Alumni News
Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov discusses “prescience and patience”
The CSE alum details his journey from mathematical abstractions to vehicles safely navigating city streets.U-M alum Andrew Barto wins Turing Award
Barto is the 5th U-M alum to receive this honor, considered the “Nobel Prize of Computing,” in recognition of his contributions to reinforcement learning, a fundamental area of artificial intelligence.Jiong Zhu receives 2024 CSE David J. Kuck Dissertation Prize
The annual award recognizes the excellence of his dissertation on graph neural networks for complex data.CSE alum Fan Lai receives dissertation recognition at SOSP 2024
The honor recognizes the excellence of Lai’s dissertation on minimalist approaches for pervasive machine learning.CSE and UMSI team up for homecoming tailgate
Alums, faculty, and staff from UMSI and CSE came together to celebrate the Michigan homecoming football game.These CSE PhD alums have accepted faculty positions
Congrats to these new faculty!From U-M to the Big Leagues: How a data science alum became a baseball analytics pro
U-M alum Danny Vargovick is leveraging his data science degree to build prediction systems for the Detroit Tigers.Fulbright scholar and CSE alum Kevin Wang melds English and CS education in Poland
One of 27 student 2023-24 Fulbright recipients from U-M, Wang is leveraging his unique background to teach Polish university students English and computer science.U-M alums bring better finance tech to entertainment
CS alums Akanksha Singh and Caitlin Short have launched Backdrop, a financial management startup for the entertainment industry, earning them wide recognition, including a nod for Singh in the Forbes 30 Under 30.Remembering alum David Mills, who brought the internet into perfect time
Mills created the Network Time Protocol, which enables any device online to know precisely what time it is.CS alum Jill Bender: working at the intersection of tech and climate
Her career is driven by a passion for innovative technologies, a commitment to addressing global challenges, and expanding opportunities for underrepresented groups in tech.U-M origins of legendary gaming mystery revealed
A look into the history of famed video game engine MUGEN and its University of Michigan beginnings.Congrats to CSE alums who have accepted faculty positions
Congrats to these new faculty!CSE alum Xinyu Zhang selected as recipient of ACM SIGMOBILE RockStar Award
The award recognizes Zhang’s outstanding contributions to the mobile computing field.CSE alum and computer architecture innovator Kunle Olukotun chosen for top recognition by ACM/IEEE
He is recognized for his contributions and leadership in the development of parallel systems, especially multicore and multithreaded processors.CSE announces updated National Advisory Board
New and continuing board members have been tapped to advise CSE on current academic and societal issues related to computing.CSE alum Jennifer Rexford named provost at Princeton University
Rexford oversaw record growth and diversity initiatives as chair of the Princeton CS department.Alumni profile: A conversation with Rich Uhlig
A Michigan engineer, Intel VP, and research lab director, Rich Uhlig is CSE’s Alumni Merit Award Winner for 2022.Alum Paul Debevec honored with Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award for inventing a new kind of movie magic
Debevec’s groundbreaking imaging work revolutionized the film and television industry, helping create the special effects seen in Spider-Man 2, Avatar, The Hobbit, Blade Runner 2049, Gravity, The Mandalorian, and many more.CSE alum Akshitha Sriraman's dissertation receives second ACM SIG recognition
Sriraman's dissertation has won two major ACM SIG awards, from ACM SIGOPS and SIGARCH, as well as two additional prizes from U-M.$100,000 gift endows teaching faculty support fund inspired by David Chesney's socially conscious initiatives
The gift from the Daniel E. Offutt III Charitable Trust will provide teaching faculty with discretionary funding to enhance CSE's educational mission.CSE alum Akshitha Sriraman's dissertation recognized by SIGARCH/TCCA
Sriraman was recognized for contributions enhancing the efficiency and scalability of hardware and software architecture for hyperscale datacenter systems.Arch W. Naylor: In Memoriam (1929 - 2022)
Arch Naylor helped introduce the developing field of information and control engineering at Michigan.CSE alum Akshitha Sriraman receives ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award
Sriraman's dissertation explores how to bridge computer architecture and software systems to tackle new challenges posed by massive web services.Alum Murali Annavaram elected IEEE fellow for contributions to heterogeneous architectures for energy-efficient computing systems
Prof. Annavaram was named an IEEE Fellow, Class of 2021, “for contributions to heterogeneous architectures for energy-efficient computing systems.”Gift from Daniel E. Offutt III Charitable Trust supports construction of new building, lecturers in CSE
In recognition of this gift, the maker’s space on the first floor of the new building will be named the Richard Orenstein and Daniel Offutt Maker’s Laboratory.Alumnus Peter Wurman named IEEE Fellow
Wurman is best known for his work as a technical co-founder of Kiva SystemsAkshitha Sriraman awarded David J. Kuck Dissertation Prize for work on hyperscale web services
Her dissertation explores how to bridge computer architecture and software systems to tackle new challenges posed by massive web services.Alumnus Nam Sung Kim named endowed chair at UIUC
Kim is a 2004 alumnus of the CSE PhD program at Michigan.Deltek’s Senior Director Shirin Mangold found her passion and her voice through Michigan Engineering’s Co-op program
