently received a US Army – Army Research Office award worth more tha...
6/22/16
Williams Earns Best Software Engineering in Practice Paper Award
Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Williams and her collaborators on winning the “Best Software Engineering in Practice Paper Award” at the 38th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2016).
6/17/16
Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Williams and her collaborators on winning the “Best Softwa...
6/17/16
Best Poster Paper Award Presented at ICCS 2016
Congratulations to PhD student Bharathkumar (Tiny) Ramachandra, lead author on a paper titled “Detecting Extreme Events in Gridded Climate Data,” for winning the Best Poster Paper Award at the ICCS 2016 conference held in June in CA.
6/16/16
Congratulations to PhD student Bharathkumar (Tiny) Ramachandra, lead author on a paper tit...
6/16/16
NSF Supports Shahzad’s Research on Gesture Recognition
Dr. Muhammad Shahzad recently received an NSF Award worth more than $174,878 to support his work on using ambient light for recognizing human gestures.
6/09/16
Dr. Muhammad Shahzad recently received an NSF Award worth more than $174,878 to support hi...
6/09/16
Undergrads Showcase Their Research
Learn more about upcoming undergraduate research opportunities for the fall semester at the Undergraduate Lightning Talks on August 19th at 1 p.m. in 3211 (EB2).
6/09/16
Learn more about upcoming undergraduate research opportunities for the fall semester at th...
6/09/16
Faculty Receive 2016 IBM Faculty Awards
Congratulations to several members of the Computer Science faculty on receiving highly competitive 2016 IBM Faculty Awards.
6/10/16
Congratulations to several members of the Computer Science faculty on receiving highly com...
6/10/16
Cisco Supports Shen’s Research
Dr. Xipeng Shen recently received an award worth almost $100,000 from Cisco to support his research project “Enabling High Performance Pipelined Computing on GPU.”
6/09/16
Dr. Xipeng Shen recently received an award worth almost $100,000 from Cisco to support his...
6/09/16
Ford Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Congratulations to computer science PhD student Denae Ford on being selected for a prestigious and highly competitive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship valued at more than $138,000.
6/08/16
Congratulations to computer science PhD student Denae Ford on being selected for a prestig...
6/08/16
Samatova, Students Win Best Paper Award at HPC 2016
Congratulations to PhD student Xiaocheng (Chris) Zou, lead author on a paper titled “AMR-aware In Situ Indexing and Scalable Querying,” for winning the Best Paper Award at the HPC 2016 conference held in April in CA.
6/08/16
Congratulations to PhD student Xiaocheng (Chris) Zou, lead author on a paper titled “AMR...
6/08/16
Vatsavai Receives ORNL Support for Big Data Project
Dr. Ranga Vatsavai recently received an award worth $25,000 to support his research project “Mini-Apps for Data-Intensive Discovery on Big Data Architectures.”
5/25/16
Dr. Ranga Vatsavai recently received an award worth $25,000 to support his research projec...
5/25/16
Goodrich Receives NDSEG and NASA/NC Space Grant Fellowships
Computer Science PhD student Timothy Goodrich is NC State’s first winner of a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship.
5/24/16
Computer Science PhD student Timothy Goodrich is NC State’s first winner of a National D...
5/24/16
Rhee’s Paper Wins 2016 William R. Bennett Prize
A paper co-authored by Dr. Injong Rhee has been selected to receive the 2016 IEEE Communications Society William R. Bennett Prize in the Field of Communications Networking. This is Rhee’s second William R. Bennett Prize.
5/23/16
A paper co-authored by Dr. Injong Rhee has been selected to receive the 2016 IEEE Communic...
5/23/16
Singh Wins 2016 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award
Congratulations to Dr. Munindar Singh on having his paper “Agent Communication Languages: Rethinking the Principles” named the 2016 IFAAMAS Influential Paper.
5/23/16
Congratulations to Dr. Munindar Singh on having his paper “Agent Communication Languages...
5/23/16
Does Gender Influence Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease?
Duke University is supporting Dr. Nagiza Samatova’s project that is analyzing cognitive, biomarker and genetic data in patients to determine if gender plays a role in the risk for Alzheimer’s Disease.
5/18/16
Duke University is supporting Dr. Nagiza Samatova’s project that is analyzing cognitive,...
5/18/16
NSF Eager to Support Shen’s Research on iMOS
The NSF is supporting Dr. Xipeng Shen’s research on a new machine architecture – Industrial Machine Operating System (“iMOS”) - a flexible framework for writing machine software.
5/18/16
The NSF is supporting Dr. Xipeng Shen’s research on a new machine architecture – Indus...
5/18/16
USAF Supports Menzie’s Research
Dr. Timothy Menzies recently received an award worth more than $17,500 to support his research project “Enabling Evidence-Based Modernization.”
5/17/16
Dr. Timothy Menzies recently received an award worth more than $17,500 to support his rese...
5/17/16
Vatsavai Receives Research Supplement
Dr. Raju Vatsavai recently received an ORNL Award supplement worth $49,500 to support his and his student’s work on Big Data. Total funding is now over $98,500.
5/17/16
Dr. Raju Vatsavai recently received an ORNL Award supplement worth $49,500 to support his ...
5/17/16
2015
CSC Faculty Promotions Announced
Please join us in congratulating several members of our faculty on their promotions in the NC State Computer Science Department.
7/13/15
Please join us in congratulating several members of our faculty on their promotions in the...
7/13/15
2016
New Tech Uses Hardware, Software to Train Dogs More Efficiently
NC State researchers have developed and used a customized suite of technologies that allows a computer to train a dog autonomously, with the computer effectively responding to the dog based on the dog’s body language.
5/02/16
NC State researchers have developed and used a customized suite of technologies that allow...
