Computer Science

  • Two engineering faculty and dean honored at endowed chair investiture

    Two engineering faculty and dean honored at endowed chair investiture

    Two engineering faculty members and the dean of the School of Engineering were recognized at an endowed chair investiture ceremony on April 8, 2024. They are among 28 scholars from across Vanderbilt who were honored by Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver. Read More

    Apr. 11, 2024

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    Vanderbilt to establish a college dedicated to computing, AI and data science

    Vanderbilt has begun work to establish a transformative college dedicated to computer science, AI, data science and related fields, university leaders announced today. In addition to meeting the growing demand for degrees in technological fields and advancing research in rapidly evolving, computing-related disciplines, the new, interdisciplinary college will collaborate with all of Vanderbilt’s schools and colleges to advance breakthrough discoveries and strengthen computing education through a “computing for all” approach. Read More

    Mar. 25, 2024

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    Computer science professors, students receive prestigious software engineering research awards

    Studies by Vanderbilt computer science professors and students that could impact productivity and growth in software engineering have received two prestigious awards from top scientific venues. The first paper – “A Longitudinal Study of Student Contributions to OSS vs. OSS4SG with a Lightweight Intervention” – received an ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished… Read More

    Mar. 21, 2024

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    Meiyi Ma receives Generative AI Seed Grant award

    As part of the Future of Learning and Generative AI Initiative launched last summer by the Office of the Chancellor, the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Innovation, Vanderbilt recently announced the six recipients of its Generative AI Seed Grants. The… Read More

    Mar. 18, 2024

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    U.S. Senate confirms Schmidt to lead operational testing and evaluation for the Department of Defense

    Douglas Schmidt, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Computer Science, has been confirmed to become Director of Operational Test and Evaluation for the Department of Defense following a full vote by the U.S. Senate on Feb. 29, 2024. In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Jan. Read More

    Mar. 6, 2024

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    Center for Democracy and Technology names Wisniewski, Davis to 2024-2026 fellows program

    Pamela Wisniewski Pamela Wisniewski, associate professor in human-computer interaction and Flowers Faculty Fellow in the School of Engineering, has been named to the 2024–26 class of nonresident fellows at the Center for Democracy and Technology, a leading nonpartisan nonprofit in Washington, D.C., working… Read More

    Mar. 4, 2024

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    Vanderbilt University, Barge Design Solutions unveil collaborative initiative aimed at educating leaders on generative AI

    Barge Design Solutions, an engineering and architecture firm, is collaborating with Vanderbilt University’s Future of Learning and Generative AI Initiative to educate executives on how to embrace and harness this groundbreaking technology in business leadership. Jules White To kick off the collaboration, Jules White, senior advisor to Vanderbilt Chancellor Daniel Diermeier… Read More

    Mar. 4, 2024

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    Weimer receives NSF CAREER Award to improve safety and efficacy of machine learning, AI systems

    James Weimer, assistant professor of computer science and noted medical-device entrepreneur, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to improve the safety and efficacy of systems that use advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques. Learning-enabled medical cyber-physical systems (LE-MCPS) are smart medical systems that provide actionable… Read More

    Feb. 1, 2024

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    New NIH grant funds novel brain network approach to improve epilepsy surgery

    A multidisciplinary group of investigators from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Pennsylvania received a $3.2 million grant to develop novel brain network-based measures to guide surgical decisions and improve outcomes in the field of epilepsy surgery. This diagram relates to research, “The Interictal Suppression Hypothesis… Read More

    Jan. 18, 2024

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    Soheil Kolouri receives NSF CAREER Award to enhance machine learning

    Soheil Kolouri, assistant professor of computer science at Vanderbilt University, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to explore ways to make machine learning more efficient and possibly impact the next generation of such methods. Soheil Kolouri Despite the success of machine learning, scientists say many foundational… Read More

    Jan. 8, 2024