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Feb 7, 2025

How NC State’s Department of Computer Science Ranks Among the Best: By the Numbers

Rankings from CSRankings, a metrics-based ranking of top computer science institutions around the world, consistently place CS as a leader among US institutions. From 2014 to 2024, the department ranked 36th in overall publications.
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Jan 23, 2025

Tim Menzies Named ACM Fellow

Tim Menzies, professor of computer science, has been named a 2024 Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellow, one of the most prestigious recognitions in the field of computing.
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Jan 13, 2025

New Method Forecasts Computation, Energy Costs for Sustainable AI Models

Researchers at NC State have developed a novel method that predicts the resource and energy costs of updating deep learning/AI models, allowing users to make informed decisions about when to update AI models to improve AI sustainability.
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Dec 17, 2024

Oceans Away from Home, #NCStateCS Student Finds Community

Satwika Kancharla’s NC State journey is far from over, but in the last three-and-a-half years, she has made quite an impact as an undergraduate student in the Department of Computer Science.
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Oct 4, 2024

Dean Pfaendtner’s takeaways from the Applied AI in Engineering and Computer Science Symposium

On Wednesday, Sept. 18, the College of Engineering brought together industry leaders and our faculty, staff and students to discuss where the college is headed with using AI in its classrooms, research and work. As part of a land-grant institution, it’s imperative that the college is preparing our students to excel in industries that will…
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Sep 30, 2024

Three from Computer Science Win Prestigious NSF CAREER Awards

Congratulations to John-Paul Ore, assistant professor; Thomas Price, associate professor; and Wujie Wen, associate professor, on receiving a Faculty Early Career Development award, also known as the CAREER Award, from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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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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Jul 30, 2024

Researchers Develop General Framework for Designing Quantum Sensors

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a protocol for harnessing the power of quantum sensors.
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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.