5/02/16
In Gaming, Player Behavior Reflects Roles – Even when No Roles Are Given
Researchers at NC State have found that player behavior in role-playing games (RPGs) reflects specific character roles – even if the game tells players nothing about the character’s role.
4/21/16
Researchers at NC State have found that player behavior in role-playing games (RPGs) refle...
4/21/16
Singh Named Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professor
Dr. Munindar Singh, professor of Computer Science at NC State, was recognized for his exceptional record of graduate student training, and the extraordinary quality of the mentoring he provided during and after their graduate programs at NC State.
3/14/16
Dr. Munindar Singh, professor of Computer Science at NC State, was recognized for his exce...
3/14/16
Building Better Data Scientists
Computer science researchers at NC State are using support from the National Science Foundation to help recruit and educate skilled data scientists, particularly in software engineering.
3/10/16
Computer science researchers at NC State are using support from the National Science Found...
3/10/16
Vatsavai Receives ORNL Award to Study Urban Sprawl
Dr. Ranga Vatsavai recently received an ORNL award worth more than $34,000 to support his work on the detection of urban sprawl using very high resolution satellite imagery.
3/09/16
Dr. Ranga Vatsavai recently received an ORNL award worth more than $34,000 to support his ...
3/09/16
Mueller Honored as IEEE Fellow for Achievements in Timing Analysis Research
Mueller is now the seventh IEEE Fellow in the department, joining Drs. George Rouskas, Harry Perros, Donald Bitzer, Wushow “Bill” Chou, Mladen Vouk, and Munindar Singh, who were selected between the years of 1982-2011.
2/23/16
Mueller is now the seventh IEEE Fellow in the department, joining Drs. George Rouskas, Har...
2/23/16
Ford Receives Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship
Congratulations to computer science PhD student Denae Ford on being selected for a prestigious Microsoft PhD Fellowship. She was one of 12 recipients nationwide out of 211 applicants.
2/08/16
Congratulations to computer science PhD student Denae Ford on being selected for a prestig...
2/08/16
Vouk Tapped to Lead Research Development
Cloud computing pioneer Mladen Vouk keeps his feet firmly on the ground as he takes on new challenges as NC State's associate vice chancellor for research development.
1/28/16
Cloud computing pioneer Mladen Vouk keeps his feet firmly on the ground as he takes on new...
1/28/16
Telang, Kalia Earn Best Paper Award at ICSOC
Congratulations to alumnus Pankaj Telang and PhD student Anup Kalia for winning the Best Paper Award at the ICSOC 2015 conference held in November in Goa, India.
1/27/16
Congratulations to alumnus Pankaj Telang and PhD student Anup Kalia for winning the Best P...
1/27/16
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Supports Freeh’s HPCC Systems Research
Dr. Vincent Freeh recently received an award from LexisNexis worth more than $110,000 to support his research on two projects using HPCC Systems.
1/19/16
Dr. Vincent Freeh recently received an award from LexisNexis worth more than $110,000 to s...
1/19/16
Welcome New Faculty
The NC State Computer Science Department is pleased to welcome three new faculty members to the department this spring.
1/05/16
The NC State Computer Science Department is pleased to welcome three new faculty members t...
1/05/16
2015
Researchers to Create Intelligent Digital Monitoring Tool to GUIDE Classroom Learning
Researchers at NC State and the Concord Consortium are developing a hybrid system that combines technological intervention and teacher pedagogical expertise to enhance student learning in deeply digital curricula and classrooms.
11/30/15
Researchers at NC State and the Concord Consortium are developing a hybrid system that com...
11/30/15
Teaching Math Aloud – and Visually
Computer science faculty members Drs. Tiffany Barnes and Collin Lynch will carry out data mining for this multi-disciplinary study
11/20/15
Computer science faculty members Drs. Tiffany Barnes and Collin Lynch will carry out data ...
11/20/15
Prime Mover
Xavier Primus will graduate this fall from the CSC Accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree program. He says he chose NC State out of a long list of prestigious universities because NC State is “a research institution that also cares about its students.”
11/19/15
Xavier Primus will graduate this fall from the CSC Accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s Deg...
11/19/15
Mentoring and Tutorials Help Transform CSC Education Research
The NSF is supporting Dr. Heckman’s research efforts to create training workshops and tutorials-“research-in-a-box” laboratory packages-that will provide sound evaluation and replication leading to meta-analysis and theory building in computer science.
10/29/15
The NSF is supporting Dr. Heckman’s research efforts to create training workshops and tu...
10/29/15
Barnes Receives NSF Award to Share the Beauty and Joy of Computing Through STARS
With a goal of broadening participation in computing, Dr. Tiffany Barnes will use this NSF award to help high school teachers learn to teach the Beauty and Joy of Computing Computer Science Principles course.
10/30/15
With a goal of broadening participation in computing, Dr. Tiffany Barnes will use this NSF...
10/30/15
SAS Supports Healey’s Research on Predictive Analytics
SAS is supporting Dr. Christopher Healey’s research on predictive analytics for narrative threads – the ability to predict how a sequence of narrative events could unfold in the future, based on past and current events.
11/17/15
SAS is supporting Dr. Christopher Healey’s research on predictive analytics for narrativ...
11/17/15
Watson’s Research Focuses on Visual Learning
Researchers from the Computer Science Department and the College of Design are working together to RECOGNIZE an application that poses questions and offers answers visually
10/27/15
Researchers from the Computer Science Department and the College of Design are working tog...
10/27/15
NSF Supports Ogan’s Research
Dr. Kemafor Anyanwu Ogan recently received more than $278,000 to support her research project titled “Creating Semantically-Enabled Programmable Networked Systems (SERPENT).”
