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Built by students and funded by student VCs, the venture marks a new model for launching ideas into ventures.

Marina’s research in security closely investigates the boundary between software and hardware.

These students are recognized by the department for their outstanding scholarship, research, service, leadership, and entrepreneurship.

Students throughout the College of Engineering are eligible for these awards; ten went to EECS students for outstanding scholarship, leadership, and service.

The six students have interests from accelerators to programming languages.

Through her work in augmented reality, Jaylin hopes to improve the accessibility of emerging technologies for people with disabilities and expand access to computing.

It was another outstanding year for the EECS honor society, that works hard to serve while having fun

Through his work in NLP and computational social science, Sky hopes to understand complex social interactions and contribute towards the democratization of technology.

Through his work, Tim hopes to dramatically accelerate genomic sequencing analysis, enabling the use of handheld genomic sequencers to produce actionable diagnostic data within minutes.

Zhizhuo is interested in computer vision and its ability to make breakthroughs in interdisciplinary fields such as ecology and climatology.

Jule is active in teaching and outreach activities to help broaden participation in the field of computer science and engineering.

The fellowship will advance her work in inferring relational world knowledge in machines with explicit and implicit representations.

The fellowship will advance his research on exploiting hardware reconfigurability in an effort to bridge the gap between programmability and efficiency that affects modern computing systems.

The award is given for active participation in research, leadership, and academic performance.

Despite a delay due to COVID-19, U-M fielded four teams in the annual programming competition.

Over 200 student instructors and teaching assistants who teach classes in the computer science and computer engineering curricula are being trained in inclusive teaching.

His work on reinforcement learning is aimed at accelerating the training of RL agents.

Computer Engineering junior Himaja Motheram is heavily involved in campus organizations, including as Advocacy Officer for both Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Society of Women Engineers.

The award recognizes students who make significant contributions toward increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the division.

The competition recognizes the research done by PhD students at CSE and the final competition is the culmination of a process that narrows a field of entrants to a handful of finalists.

This is the first time that a team from EECS 494 has signed a funded publishing deal.

The team earned the Best Use of Science award at the NASA Space Apps COVID-19 Challenge for their machine learning model that can predict hotspots for COVID outbreaks

The games were conceived and developed by teams of students working remotely during the summer of Covid.

U-M instructors like David Chesney are working to put next-gen interactive technology to use in the classroom and beyond.

CS undergrad Ryan O’Connor led front-end development on a major update to Long Island Rail Road’s TrainTime app, helping the country’s biggest commuter line offer socially distanced service.

In observance of the holiday that marks the end of chattel slavery, faculty, students, and alumni performed music, shared personal stories, and presented a proposal to the EECS chairs for initiatives to enhance diversity and equity and realize systemic equality in the department.

“I don’t think any of us expected a global pandemic at the end of our senior year, let alone being able to work on an application that helps address it.”

EECS 373 course instructors quickly pulled together an alternative final project that had students building robots at home.

“Greenland appealed to me, and my project specifically, to help me understand the process of truly living off the land.”

The nine students represent a broad range of research areas in the department.

The student’s project targets critical moments where the next instruction in a program is only available in a slower type of memory.

Subarno Banerjee uses program analysis to improve software systems’ safety and security.

Goel designs algorithms that can automatically demonstrate the correctness of hardware systems.

Tiana loves CS and considers herself a supporter of CSE. She shares her experiences, struggles, and thoughts as a first-generation student.

U-M continues its tradition of competing hard in the world of programming, with its team competing at the ACM-ICPC National Finals.

This award is presented to an outstanding graduate student in each degree program.

For “exemplifying the leadership and vision of Dr. King,” four CSE students and faculty were honored as part of U-M’s annual MLK symposium.

Akshitha Sriraman works to enable hyperscale computing on high-demand web services.

Five students take compiler optimizations to a new level with speculative loop optimization

The three students were given Honorable Mentions for their interdisciplinary projects.

The team of twelve students is one of ten worldwide working to give Amazon’s Alexa more human-like conversational skills.

Comparing graphs the team’s tool is up to an order of magnitude faster than competitive baselines.

Student programmers from Michigan are competing in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, the world’s most prestigious student programming competition.

The workshop brings together outstanding women interested in pursuing academic careers in electrical engineering and computer science.

Ten students from Ethiopia have completed a new summer-long exchange program in engineering at the University of Michigan.

The STARX suit helps first-responders bear greater weights and spend less energy.

