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Bowen Xu Wins IEEE Computer Society Best Paper Award

2025

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Oct 27, 2025

How Hannah Estes Found her Passion for Research

#NCStateCS Ph.D. student Hannah Estes found her passion for research as an undergraduate. A few short years later, her paper, “Advancing Software Product Management Education: Insights from an Industry Survey”, was accepted to the 2025 Foundations of Software Engineering conference in Trondheim, Norway.
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Oct 23, 2025

Sivana Hamer Receives Google PhD Fellowship

Hamer is the first NC State University student to receive a Google PhD fellowship.
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Oct 22, 2025

Vandenberg and Mott Receive NSF Award to Advance Collaborative Programming for Elementary Students

Instilling collaborative skills in elementary students sets them up for success across the tech world, including emerging fields such as artificial intelligence. Vandenberg and Mott are looking to foster those skills by investigating how different models of collaboration can improve learning and interest in computer science among elementary students.

Oct 22, 2025

Rooted in Leadership: Armaan Raina

Armaan Raina is a Computer Science and Statistics major in the Caldwell Class of 2027. Even before his time in the program, Armaan saw servant leadership as a core part…

Oct 21, 2025

AI Drives a Revolution in Engineering

The Applied AI in Engineering and Computer Science initiative is energizing the college.
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Oct 17, 2025

Friday Institute Executive Director Krista Glazewski to Partner with Rural Communities on $3.5M NSF Award Expanding AI Education Across Three States

Before the public launch of ChatGPT and the widespread interest in AI education in schools, a team of researchers from NC State and Indiana University had a bold idea: teach…
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Oct 17, 2025

From Tripure to Velox: Matt Liou’s Vision for Impactful Innovation

How one student entrepreneur transformed lessons from AI travel into a developing car community platform.
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Oct 2, 2025

#NCStateCS Software Engineering Program Shines in Latest U.S. News Rankings

#NCStateCS’s undergraduate program in Software Engineering now ranks #11 in the nation, up from #17 in 2025, in the 2026 U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges Rankings.
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Oct 1, 2025

‘Embodied’ AI in Virtual Reality Improve Programming Student Confidence

Giving AI “peers” in virtual reality a body that can interact with the virtual environment can help students learn programming.
A headshot of Bowen Xu, a young man with a slight smile, standing outdoors with a calm body of water and mountains in the background. Next to him is a certificate from the IEEE Computer Society for the 2024 Best Paper Award. The certificate is awarded to Bowen Xu and his co-authors for their paper titled, "Stealthy Backdoor Attack for Code Models."

Sep 9, 2025

Bowen Xu Wins IEEE Computer Society Best Paper Award

Congratulations to #NCStateCS Assistant Professor Bowen Xu on winning the prestigious Best Paper Award in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering for his work in advancing AI security for coding.