10/08/15
Dr. Kemafor Anyanwu Ogan recently received more than $278,000 to support her research proj...
10/08/15
Shen, Mueller Collaborate on Improving Memory Performance
Drs. Shen and Mueller hope to use a recent $470,000 NSF award to further their research on improving memory performance on fused architectures through compiler and runtime innovations.
10/06/15
Drs. Shen and Mueller hope to use a recent $470,000 NSF award to further their research on...
10/06/15
ORNL Supplements Sullivan’s Joint Appointment
Dr. Blair Sullivan has been awarded more than $69,000 in supplemental funding to support her joint faculty appointment with NC State and Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL).
10/07/15
Dr. Blair Sullivan has been awarded more than $69,000 in supplemental funding to support h...
10/07/15
Heckman, Schmidt to Use DELTA Grants for Course Redesign
CSC116 and CSC216, two Critical Path classes in computer science, are getting makeovers thanks to DELTA Grants for Course Redesign.
10/06/15
CSC116 and CSC216, two Critical Path classes in computer science, are getting makeovers th...
10/06/15
Menzies Makes a PROMISE He Doesn’t Plan to Keep, Not All to Himself Anyway.
Dr. Tim Menzies is a passionate advocate of sharing lessons learned, and he believes in order to make sure something is legitimate today, the information has to be online, easily accessible and current.
10/05/15
Dr. Tim Menzies is a passionate advocate of sharing lessons learned, and he believes in or...
10/05/15
Literacy Expert Pushes ‘Play’ on Educational Games
What do playing a computer game and reading a book have in common? Both can immerse students and help them build reading skills, according to NC State research.
9/30/15
What do playing a computer game and reading a book have in common? Both can immerse stude...
9/30/15
Mueller Receives Research Supplement
Dr. Frank Mueller will use this award, worth more than $50,000, to support his work to provide functionality for the BLCR Linux module.
9/24/15
Dr. Frank Mueller will use this award, worth more than $50,000, to support his work to pro...
9/24/15
US Navy Supports Ogan’s Research
Dr. Kemafor Anyanwu Ogan recently received more than $48,000 to support her research project titled “Type System for Naval Essential Tasks.”
9/25/15
Dr. Kemafor Anyanwu Ogan recently received more than $48,000 to support her research proje...
9/25/15
Sullivan Receives Supplement for PARSiNG
Dr. Blair Sullivan will use supplemental funding from the DARPA GRAPHS program to support her research proposal titled “Parameterized Algorithms Respecting Structure in Noisy Graphs (PARSiNG).”
9/24/15
Dr. Blair Sullivan will use supplemental funding from the DARPA GRAPHS program to support ...
9/24/15
Enck’s Research Aims to Improve Mobile App Security
Dr. William Enck’s latest research, supported by the National Science Foundation, focuses on improving mobile application security via text analytics.
9/22/15
Dr. William Enck’s latest research, supported by the National Science Foundation, focuse...
9/22/15
Shen Receives Supplement for Program Optimizations
Dr. Xipeng Shen will use supplemental funding from IBM Canada Limited to support his research proposal titled “Context-Aware Correlation-Based Program Optimizations”.
9/23/15
Dr. Xipeng Shen will use supplemental funding from IBM Canada Limited to support his resea...
9/23/15
Williams Named Associate Head of Computer Science Department
Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Williams, Professor of Computer Science at NC State, on being named Associate Department Head of the NC State Computer Science Department.
9/23/15
Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Williams, Professor of Computer Science at NC State, on bein...
9/23/15
Researchers Tackle Issues Surrounding Security Tools for Software Developers
Dr. Emerson Murphy-Hill and other researchers at NC State are hoping their research will give programmers the best possible security tools, and they want to help them use those tools effectively.
8/24/15
Dr. Emerson Murphy-Hill and other researchers at NC State are hoping their research will g...
8/24/15
NSF Supports Gu’s Research on Intelligent Production System Debugging
Dr. Xiaohui (Helen) Gu will use this NSF award, worth more than $800,000, to support her research on a holistic, cross-site, hybrid system anomaly-debugging framework for large scale hosting infrastructures.
8/19/15
Dr. Xiaohui (Helen) Gu will use this NSF award, worth more than $800,000, to support her r...
8/19/15
Vail Earns Best Paper Award
Congratulations to PhD student and lead author Alexandria Vail for winning the Best Paper Award at the UMAP 2015 conference held last month at Trinity College Dublin.
7/31/15
Congratulations to PhD student and lead author Alexandria Vail for winning the Best Paper ...
7/31/15
CSC Department Welcomes New Faculty
The NC State Computer Science Department is pleased to welcome two new faculty members to the department this fall - Drs. Jessica Staddon & Muhammad Shahzad
7/06/15
The NC State Computer Science Department is pleased to welcome two new faculty members to ...
7/06/15
IBM Supports Department with 2015 Faculty Awards
Congratulations to Dr. Rada Chirkova, Ms. Margaret Heil and Mr. John Streck on receiving 2015 IBM Faculty Awards.
6/02/15
Congratulations to Dr. Rada Chirkova, Ms. Margaret Heil and Mr. John Streck on receiving 2...
6/02/15
US Army Research Laboratory Supports Research on Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Tutorial planning is a critical component of intelligent tutoring systems. This project studies how learners respond to different types of tutorial strategies and tactics and will refine tutorial planning policies to optimize measures of learning outcomes
6/02/15
Tutorial planning is a critical component of intelligent tutoring systems. This project st...
6/02/15
Menzies Providing Cost Estimates for NASA
Dr. Tim Menzies recently received an award of $28,500 to support his work in developing cost estimating models for the NASA software CER development task.
5/29/15
Dr. Tim Menzies recently received an award of $28,500 to support his work in developing co...