With the help of a VR headset, three students helped a doctor stay focused in the operating room.

EECS 494’s final group project requires the students to cover all phases of game development.

Burdick has done extensive work as an instructor in EECS courses and promoter of diversity in the department.

Eckert is working to expand the role of memory and give it a dual responsibility to both store and compute data.

CS students have partnered with the Ann Arbor Arts Alliance to develop an app for locating and exploring art in Ann Arbor.

Uche Eke is a senior studying computer science. He’s also a student athlete and is one of a small number of black students enrolled in the CS program at Michigan. With Black History Month drawing to a close, we caught Uche between his classes and the gym to learn about his time here.

Addisie has been recognized for his work in domain-specific architectures for data-intensive applications.

EECS 494 uses game design to teach its students broader lessons about iteration in software development

The College of Engineering’s annual Graduate Symposium displays the latest in graduate student research, representing the cutting edge in areas spanning each department’s field of impact.

The competition is the culmination of a process that narrows a field of entrants from each of the department research areas to a handful of finalists.

“When you constantly feel like you’re a minority, it is reassuring to attend events like GHC to remind you that you are not alone.”

Eight students from CSE traveled to the conference this year, marking a new highpoint in attendance.

CS KickStart is a free week long summer program for incoming first-year students that aims to improve the enrollment and persistence of women in CS.

MDST brings together students from many fields to get their hands dirty with real data science problems and tools.

UpRound works with national and local firms to accelerate the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the region.

Through EduTech, CS student Divyansh Sharma is working to deliver free video courses directly to Indian people in need of basic education.

CS students want to empower party-goers and democratize the dancefloor.

The University of Michigan offered the state’s first invitational competition run by Olympiad alumni.

This year the team tackled their first autonomous aircraft.

This year’s model, “Phoebe,” received a major design overhaul that gave her a speed boost and new codebase that can be used for years to come.

Carvalho plans to pursue research at the intersection of reinforcement learning, machine learning, and computational cognitive science.

PhD student Jean Young Song offers an improved solution to the problem of image segmentation.

Five college teams test robotic suits that could enhance humans’ abilities.

Inspired by a class on managing professional relationships, five recent University of Michigan graduates are developing an app that would mesh with Alexa to help nudge people when they’re out of sync with what they want.

The Victors, a U-M student programming team, competed in the prestigious 2018 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals in Beijing, China.

Undergraduate student Arthur Shi communicates the highs and lows of CS via the blogging platform Medium.

For the past year Stearns has served as President of CSEG, whose membership comprises the entire body of over three hundred CSE graduate students.

Aldeneh’s research focuses on identifying the features of speech that make human interaction feel natural.

Xinchen Yan was selected for both fellowships to support his research in machine learning and its application in computer vision, graphics and robotics.

Tara Safavi’s research focuses on scalable and adaptive data mining algorithms using tools like hashing and sampling.

Attendees wade into a CS mosh pit and play the final projects developed by computer science seniors in EECS 494, Computer Game Design and Development.

The app, developed by a team of UM students through the Multidisciplinary Design Program, traces the historic pilgrimage of 8th century Korean monk Hyecho to provide context for the exhibit.

The competition is the culmination of a process that narrows a field of entrants to a handful of finalists, each of whom gives a summary presentation on an area of their research.

The team, coached by Prof. Kevin Compton, will compete in the prestigious 2018 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals in April.

Computer science student Andrew Dickinson is the race strategist on the solar car team.

If there’s one event at Michigan that reflects students’ raw enthusiasm for hacking and building, it’s MHacks, the infamous student-run hackathon.

“CS and music have been my passions.”

The UM::Autonomy team brought their latest autonomous boat, called Flying Sloth, to participate in the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Foundation Roboboat competition.

The U-M Baja Racing team took first place in the U.S. national competition for the third year in a row, making them the first team to ever three-peat.

The University of Michigan Intelligent Ground Vehicle (UMIGV) student team has spent much of its first year organizing and fundraising, and is now building a prototype autonomous vehicle.

The Michigan Aeronautical Science Association (MASA) won the first ever Spaceport America Cup, an intercollegiate rocket engineering competition with over 110 teams from colleges and universities in eleven countries.

Lee Rutledge, CSE graduate student, is working at U-M’s autonomous robotics lab this fall to help AI agents map and navigate their surroundings on the fly.

Jack has enjoyed involvement in research across diverse domains within the College of Engineering.

