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State Legislators Look To Establish Rules for Artificial Intelligence in Elections, Education, and Health Care
Professor Kristian Hammond told the Chicago Tribune “we have to think about how to build systems that bring out the best in us by being very smart as opposed to reducing us by being very smart.”Mar 19, 2025|from Chicago Tribune
Karan Ahuja Wins ACM SIGCHI Special Recognition Award
Ahuja and the Google Android XR team were acknowledged for pioneering the interaction framework of the operating system through exemplary industry-academia collaboration.Mar 11, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
PhD Student Rashna Kumar Wins 2025 Pulse Research Fellowship
The Internet Society Pulse Research Fellowship supports researchers conducting data-driven analysis or developing tools that contribute to an open, globally connected, secure, and trustworthy Internet.Mar 10, 2025
Elizabeth Gerber Inducted into ACM SIGCHI Academy
The 10 members of the SIGCHI Academy Class of 2025 are honored for remarkable contributions to the field of human-computer interaction.Mar 5, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
What AI Means for the Future of Work
On February 18, the Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design hosted a thought leader panel to discuss the National Academies of Sciences’s "Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work" report.Mar 4, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Researchers Say Quantum Compiler Boosts Speed and Reliability for Chiplet-Based Modular Systems
Quantum Insider wrote about a team with Professor Nikos Hardavellas that developed a quantum compiler, SEQC, that improves the reliability and speed of modular quantum computing systems by leveraging a chiplet-based approach.Mar 4, 2025|from Quantum Insider
Society of Women Engineers Hosts 2025 Career Day for Girls
The 54th annual event, hosted by the Northwestern undergraduate student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers, welcomed Chicago-area middle school and high school students for labs tours and hands-on engineering activities.Feb 27, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Navigating the Geopolitical Stakes of Artificial Intelligence
On January 16, leading strategists, researchers, and policymakers discussed how AI technologies influence global power dynamics, national security, economic development, and the frameworks for governance and cooperation between nations.Feb 26, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Mangan, Seitz, Wang Named Sloan Research Fellows
The honor for Professors Niall Mangan, Linsey Seitz, and Xiao Wang highlights the creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments of early-career researchers.Feb 18, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Tips for Increasing Your Privacy from Security Experts
V.S. Subrahmanian and Xiao Wang discuss the encrypted messaging technology that apps use to safeguard communication and offer valuable tips for maximizing user privacy.Feb 14, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Nivedita Arora Named an ‘Emerging Rockstar’ by “IEEE Pervasive Computing” Magazine
The magazine segment highlights rising stars in fields including mobile systems, ubiquitous computing, and the Internet of Things.Feb 5, 2025|from IEEE Pervasive Computing
How DeepSeek Has Blown Open AI Race Between US and China
Newsweek spoke with Professor Kristian Hammond about the new AI assistant that could have a significant impact on the field.Feb 3, 2025|from Newsweek
Four Students Receive Honorable Mention in CRA Undergraduate Research Awards
Brian Chen, Kevin Hayes, Sean Rhee, and Marko Veljanovski made significant contributions to undergraduate research projects.Feb 3, 2025
Karan Ahuja Receives Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund Award
Strategic seed funding fuels transformative research and translation to advance the biosciences and produce societal benefit.Jan 31, 2025
Analyzing the Challenge of Digital Sovereignty
Professor Fabian E. Bustamante and PhD candidate Rashna Kumar led the first comprehensive study to examine the evolving landscape of server infrastructures in the government sector.Jan 23, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News