5/29/15
Shen Receives Google Faculty Research Award
Dr. Xipeng Shen will use funding from Google to support his research proposal titled “PORPLE: Enabling Portable Optimizations of Data Placement on Memory”.
5/29/15
Dr. Xipeng Shen will use funding from Google to support his research proposal titled “PO...
5/29/15
Boyer, NC State Receive Google Computer Science Capacity Award
Dr. Kristy Boyer and others in the NC State Computer Science Department are collaborating with researchers at Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill as part of the Research Triangle Peer Teaching Fellows, a project supported by a Google Computer Science Capacity Award.
6/02/15
Dr. Kristy Boyer and others in the NC State Computer Science Department are collaborating ...
6/02/15
Vail Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Congratulations to Alexandria Vail, an NC State student double majoring in computer science and mathematics, and double minoring in physics and cognitive science, on receiving a 2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship valued at more than $138,000.
5/06/15
Congratulations to Alexandria Vail, an NC State student double majoring in computer scienc...
5/06/15
Mueller Receives Humboldt Research Award
The award is granted in recognition of a researcher's achievements to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements
5/14/15
The award is granted in recognition of a researcher's achievements to academics whose fund...
5/14/15
Enron Becomes Unlikely Data Source For Computer Science Researchers
How do users interact with spreadsheets? Dr. Emerson Murphy-Hill and other researchers at NC State are assembling huge collections of spreadsheets that can be used to tell a lot about how users represent and manipulate the data on them.
4/30/15
How do users interact with spreadsheets? Dr. Emerson Murphy-Hill and other researchers at...
4/30/15
Alumni Association Presents Annual Faculty Awards
Congratulations to Drs. Munindar Singh and R. Michael Young on being recognized as Alumni Association Outstanding Researchers, and to Dr. Sarah Heckman for being recognized as an Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher.
4/19/15
Congratulations to Drs. Munindar Singh and R. Michael Young on being recognized as Alumni ...
4/19/15
Researchers Roll Out Science Video Game With Demonstrated Results
Researchers in NC State's Center for Educational Informatics, led by Dr. James Lester, are rolling out a science video game and educational curriculum, making them freely available to educators.
4/09/15
Researchers in NC State's Center for Educational Informatics, led by Dr. James Lester, are...
4/09/15
Boyer Receives NSF CAREER Award
Dr. Kristy Boyer becomes the 25th NSF CAREER Award winner for the Department of Computer Science at NC State. She is the 24th CAREER Award winner currently on staff, one of the highest concentrations of any department in the nation.
4/07/15
Dr. Kristy Boyer becomes the 25th NSF CAREER Award winner for the Department of Computer S...
4/07/15
Singh, Young Receive NC State's Highest Faculty Honors
Congratulations to Drs. Munindar Singh and R. Michael Young, professors in the NC State Computer Science Department, on being selected as two out of only four Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award recipients.
4/06/15
Congratulations to Drs. Munindar Singh and R. Michael Young, professors in the NC State Co...
4/06/15
Kalia Receives ARL ORISE Fellowship
Anup Kalia, a PhD student in the NC State Computer Science Department, is the recipient of an ORISE fellowship through the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. The fellowship is valued at more than $30,000.
3/30/15
Anup Kalia, a PhD student in the NC State Computer Science Department, is the recipient of...
3/30/15
Smarter Smart Grids
Dr. Frank Mueller and PhD student Tao Qian from the NC State Computer Science Department and other NC State researchers are working with partners at RENCI to develop tools for monitoring and responding to problems with smart grids.
3/20/15
Dr. Frank Mueller and PhD student Tao Qian from the NC State Computer Science Department a...
3/20/15
NC State Researchers Land UNC System Research Grants
The UNC General Administration has awarded nearly $9M to NC State to support game-changing research in areas of strategic importance to the state, including data science and analytics.
2/11/15
The UNC General Administration has awarded nearly $9M to NC State to support game-changing...
2/11/15
ORNL Supports Vatsavai’s Research on Big Data
Dr. Ranga Raju Vatsavai recently received an ORNL Award worth more than $49,000 to support his and his student’s work on Big Data.
2/23/15
Dr. Ranga Raju Vatsavai recently received an ORNL Award worth more than $49,000 to support...
2/23/15
SAS Provides Graduate Industrial Traineeship to Harenberg
Congratulations to Computer Science PhD student Steven Harenberg on receiving a Graduate Industrial Traineeship from SAS Institute.
2/05/15
Congratulations to Computer Science PhD student Steven Harenberg on receiving a Graduate I...
2/05/15
Making Apps More Configurable in the Cloud
Dr. Xiaohui (Helen) Gu recently received an award from Credit Suisse worth more than $49,000 to support her work on cloud computing infrastructure.
2/04/15
Dr. Xiaohui (Helen) Gu recently received an award from Credit Suisse worth more than $49,0...
2/04/15
Tanwir Receives SAS Graduate Industrial Traineeship
Computer Science graduate student Savera Tanwir is the recipient of a Graduate Industrial Traineeship from SAS Institute.
2/03/15
Computer Science graduate student Savera Tanwir is the recipient of a Graduate Industrial ...
2/03/15
Improving Usability and Eliminating Errors in Mobile Touch Interfaces
Drs. St. Amant and Murphy-Hill will use NSF funding to support their research on improving usability and eliminating errors in mobile phone and tablet touch interfaces.
1/26/15
Drs. St. Amant and Murphy-Hill will use NSF funding to support their research on improving...
1/26/15
Menzies Proposes a New Learning Transfer Methodology
Dr. Tim Menzies recently received an NSF Award worth more than $464,000 to support his work on transfer learning in software engineering.
