Purdue Computer Science

Welcome to our newest class of interns! These individuals will be working with faculty advisors doing research for the next six months.

Go Boiler is a program that partners with international universities to host students with who are interested in research and curious about graduate studies at Purdue University in Computer Science. This year, the program has partnered with Universities in Latin American Countries.

☀️ August was a great month for - see the highlights in our monthly E News here 🔗 https://purduesci.com/3Xavy8W ☀️

The beginning of a semester is the perfect time to reflect on the previous year and set our sights on what is to come. Check out this welcome from Petros Drineas, professor and head of the Department.

Welcome to Purdue CS from Petros Drineas, professor and head Petros Drineas, professor and department head in the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University, welcomes students to a new semester for the fall of...

Hey, , beat the heat and study in the newly renovated Hall of Data Science and AI!

computer graphics and computer vision faculty presented 14 papers at the 2024 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). CVPR is the No. 1 conference in Engineering & Computer Science and the No. 2 ranked venue for publication across all disciplines per . Read more https://purduesci.com/4dcm43g

The Bridge Program prepares incoming CS students with little to no programming experience for what lies ahead. 🔗 read more about its impact https://purduesci.com/3WUE0Jn

Want to see what was up to this summer?💻 😎 Check out our E News! 🔗 https://purduesci.com/4cgc3l5

Lin Tan, the Mary J. Elmore New Frontiers Professor of has been selected for the 2024-25 class of 's Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering, and Science (ELATES) program based on her academic and administrative accomplishments.

🔗 to read more https://purduesci.com/3WPySq1

students have kicked off their semester in Indy and West Lafayette. Prof. Petros Drineas, the head of the Department of , and Lucy Flesch, the dean of the College of , visited classes to welcome new students and wish them luck for their first week at .

Classes are in session at ! We are excited to welcome students back to West Lafayette and Indianapolis today. Here's to the start of a great semester!🤩 🎉 🚂

Recognized for her outstanding achievements, Elisa Bertino was officially ratified as the Samuel D. Conte Distinguished Professor of Computer Science. 🔗 read more about her exceptional contributions to the field of computer science. https://purduesci.com/3Me8h13

professors at join interdisciplinary teams to tackle challenging problems, like wildfires. Learn more about how research being done at Purdue's Institute for Digital Forestry can help mitigate and prevent wildfires. Purdue Agriculture

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Congratulations to Assistant Professor Jianguo Wang for earning a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award! 🎉

Wang earned this award for his proposed work titled, "The Case for Disaggregated Database Systems," which will study the impact of resource disaggregation for large database systems. 🧑‍💻

Read more about Wang and his research. 🔗 https://purduesci.com/3Sgkq93

The 2024 Olympics are not impervious to cyberattacks.
“Cybersecurity is still largely a human endeavor. Humans are the ones who install the systems, operate the systems, do the updates, and more. I don’t want to call most of the technology ‘old-fashioned’, but it is technology that involves people, tools, and information that we’ve relied upon for a long time,” said Spafford.

Listen|Read more: https://purduesci.com/3xS0QsQ

Can you imagine competing in the Olympics from your living room?

An interdisciplinary team of is working to make that a reality with virtual cycling. Focused on excitement, integrity and safety, the team knows that this isn’t just about cycling, it’s about pioneering cybersecurity and competitive fairness in sports tech. Read more here https://bit.ly/3S546aZ

Dan Hasler, chief operating officer, and David Umulis, senior vice provost and chief academic officer, of are answering your questions about ’s first comprehensive urban campus on the podcast. Tune in to find out how Purdue’s innovation and groundbreaking research will not only expand but flourish among the bright lights of Indianapolis. 🏙 🎧 bit.ly/3xIc82s.

In the burgeoning world of bytes, passwords and cloud storage,
Assoc. Professor Jeremiah Blocki works to stem the ongoing tide of hackers by finding new and better ways to store information as securely as possible.

Can science make it too costly for hackers to attempt to steal information? Cryptography, the age-old art of secrecy, has evolved into the science of protecting confidential information in the burgeoning world of bytes, passwords and cloud storage.

Sinusitis plagues about 30 million U.S. adults, and their doctors often recommend sinus surgery to find relief, but the procedure is notoriously ineffective. A researcher at University in Indianapolis is sniffing out a solution by creating software—powered by —that can predict who will and will not have a successful surgical outcome. purduesci.com/4exfh5J

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Tianyi Zhang for earning a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for his proposed work titled, “Regularizing Large Language Models for Safe and Reliable Program Generation." purduesci.com/4bPGSxl

Purdue has once again earned praise as one of the best institutions in the world, ranking No. 8 among public universities in the U.S., top-25 overall and top-90 globally in the 2025 QS World University Rankings: https://purdue.university/4ebQW5j

Nikhil Anand Dhoka, a and mathematics student in Indianapolis, is set up for success at the intersection of technology and finance.

Learn more about his plan. purduesci.com/3VrlMQ4

Identifying inherent threats helps organizations proactively address risks. Assoc. Professor Chunyi Peng's research on 911 calls highlights the importance of balancing usability and . Understanding inherent threats is key to . bit.ly/4e0pQ0W

Congratulations to Purdue University College of Science's Purdue Computer Science and junior Jalynn Maximus Chang on being named a 2023 Gilman Scholarship Recipient!

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Ming Yin for earning a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for her proposed work titled, “Redesigning the Human-AI Interaction Paradigm for Improving AI-Assisted Decision Making.”

Yin earns NSF CAREER award - Department of Computer Science - Purdue University Assistant Professor Ming Yin wins an NSF CAREER Award for her work, “Redesigning the Human-AI Interaction Paradigm for Improving AI-Assisted Decision Making.”

Congratulations to Professor Elisa Bertino on her re-election to another two-year term was Vice President of the ACM - Association for Computing Machinery. She is an ACM Fellow, former ACM Secretary/Treasurer, and 2019–2020 ACM Athena Lecturer.

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Purdue CS E-News | May 2024
NSF CAREER
IEEE Test of Time
Spafford to chair external board for $45M Sandia Labs digital assurance campaign

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