The Engineering Cooperative Education Program introduced Mangold (CE 1993) to life as a working engineer and inspired her to pursue a career in software engineering.Qi Zhang selected as first recipient of David J. Kuck Dissertation Prize
Alumni profile: A conversation with Douglas Densmore
Alumni profile: A conversation with Robert Scott
Lawser family scholarship supports EECS wolverines
SambaNova, founded by alumnus Kunle Olukotun, emerges from stealth mode with AI-accelerated HPC system
Josh Meyer has built the software that your kids and teachers need
Alumnus Yi-Jun Chang Wins PODC Dissertation Award
In memoriam: Frances Allen, the first woman to receive the Turing Award and U-M alumna
Gift from Daniel E. Offutt III Charitable Trust endows CSE chair and funds targeted activities
The Renaissance of the American City
Gift from EECS alumnus David J. Kuck establishes CSE Dissertation Prize
Alumnus Peter Wurman inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame
Alumnus William Sanders appointed Dean of Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering
Five EECS faculty and alumni recognized for business success
Alum named director at major collaborative theory center
CSE alum Qi Alfred Chen selected for ProQuest Dissertation Award
Art Meets Science: Tom Conrad’s Journey from Apple to Pandora to Snapchat
Computing visionary Sam Fuller honored by Michigan Engineering
Two-wheeled teacher
Yongjoo Park is runner-up for Jim Gray dissertation award
Zuckerberg Capitol Hill testimony: Engineering experts offer comments
CSE alum startup SambaNova collects $56m in funding for AI chip research
CSE alum earns IEEE award for pioneering work in CPU design
Alumnus Garlin Gilchrist II serves as inaugural director of U-M Center for Social Media Responsibility
Alumnus Rob Rutenbar receives Phil Kaufman Award for distinguished contributions to electronic system design
Computing and data wide across the curriculum
CS alumnae Tara Safavi chosen for Google Women Techmakers scholarship
Eric Vander Weele: Building Bloomberg LP
Shawn Cooper: Changing the game
CSE alumnus Jim Boerkoel awarded NSF CAREER Grant for research into autonomous systems
For Black History Month, CSE Spotlights Faculty and Alumni in Academia
In this article, we profile three CSE faculty and three of our alumni.Mount and Wu Scholarship Rewards Extracurriculars
This new fund will provide need-based support for in-state, undergraduate students with a preference for those engaged in College of Engineering extracurricular activities.Alumnus Tim Howes chosen for Arbor Networks PhD Research Impact Lecture and Award
Nancy Benovich Gilby chosen as Woman of the Year by Michigan Council of Women in Technology
D’Souza scholarship supports CSE undergrads
‘The most interesting tech IPO of the year’ was founded by alums
New undergraduate program in data science grows rapidly, graduates first student
CSE alumna Adriane Chapman recognized with Test of Time Award from ACM SIGMOD
CSE alumnus Hsin-Hao Su selected for Principles of Distributed Computing Dissertation Award
New Wurman computer science fund
Peter (MSE ’88, MS ’96, PhD ’99) and Nancy Wurman of Acton, Massachusetts, recently endowed the Wurman Family Computer Science Fellowship Student Fund.CSE Alumna Arzucan Ozgur receives Science Academy Young Scientist Award
Power to the Pixel: Photoshop is Born
How Thomas Knoll, a procrastinating Michigan graduate student, and his brother changed our view of the world.Machine learning proves useful for analyzing NBA ball screen defense
Lees Make Gift to Empower CSE Student Activities
Nadkarni gift invests in student entrepreneurs
Its purpose is to support student teams in junior/senior-level project-oriented courses in CSE in which students develop software and hardware prototypes, many of which have commercial potential.Alumnus Nam Sung Kim Elected IEEE Fellow for Contributions to Circuits and Architectures for Power-Efficient Microprocessors
Garlin Gilchrist II: Innovation for the People
Four EECS companies make Crain’s list of most innovative companies, and one tops the list
Health and Fitness Company Founded by CS Alum Gets Acquired by Practo
Eric M. Aupperle (1935 – 2015): An internet pioneer leaves a remarkable legacy
Shift Collaborative: Providing Creative Space and Community for Tech Students with Business on the Brain
Advancing Computation: 4th U-M Alum Wins Turing Award
Irma Wyman: Computer pioneer and advocate for women in engineering
End of the Road for the Von Neumann Architecture? Not Yet.
Mourning the loss of an innovator
EECS alums are flying high with drone startup Skyspecs
Smita Krishnaswamy's Research Paper Published in Science Magazine
Stephen Plaza's research paper published in Nature Scientific Journal
UM Computer Science Alumni Create Cribspot.com
Alumni explore lots of EECS-related engineering with their kids
CSE Alum Dongyoon Lee Selected for ProQuest Dissertation Award
Héctor J. García Selected for Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
Nancy Benovich: Entrepreneur x 10
Larry D. Leinweber gives $2.4 million to fund students in computer science
Michigan @ ISSCC 2013: Alumni and Friends Mixer
Azarias Reda: Founder of Meritful.com
CSE Alum co-founds goal-tracking company Beeminder
Founded by CS Alums, DeepField Grows in Ann Arbor
CSE Alum and Entrepreneur Azarias Reda Delivers Best Pitch at SXSW
Duo security introduces hardware-level security, grows more than 400%
Kyla McMullen, first African American woman to graduate from Michigan with a CSE PhD
Duo of CSE Alums Form and Grow Security Company in Ann Arbor
CSE alums launch Ann Arbor-based cloud data company
Computer Science Alum Stephanie Forrest Selected for ACM Newell Award
CSE Alum Jon Oberheide Named One of Forbes' 30 Under 30 in Technology
U-M Alumni and Friends Mixer at ISSCC 2011
CSE alum Sushant Sinha named one of 18 "Young Innovators Under 35" in India
David Papa receives EDAA Outstanding Dissertation Award
Tony Fadell, Mastermind Behind the Apple iPod, Offers Advice for Students