1/20/15
Dr. Tim Menzies recently received an NSF Award worth more than $464,000 to support his wor...
1/20/15
2014
Azevedo, Lester Receive NSF Award for Intelligent Virtual Humans Research
Dr. James Lester recently received an NSF Award worth more than $1.3M to support his research on the effectiveness of intelligent virtual humans (IVHs) in facilitating college students’ self-regulated learning in STEM with MetaTutor.
12/22/14
Dr. James Lester recently received an NSF Award worth more than $1.3M to support his resea...
12/22/14
Williams Named Acting Head of Computer Science Department
Dr. Laurie Williams, professor of computer science at NC State and one of the foremost researchers in agile software development and in the security of healthcare IT applications, has been named Acting Department Head of the Computer Science Department.
11/21/14
Dr. Laurie Williams, professor of computer science at NC State and one of the foremost res...
11/21/14
TIMA Technology is Core To Samsung’s State-of-the-art Knox Platform
Security technology for mobile phones and tablets, called TIMA, has been developed by Dr. Peng Ning and other computer science researchers at NC State. It is one of the core components and part of the innermost security layer of the Samsung Knox platform
11/13/14
Security technology for mobile phones and tablets, called TIMA, has been developed by Dr. ...
11/13/14
Vouk to Serve as Interim Research Chief
Dr. Mladen Vouk, Computer Science Department head and associate vice provost for information technology, has been selected to serve as interim vice chancellor for research, innovation and economic development at NC State. He begins his new role on Dec. 15
11/06/14
Dr. Mladen Vouk, Computer Science Department head and associate vice provost for informati...
11/06/14
Enck & Gehringer Receive Google Research Awards
Congratulations to Drs. William Enck and Edward Gehringer on receiving Google Research Awards totaling over $105,000.
11/04/14
Congratulations to Drs. William Enck and Edward Gehringer on receiving Google Research Awa...
11/04/14
New Tech Aims to Improve Communication Between Dogs and Humans
Drs. David Roberts and Alex Bozkurt, and other researchers at NC State have developed a high-tech harness that uses a variety of technologies to enhance communication between dogs and humans.
11/04/14
Drs. David Roberts and Alex Bozkurt, and other researchers at NC State have developed a hi...
11/04/14
CAPTIVE Improves 3-D Exploration and Understanding
Drs. Robert St. Amant and Christopher Healey will use this NSF award, worth more than $496,000, to support their research on CAPTIVE, a desktop augmented reality/fishtank virtual reality system.
10/28/14
Drs. Robert St. Amant and Christopher Healey will use this NSF award, worth more than $496...
10/28/14
A Virtual Whodunit
IC-Crime’s development is a multidisciplinary project led by Dr. Michael Young under NC State’s Digital Games Research Center (DGRC), housed in the Department of Computer Science on Centennial Campus.
10/29/14
IC-Crime’s development is a multidisciplinary project led by Dr. Michael Young under NC ...
10/29/14
Dog-Powered Disaster Response
Dr. Dave Roberts invites you to imagine a team of humans, dogs, robots and drones swooping onto the scene in the aftermath of a disaster and working together to find and rescue anyone trapped in collapsed buildings.
10/28/14
Dr. Dave Roberts invites you to imagine a team of humans, dogs, robots and drones swooping...
10/28/14
Safe Haven
Dr. Nagiza Samatova, professor of Computer Science at NC State, is one of nine faculty members in six departments spanning three colleges that, through the CNEC, will become nuclear nonproliferation and security professionals and researchers.
10/27/14
Dr. Nagiza Samatova, professor of Computer Science at NC State, is one of nine faculty mem...
10/27/14
Cracking the Code
In 2012, the NSA established lablets at NC State, Carnegie Mellon and the University of Illinois in hopes of taking a different approach to preventing cyber-attacks, to change how code is written and take away opportunities from thieves.
10/24/14
In 2012, the NSA established lablets at NC State, Carnegie Mellon and the University of Il...
10/24/14
SAS Collaboration Supports Research on Language Models
This is the second faculty award associated with the innovative new partnership between SAS and NC State that will better enable collaborative research in the areas of computer science and data analysis.
10/22/14
This is the second faculty award associated with the innovative new partnership between SA...
10/22/14
Gaining More Value from Big Data
That is the goal as NC State joins the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, the University of Utah, and the University of California, San Diego, as the third site of the Center of Hybrid Multicore Productivity Research (CHMPR).
10/30/14
That is the goal as NC State joins the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, the Unive...
10/30/14
DoE Supports Samatova’s Research on AMR
Dr. Nagiza Samatova recently received a Department of Energy award worth more than $383,000 to support her work on Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) data analytics.
10/15/14
Dr. Nagiza Samatova recently received a Department of Energy award worth more than $383,00...
10/15/14
PhD Student Cardona-Rivera Releases Book
What do most people know about their brains? NC State Computer Science PhD student Rogelio Cardona-Rivera and his co-authors have written a book with the primary objective of summarizing current brain science and explaining its everyday application.
10/14/14
What do most people know about their brains? NC State Computer Science PhD student Rogeli...
10/14/14
Award Will Help NC State Researcher Put Computer Science Theory Into Practice
Dr. Blair Sullivan, assistant professor in the NC State Computer Science Department, is one of 14 winners nationally of a $1.5 million Moore Investigator Award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as part of its Data-Driven Discovery Initiative.
10/02/14
Dr. Blair Sullivan, assistant professor in the NC State Computer Science Department, is on...
10/02/14
SAS Supports Healey’s Research on Text Analytics and Information Visualization
This is the first faculty award associated with the innovative new partnership between NC State and SAS that will better enable collaborative research in the areas of computer science and data analysis.