Her research focuses on computer architecture as it applies to high performance computing, supercomputers, memory, and interconnects.

Trippel’s research interests lie in embedded systems and IoT security and privacy for the purpose of building safe and reliable autonomous systems.

A project started by University of Michigan students has the chance to make daily life easier for people with food allergies or special diets.

Chen investigates how to develop defense approaches that can fundamentally address security challenges in existing and future smart systems.

Lee investigates how we can coordinate collaboration among users and crowd workers, especially for complex tasks that require creativity.

Student surveys of his course repeatedly praise his enthusiasm and passion, which make class a fun and interesting experience.

Andrew’s research creates cluster-scale systems that allow developers to quickly understand and debug programs.

Andrew’s research creates cluster-scale systems that allow developers to quickly understand and debug programs.

A new platform has been introduced to showcase and archive student-made videogames on the first floor of the Beyster Building.

The event challenges each group to conceptualize and build a fully working game within 48 hours.

A 17-year-old Ypsilanti high school student who is visually impaired worked with a software engineering class to develop technology that could make life easier for the blind.

Chang’s research interest is in complexity theory of distributed computing.

The Victors will be advancing to the ACM-ICPC World Finals in Rapid City, South Dakota, which will take place May 20 – 25, 2017.

This performance is an outcome coming from his interdisciplinary research work, Live Writing, which transforms asynchronous written communication into a real-time experience in the context of programming, writing and performing arts.

Four EECS students part of the Michigan Men’s Rowing team that won their 9th consecutive national championship

The award is to support his research in reinforcement learning.

EECS 183 is the introductory CS class for LSA students, and it has been designed to broaden participation in the discipline.

The convention hosted more than 100 major companies, and offered students career workshops on interviewing, networking, and general industry know-how.

Vidal is currently the GSI for EECS 381: Object Oriented and Advanced Programming.

Genevieve will continue her research in the MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute joint program, pursuing a PhD in computer science with a focus in oceanography.

Ryan works with Prof. Edwin Olson in the APRIL Lab, where his research is in the area of multi-agent search algorithms for both known and unexplored environments.

Students highlighted a number of projects from CSE in the U-M booth at the show.

CS is the largest undergraduate program in engineering and the second largest major at Michigan.

Yu-Wei is a third year PhD student whose research focuses on computer vision and machine learning.

Students, parents, and faculty gathered to celebrate the achievements of EECS students who earned a special award for academic achievement, research, service, or entrepreneurial activities.

His research addresses the problem of diminishing reliability in future computer systems.

The group will hold a once-a-year hackathon for local high school students in addition to other events.

MHacks: Refactor, v7 of the nationally-renowned U-M hackathon, drew many more women, underrepresented students and first-timers.

This semester the creators are focusing less on numbers and more on the experience.

Dr. David Chesney and others hosted a hackathon that focused on projects for the greater good.

Karl’s career goals are to obtain a Ph.D. in Mathematics, to conduct research in number theory and algebraic geometry, and to teach at the university level.

The students developed the games over the course of a six-week time period using a variety of game engines.

The competition is the culmination of a process that narrows a field of entrants to four finalists, each of whom give a summary presentation on an area of their research.

U-M has a history of strong performance in regional, national, and world competition at the programming contest.

The team is one of the first collegiate teams of its kind, with a mission to compete against professional and amateur data scientists from around the world in online prediction challenges.

The demo focused on a robot delivery service, called Robo Café, where a team of robots delivered snacks to attendees at the touch of a button.

Over 1,300 students were represented at this 36 straight hour event to produce creative and impactful projects.

This will include seven intro-level workshops and a new event entitled Women@MHacks, which is an 8-hour long event directed towards female engineers.

A CSE graduate student, Durumeric’s work focuses on developing quantitative, measurement-based approaches to combat threats against hosts and networks on the Internet.

Their Powerblade project is the smallest, lowest cost, and lowest power AC plug-load meter that measures real, reactive and apparent power, and reports this data over Bluetooth.

She hopes that by exposing young girls to coding through her outreach efforts, and by being a role model, she will provide inspiration and give them confidence to pursue computer science.

The goal of Steven’s research is to improve vision-based perception systems on cars and to create an extra layer of safety.

Duc is interested in using the computer’s modeling power to better understand the inner workings of the human mind, and using this understanding to create more intelligent software programs.

Members will hold get-togethers, study sessions, talks, and workshops. They will also be piloting a new mentoring program.

