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Sep 26, 2024

Fall 2024 Carla Savage Award Winners Announced

Congratulations to professor Matt Stallman; associate teaching professor Jason King; and business services coordinator Bianca Woodard on being named the Fall 2024 winners of the Carla Savage Awards.
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Sep 12, 2024

Grad Students Put Data Science Skills into Action for Agriculture

For Neha Jagtap, a recent internship with leading national scientists proved to be a rewarding chance to gain experience solving a real-world agricultural challenge with knowledge she’s gained from computer science courses at NC State University.
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Sep 12, 2024

Jasmine Adams, Director of Undergraduate Advising, Retires

Dr. Adams positively impacted the lives of countless computer science students over her 20-year undergraduate advising career in NC State’s Department of Computer Science.
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Aug 28, 2024

NC State Secures $500K NEH Grant to Launch AI Center in CHASS

An intercollegiate, interdisciplinary team of NC State researchers led by humanities scholars received a $500,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to establish an AI center in CHASS to explore the ethical implications of the technology.
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Aug 22, 2024

Digital Twin Could Help Data Servers Better Predict User Needs

Using what’s called a “digital twin” — which effectively clones the network it’s supporting — #NCStateCS assistant professor Yuchen Liu and his research team have developed a new edge caching optimization method, which they’ve dubbed D-REC.
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Aug 20, 2024

Department Head Gregg Rothermel Named Distinguished University Professor

Gregg Rothermel has been named Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Computer Science, an honor reserved for NC State's most exceptional scholars.
Jair Valenzuela, left, plays Super Smash Brothers Ultimate against Dean Jim Pfaendtner and Kaleb Decker in the new Esports Lab.

Jul 26, 2024

GG with Dean Pfaendtner

For many College of Engineering (COE) students, playing video games is a popular way to unwind. It’s also a favorite pastime of Jim Pfaendtner, Louis Martin-Vega Dean of Engineering.
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Jul 26, 2024

Moving Forward with Oscar Molina

Engineering expansion will help meet the workforce needs of the growing North Carolina economy.
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Jun 27, 2024

Rouskas Recognized for Optical Network Research

Congratulations to Dr. George Rouskas, Director of Graduate Programs and Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor of Computer Science at NC State, on being awarded the 2023 Outstanding Technical Achievement Award by the Optical Networking Technical Committee (ONTC) of the IEEE Communications Society.
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Jun 25, 2024

Six NFR Strategies to Improve Software Performance and Security

Non-functional requirements (NFRs) are important aspects of a software system, but are often overlooked by developers. A new study from NC State researchers delves into how developers approach the crafting of NFRs and outlines six best practices for addressing NFRs that can help to ensure a program’s security and performance in the near and long term.