9/16/14
This is the first faculty award associated with the innovative new partnership between NC ...
9/16/14
New Android Software Gives Users More Privacy Control
NativeWrap, a new software developed by Dr. William Enck and other researchers at NC State, gives Android users more control over their app permissions.
9/10/14
NativeWrap, a new software developed by Dr. William Enck and other researchers at NC State...
9/10/14
Dogs, Math and Computers: How One Researcher Gets His Ideas
What inspires research? Where do ideas come from? Dr. David Roberts, assistant professor in the NC State Computer Science Department, admits his approach may be a bit non-traditional, and he says you never know where your next idea will come from.
9/08/14
What inspires research? Where do ideas come from? Dr. David Roberts, assistant professor ...
9/08/14
Ge and Murphy-Hill Receive Best Paper Award
Congratulations to PhD student Xi Ge and Assistant Professor Dr. Emerson Murphy-Hill in the NC State Computer Science Department, for winning the Best Paper Award at the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing.
8/26/14
Congratulations to PhD student Xi Ge and Assistant Professor Dr. Emerson Murphy-Hill in th...
8/26/14
Gehringer's Research Advances Peer Review Systems
Dr. Edward Gehringer and fellow researchers are building web services that will advance the state of the art in peer assessment.
8/25/14
Dr. Edward Gehringer and fellow researchers are building web services that will advance th...
8/25/14
Enck’s Research Focuses on Smartphone Security
Dr. William Enck’s latest research, supported by the US Army Research Office, aims to enhance end-user security and privacy in Android and iOS devices by designing formal frameworks and algorithms for modeling, extracting, and enforcing policy.
8/25/14
Dr. William Enck’s latest research, supported by the US Army Research Office, aims to en...
8/25/14
New Framework Would Facilitate Use of New Android Security Modules
ASM framework research led by Dr. Will Enck at NC State allows the creation of custom security control modules that better protect phones owned by consumers and businesses, and can be used in various personal and enterprise scenarios.
8/20/14
ASM framework research led by Dr. Will Enck at NC State allows the creation of custom secu...
8/20/14
NC State and SAS Partner to Tackle Major Analytics Challenges
NC State’s partnership with SAS is expected to address the areas of cyber security, big data, text analytics, data visualization and sensors and health-monitoring technologies.
8/11/14
NC State’s partnership with SAS is expected to address the areas of cyber security, big ...
8/11/14
Chirkova & Vouk Receive 2014 IBM Faculty Awards
Congratulations to Drs. Rada Chirkova, and Mladen Vouk on receiving 2014 IBM Faculty Awards, totaling $60,000. To date, IBM has awarded $160,000 in faculty awards at NC State for the 2014-15 academic year.
7/08/14
Congratulations to Drs. Rada Chirkova, and Mladen Vouk on receiving 2014 IBM Faculty Award...
7/08/14
Anyanwu Ogan Receives Award for Mobile Network Study
Dr. Kemafor Anyanwu Ogan recently received an award worth more than $16,000 to support her work on improving data capture and data analysis with BOSH Global Services.
7/08/14
Dr. Kemafor Anyanwu Ogan recently received an award worth more than $16,000 to support her...
7/08/14
Barnes Continues Spreading the Beauty and Joy of Computing
Computer Science associate professor Tiffany Barnes has received $86,000 in supplemental funding from the NSF to support her FRABJOUS CS outreach project. Funding for the project now totals over $438,000.
7/10/14
Computer Science associate professor Tiffany Barnes has received $86,000 in supplemental f...
7/10/14
CSC Department Welcomes New Faculty
The NC State Computer Science Department is pleased to welcome four new faculty members to the department this fall.
6/23/14
The NC State Computer Science Department is pleased to welcome four new faculty members to...
6/23/14
Vail Receives 2014 Generation Google Scholarship
Alexandria Vail is one of only 16 college-aged students chosen to receive a 2014 Generation Google Scholarship valued at $10,000. As part of her award, she will also attend the Google Scholars’ Retreat in CA this summer.
6/09/14
Alexandria Vail is one of only 16 college-aged students chosen to receive a 2014 Generatio...
6/09/14
Faculty Promotions and Reappointments Announced
Please join us in congratulating several members of our faculty on their promotions or reappointments in the NC State Computer Science Department.
6/05/14
Please join us in congratulating several members of our faculty on their promotions or rea...
6/05/14
Lester Elected AAAI Fellow
Dr. James C. Lester, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Founding Director of the Center for Educational Informatics, has been elected a Fellow of the AAAI for his significant, sustained contributions to the field of artificial intelligence.
6/03/14
Dr. James C. Lester, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Founding Director of ...
6/03/14
Dogs, Technology and the Future of Disaster Response
Search and Rescue 2.0 – Dogs in high-tech harnesses could provide assistance in disaster relief and recovery by helping locate victims quickly and easily while relaying data about environmental hazards and other information in real time.
5/07/14
Search and Rescue 2.0 – Dogs in high-tech harnesses could provide assistance in disaster...
5/07/14
Study: Game Developers Say Success Hinges On More Than Just Programming Skills
According to Dr. Emerson Murphy-Hill's research, game developers need more than technical skills to be successful – they need a suite of non-programming skills including communications and interpersonal skills!
5/06/14
According to Dr. Emerson Murphy-Hill's research, game developers need more than technical ...
5/06/14
NC State Awarded $25 Million NNSA Grant
Dr. Nagiza Samatova, professor of Computer Science at NC State, is one of nine faculty members in six departments spanning three colleges that, through the CNEC, will become nuclear nonproliferation and other nuclear security professionals and researchers
4/16/14
Dr. Nagiza Samatova, professor of Computer Science at NC State, is one of nine faculty mem...