Students in the ensemble design and develop their own new mobile phone instruments and compose new performance works that explore the creative potential of their imaginations.

The project-based class has been a successful introduction to CS for many students.

The showcase is the culmination of a project from EECS 494, Computer Game Design and Development.

The breadth of projects shown by students at semester's end is inspiring.

Funded by an alum, there's a place on campus for those who live to hack.

The U-M Mobile Apps Challenge is held each year and is open to faculty, students, and staff from across the U-M Ann Arbor campus.

Wah’s research interests lie at the intersection of finance and artificial intelligence, specifically in applying computational methods to study automated trading in financial markets.

Wah’s research interests lie at the intersection of finance and artificial intelligence, specifically in applying computational methods to study automated trading in financial markets.

Karl’s career goals are to obtain a Ph.D. in Mathematics, to conduct research in Number Theory and Random Matrix Theory, and to teach at the university level.

Students, parents, and faculty gathered to celebrate the achievements of EECS students who earned a special award for academic achievement, research, service, or entrepreneurial activities.

We thank these individuals for their commitment to excellence in teaching our students!

In addition to MICWIC, CSE supports a number of programs designed to expand opportunities for women in computing through outreach, education, and through connection to resources.

There’s a greater emphasis on learning and diversity  in thought, background, and action. And as a result  MHacks is redefining the hackathon and the hacker.

The technology enables self-driving cars to navigate using a single video camera, delivering the same level of accuracy as laser scanners at a fraction of the cost.

Helen has an interest in the efficient design of the hardware and software components of embedded systems to be deployed in ecofriendly applications.

MHacks is a great way for participants to showcase their creativity, while also having the opportunity to meet future co-founders, friends, and network with well-known companies.

This showcase is one of the most popular to occur each year.

EECS 183 has been reinvented as a course with a major team project. It's a big class, and there are lots of projects.

The Victors team consists of three students: CS student Zhou Sun and CSE graduate students Chun Wu and Yujie An.

Alaghi’s current research and dissertation focuses on stochastic computing (SC), which is an unconventional technique that processes data in the form of bit-streams that denote probabilities.

The paper presents a new visual localization algorithm that allows an autonomous car to precisely know where it is at with sub-lane precision.

The 12th International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) was held in Beijing, China from July 21 through 25th, 2014.

Michigan is one of seven universities IBM is partnering with to give students access to the technology.

The Graduate Student Instructor and Instructional Aide Awards Ceremony was a night to celebrate and thank the University’s wonderful student educators.

The Convention offers leadership development, internship opportunities, networking activities, and professional workshops.

Called {Girls Code}, the workshop taught the girls the basics of Arduino—open-source electronics prototyping platform.

G.R.E.A.T. Day is designed to open up young girls’ minds to the possibility of engineering as a career path.

Congratulations to these phenomenal students!

These students received the award for their creativity as an instructor, their thorough understanding of the content, and for their dedication to student success.

The Michigan Hybrid Racing team’s Spark took home a 4th place finish.

The team of graduate students ranked 4th among 90 competing teams in the qualification round.

A big thank you to these students for all their hard work and dedication!

The SkySpecs robot will designed for use by end users and will be controlled via a touchscreen tablet.

Congratulations to the two student teams!

Max will be employed by KPCB portfolio company One Kings Lane, where he will develop his technical skills and be mentored by an engineering executive.

Listen to Michigan Hybrid Racing team members talk about their work and upcoming competition.

The contest is highly competitive and features the best student projects from the largest and most prestigious conferences in their respective fields.

Congratulations to these winning companies. Go Blue!

Congratulations to Keith Porter and Patrick Theisen!

Their paper introduces new techniques that improve speed, solution quality, simplicity, and integration with other optimizations for global placement technology.

Taking first place in acceleration and second place in endurance and autocross, this is one of the team’s best international finishes to date.

With D4AR models, you can monitor progress, productivity, safety, quality, constructability and even site logistics remotely.

The Autonomous Surface Vehicle Competition is a student robotics competition in which teams race ASVs of their own design through an aquatic obstacle course.

“I am confident we can do better than the ubiquitous keyboard and mouse paradigm, and I intend to find out how,” said O’Keefe.

The competition sought solutions for a better way for the deaf and hearing-impaired population to appreciate music.

Dongjin’s research is a blend of computer science with computer and electrical engineering, and can have a huge impact on upcoming integrated circuits.