Computer Science

In May 2023, Professor Jules White released his first generative AI online course using the Coursera platform: Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT. In the next 18 months, the university’s partnership with Coursera expanded significantly, and Vanderbilt added 13 more courses and seven “specializations.” The Coursera content has proven popular. More than… Read More

Charlotte Froese Fischer                             Photo credit | Klaus Bartschat & Yuri Ralchenko-Physics Today   Charlotte Froese Fischer, a pioneer in the field of atomic structure calculations and an emerita research professor of computer science at Vanderbilt University, died… Read More

Assistant Professor of Computer Science Yuankai Huo has received a 2024 Early Career Achievement Award in academia from the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM). The award is presented annually in recognition of significant and innovative technical contributions in imaging informatics to someone whose highest earned degree has… Read More

Pamela Wisniewski, a Flowers Family Fellow in Engineering and associate professor of computer science has been appointed to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Science and Technology (ISAT) Study Group beginning in August 2024. Pamela Wisniewski The group brings 40 of the brightest scientists and engineers together… Read More

Vanderbilt Department of Computer Science researchers Kevin Leach and James Weimer have been awarded a $2 million contract from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to develop technology aimed at improving software security in medical devices like insulin pumps,… Read More

LIVE, the Learning Innovation Incubator at Vanderbilt University, has awarded an inaugural LIVE Spark Grant to a project that leverages AI to aid in the care of people with dementia. It is one of three projects selected from a strong pool of applicants. The winning projects and their investigators show exceptional promise for addressing critical learning challenges and cutting-edge learning technologies to advance dementia care, literacy, and music education. Read More

Nisala Kalupahana knows firsthand the impact of career readiness programs and mentorship, which is why the Vanderbilt computer science major volunteered to help mentor a group of high schoolers who competed against some of the best robotics teams in the world April 17-20 in Houston, Texas. 2024 Pioneers team. Kalupahana,… Read More

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

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

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