4/16/14
PhD Student Sean Mealin Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
NC State PhD student Sean Mealin, who also received his undergraduate degree from the Computer Science Department in 2013, is a recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship valued at more than $144,000.
4/04/14
NC State PhD student Sean Mealin, who also received his undergraduate degree from the Comp...
4/04/14
Tanwir & Perros Release New Book
In VBR Video Traffic Models, the authors evaluate different models and present the results, benefiting those in the field of video analysis & modeling, as well as network engineers looking to generate synthetic video traffic to benchmark their network.
3/27/14
In VBR Video Traffic Models, the authors evaluate different models and present the results...
3/27/14
CSC Research Review Session Scheduled for April 11
Business leaders are invited to join us for a series of fast-paced faculty 'elevator pitches' on their innovative and cutting-edge research and to learn more about sponsored graduate research opportunities.
3/14/14
Business leaders are invited to join us for a series of fast-paced faculty 'elevator pitch...
3/14/14
NCDS Supports Sullivan’s Work with Complex Networks
Dr. Blair Sullivan recently received an award worth more than $30,000 to support her work on developing methods to integrate ideas from graph theory with multi-scale modeling to form a foundation for novel methods of visualization and interaction.
3/13/14
Dr. Blair Sullivan recently received an award worth more than $30,000 to support her work ...
3/13/14
NSF Supports Dutta’s Research on Networking Technologies
Dr. Rudra Dutta recently received an NSF Award worth almost $292,000 to support his work on networking technologies.
3/07/14
Dr. Rudra Dutta recently received an NSF Award worth almost $292,000 to support his work o...
3/07/14
New Technique Targets C Code to Spot, Contain Malware Attacks
Is it really safe to download apps from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store? Drs. Helen Gu, Will Enck and other researchers from NC State have developed a tool called Practical Root Exploit Containment (PREC) that detects and contains malware.
3/04/14
Is it really safe to download apps from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store? Drs...
3/04/14
Perros Releases Book on Signaling Protocols
Have you ever wondered how apps such as Facetime, and Skype work? How do they find the person you are calling? In this book Perros unravels the mysteries of signaling protocols that enable us to connect to other people’s smartphones and computers.
2/28/14
Have you ever wondered how apps such as Facetime, and Skype work? How do they find the pe...
2/28/14
Bitzers Establish Endowment to Support Undergraduate Research
The award is the first of its kind for the computer science department at NC State and will provide funds in perpetuity that can be used to support undergraduate research related programs and initiatives.
1/07/14
The award is the first of its kind for the computer science department at NC State and wil...
1/07/14
ComTech Receives Grant to Create Network Autobahn
Dr. Rudra Dutta, professor in the NC State Computer Science Department, was part of a team that secured an almost $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to enhance the University’s network infrastructure.
1/03/14
Dr. Rudra Dutta, professor in the NC State Computer Science Department, was part of a team...
1/03/14
2013
Vouk Receives 2013 MCNC Robyn Render Endeavor Award
Dr. Mladen Vouk, professor and head of the NC State Computer Science Department, is the fifth winner of the award with NC State ties, joining Sam Averitt in 2006, Henry Schaffer in 2008 and John Streck and Phil Emer in 2009.
12/12/13
Dr. Mladen Vouk, professor and head of the NC State Computer Science Department, is the fi...
12/12/13
Mueller Receives Multiple Research Awards
Dr. Frank Mueller has been awarded two grants for projects involving large and extreme scale computing.
11/18/13
Dr. Frank Mueller has been awarded two grants for projects involving large and extreme sca...
11/18/13
Researchers Design Interactive Software to Target Teen Alcohol Use
A collaborative research effort including NC State's Dr. James Lester, is focused on designing new personalized, adaptive software to go beyond providing facts and allow a personalized approach to curbing risky behavior in adolescents.
11/18/13
A collaborative research effort including NC State's Dr. James Lester, is focused on desig...
11/18/13
Sullivan Named 2014 NCDS Faculty Fellow
Congratulations to Dr. Blair D. Sullivan who has been named a 2014 Data Science Faculty Fellow by the National Consortium for Data Science and will receive $30,000 in support of her "big data" project.
11/13/13
Congratulations to Dr. Blair D. Sullivan who has been named a 2014 Data Science Faculty Fe...
11/13/13
Young Named a 2013 ACM Distinguished Scientist
The Association for Computing Machinery Named Dr. R. Michael Young a 2013 Distinguished Scientist, placing him in the top 10% of members of the organization.
11/12/13
The Association for Computing Machinery Named Dr. R. Michael Young a 2013 Distinguished Sc...
11/12/13
Many Android Vulnerabilities Can Be Traced to Manufacturer Modifications
Dr. Xuxian Jiang and his team of researchers have determined that 60 percent of the vulnerabilities found in the smartphone models they evaluated were due to vendor customizations.
11/04/13
Dr. Xuxian Jiang and his team of researchers have determined that 60 percent of the vulner...
11/04/13
Securing the Cloud - Collaboratively!
Dr. Peng Ning awarded $750,000 by NSF to study the security risks of cloud computing and propose a new approach to cloud architecture by leveraging cloud providers as trusted security enablers.
11/11/13
Dr. Peng Ning awarded $750,000 by NSF to study the security risks of cloud computing and p...
11/11/13
Spreading the Beauty and Joy of Computing
A collaborative research effort led by Dr. Tiffany Barnes seeks to spread the beauty and joy of computing to high school students through teacher training, development and a culturally relevant curriculum.
11/04/13
A collaborative research effort led by Dr. Tiffany Barnes seeks to spread the beauty and j...
11/04/13
Research That Has Gone to the Dogs!
