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With a focus on broadening innovation and empowering talent across disciplines, Vanderbilt’s inaugural “Global Good” hackathon sought to address real-world issues, from social justice and education equity to climate change and environmental sustainability. The event, held on Vanderbilt’s campus April 12-13, was sponsored by the Department of Computer… Read More

A Vanderbilt study can inform software companies and managers on strategies to help their developers manage interruptions. (Computer Science Assistant Professor Kevin Leach created this image using ChatGPT)   It’s an intimidating prospect to interrupt a software engineer who has achieved a flow state — someone who is completely focused… Read More

Rishav Sen, a Ph.D. student in electrical and computer engineering, has been selected for the OpenMinds NextGen Leaders Program. Those chosen are part of a cohort of emerging leaders across a select group of universities to solve the “dual challenge” of increasing energy supply while reducing emissions and… Read More

By Hayley Britton Since the beginning of the school year, Vanderbilt civil engineering seniors Logan Glazier, Zachary Hodges, Winnie Huang, and Elise Puliafico were looking forward to going to Costa Rica. Not so much for leisure, but to fulfill a more hands-on objective: construct a pedestrian bridge that would allow… Read More

A research team led by Piran Kidambi, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Vanderbilt University, has made a breakthrough advance for clean energy. By incorporating an atomically thin layer of graphene, the team has developed a way to improve fuel cell efficiency without sacrificing performance—solving a long-standing… Read More

A new course on planetary health and resource sustainability sponsored by the Vanderbilt Center for Sustainability, Energy and Climate featured guest speakers in a panel discussion on April 10, 2025, that focused on climate change, urban heat islands and public health. Panel discussion. The panel was comprised of top… Read More

Yu Huang Yu Huang, assistant professor of computer science, has received the 2025 ICPC Václav Rajlich Early Career Achievement Award for outstanding contributions in the area of program comprehension as an early career investigator. Specifically, this award recognizes Huang’s work on deepening our fundamental understanding of program comprehension and empowering… Read More

Two former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officials who are now leaders in the strategic information technology and cybersecurity industry, as well as a senior engineering executive who has overseen systems infrastructure for Snapchat, Google and Amazon are among the esteemed alumni from the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering who will… Read More

Meiyi Ma, assistant professor of computer science at Vanderbilt, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop explainable technology for Societal-Scale Integrated Cyber-Physical Systems. Meiyi Ma Such systems have transformed industries like manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, and smart cities. However, stakeholders often hesitate to trust these… Read More

The Vanderbilt Lab for Immersive AI Translation (VALIANT)—a new center where artificial intelligence, machine learning methods, and high-performance computing are poised to tackle real-world challenges—celebrated its grand opening on Thursday, March 27. An overflow crowd filled the newly renovated VALIANT facility for a  research showcase and ribbon cutting ceremony. The… Read More