Humans and dogs have lived and worked together for thousands of years. In a collaborative study with ECE and the College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. David Roberts will work to develop tools and techniques to take communication and training to a new level.
10/31/13
Humans and dogs have lived and worked together for thousands of years. In a collaborative ...
10/31/13
Studies Show Software Security Students, Professionals Unprepared
Recognizing that there is a severe shortage of software security expertise, researchers from NC State are using NSF funding to support their efforts to motivate and provide software security education to students and professionals already in the workforce
10/18/13
Recognizing that there is a severe shortage of software security expertise, researchers fr...
10/18/13
Mueller Receives Support for Operating System Research
Securaboration (via the US Air Force Research Laboratory) is supporting Dr. Frank Mueller’s operating systems research.
10/15/13
Securaboration (via the US Air Force Research Laboratory) is supporting Dr. Frank Mueller...
10/15/13
Visualization Research Supports Military Missions
Drs. Christopher Healey and Robert St. Amant recently received an award from Soar Technology, Inc. to support their work on an intuitive decision-making system that can be used in a wide variety of military missions.
10/14/13
Drs. Christopher Healey and Robert St. Amant recently received an award from Soar Technolo...
10/14/13
Dutta Releases Book on Proxy Server Performance
“Measuring SIP Proxy Server Performance,” a new book written by Dr. Rudra Dutta, a professor in the NC State Computer Science Department, and one of his former students, Sureshkumar Subramanian, has been published by Springer.
9/24/13
“Measuring SIP Proxy Server Performance,” a new book written by Dr. Rudra Dutta, a pro...
9/24/13
Lights, Virtual Camera, Action!
Dr. R. Michael Young, professor in the Computer Science Department, recently received an NSF Award worth more than $352,600 to support his research on developing a model of virtual cinematography that is both computational and cognitive.
9/17/13
Dr. R. Michael Young, professor in the Computer Science Department, recently received an N...
9/17/13
Ning Receives NSF Award to Support Wireless Security Research
Just how dependable and secure are wireless systems? With the help of a $350,000 NSF grant, professor Peng Ning is hoping to learn more about the limits of wireless security.
9/13/13
Just how dependable and secure are wireless systems? With the help of a $350,000 NSF gran...
9/13/13
NSF Supports Ma’s Research on Cloud HPC
Dr. Xiaosong Ma recently received an NSF Award worth more than $311,000 to support her work on cost-effective high-performance computing.
9/16/13
Dr. Xiaosong Ma recently received an NSF Award worth more than $311,000 to support her wor...
9/16/13
Yu Receives NSF Award for Mobile Device Security Research
Dr. Ting Yu will use this NSF award, worth more than $267,000, to support his research on mobile device security, particularly ways to help the average end-user understand potential risks and protect their personal data.
9/11/13
Dr. Ting Yu will use this NSF award, worth more than $267,000, to support his research on ...
9/11/13
Young Named Senior Member of AAAI
Dr. R. Michael Young, professor of computer science, has been recognized with Senior Member status of the AAAI for his accomplishments within the field of artificial intelligence in the areas of outstanding scholarship, leadership and professional service
8/15/13
Dr. R. Michael Young, professor of computer science, has been recognized with Senior Membe...
8/15/13
NC State Partners With National Security Agency on Big-Data Lab
NC State is partnering with the NSA to create a data analysis lab, the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences (LAS), on NC State’s Centennial Campus. The NSA grant funding the LAS is the largest sponsored research contract in the university’s history
8/15/13
NC State is partnering with the NSA to create a data analysis lab, the Laboratory for Anal...
8/15/13
Murphy-Hill Receives Google Research Award
Dr. Emerson Murphy-Hill will use the $34,862 award to support his research proposal titled “Refactoring-Aware Code Review.”
8/16/13
Dr. Emerson Murphy-Hill will use the $34,862 award to support his research proposal titled...
8/16/13
Writing the Book on ‘Big Data’
Dr. Nagiza Samatova and four Ph.D. students are co-editors of a book released this month that is a how-to guide for anyone interested in learning how to analyze big data!
8/07/13
Dr. Nagiza Samatova and four Ph.D. students are co-editors of a book released this month t...
8/07/13
Study Finds Clues on How to Keep Kids Engaged with Educational Games
Researchers at NC State are using the ENGAGE project, a game-based learning environment for middle schoolers, to develop a curriculum that teaches students about computer science principles.
7/15/13
Researchers at NC State are using the ENGAGE project, a game-based learning environment fo...
7/15/13
Enck Wins Best Paper Award at WiSec '13
Congratulations to Dr. Will Enck, assistant professor in the NC State Computer Science Department, for winning the Best Paper Award at the WiSec ‘13 Conference in Budapest, Hungary.
7/09/13
Congratulations to Dr. Will Enck, assistant professor in the NC State Computer Science Dep...
7/09/13
Barile Receives Graduate Industrial Traineeship
Computer Science Master’s Degree student Chris Barile is the recipient of a Graduate Industrial Traineeship from SAS Institute.
7/08/13
Computer Science Master’s Degree student Chris Barile is the recipient of a Graduate Ind...
7/08/13
Lakshminarasimhan and Boyuka Receive Best Paper Award
Congratulations to computer science graduate students Drew Boyuka and Sriram Lakshminarasimhan on winning the Best Paper Award at HPDC ’13 in New York City.
7/02/13
Congratulations to computer science graduate students Drew Boyuka and Sriram Lakshminarasi...
7/02/13
Ma Receives Award for Parallel Computing Study
Dr. Xiaosong Ma will collaborate with Oak Ridge National Laboratories on a parallel computing research grant valued at over $45,000.
7/03/13
Dr. Xiaosong Ma will collaborate with Oak Ridge National Laboratories on a parallel comput...
7/03/13
