Computer Science and Software Engineering News

Almost 200 registered for annual Graduate Engineering Research Showcase - 9/21/23 8:00 AM
Students will exchange ideas, hypotheses and fresh concepts between one another and faculty judges on Thursday, October 12.

Auburn Engineering undergraduate programs receive No. 30 public ranking - 9/18/23 12:00 PM
Auburn Engineering's undergraduate programs climbed three spots in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.

AU ranked by National Academy of Inventors among Top 100 U.S. universities granted utility patents - 9/14/23 7:00 AM
Auburn innovators earned 12 new patents in 2022

Assistant professor in CSSE earns $553K NSF grant - 9/13/23 8:15 AM
Akond Rahman is principal investigator on a three-year, $553,295 National Science Foundation grant for the project, “Resilient Operations for Deployment Units Used in Container Orchestration,” aimed at targeting and strengthening software resilience.

AI@AU initiative spearheads fall series of expert-led AI forums - 9/8/23 12:25 PM
The AI@AU forums will draw speakers from inside and outside the university to talk on a variety of topical AI and machine learning issues.

#GINNing Podcast: Banner Man - 8/25/23 10:00 AM
Learn how business school poster boy Zakariya Veasy is poised to revolutionize the credit game through Omnis, a pitch-perfect startup facilitating peer-to-peer, short-term microloans on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Artificial intelligence-themed film festival kicks off Tuesday, August 29 - 8/22/23 3:00 PM
Viewers will have the opportunity to view five movies, then learn from an Auburn University professor about what they witnessed and how it can be applied today… and tomorrow.

Cyber Fire presents real-life cyber security challenges to students - 8/21/23 2:25 PM
Almost 60 students were presented with cyber security challenges in the form of puzzles to develop skills fundamental to practitioners on August 19-20.

McCrary Institute, utility leaders discuss cyber threat mitigation - 8/9/23 1:00 PM
Priority issues included the electric sector landscape, national cybersecurity strategy, building a cyber-trained operational technology workforce, cyber-informed engineering, and more.

Auburn University leading SEC consortium to advance innovation in AI teaching, learning - 8/8/23 11:20 AM
Auburn is among several universities delivering pragmatic solutions to critical questions on how faculty can effectively integrate AI in their instruction and scholarship.

Assistant professor in CSSE earns two grants that combine for $1.25M - 8/2/23 9:50 AM
Shubhra Kanti (Santu) Karmaker is conducting investigative studies involving natural language processing and artificial intelligence-assisted interactive learning for the National Science Foundation and Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

Seven Auburn Engineering students awarded DoD SMART scholarships - 7/13/23 11:00 AM
Emma Akozbek, Seth Markum, Rehman Qureshi, Alton Stoute, Dayton Malone, Mason Holtcamp, and Chase Hittle will receive tuition for up to five years, mentorship, summer internships, a stipend and full-time employment with the Department of Defense after graduation through the scholarship.

Senior in CSSE making entrepreneurial impact - 7/12/23 2:00 PM
Zakariya Veasy founded OMNIS to develop secure, easy-to-use solutions for those coming to the U.S. who often face significant obstacles in attempting to establish credit once they get here.

#GINNing Podcast: Everybody Loves Rahman - 6/30/23 12:00 PM
Akond Rahman, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, discusses his NSF-funded contributions to strengthening the nation’s cyber infrastructure on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

#GINNing Podcast: New Boss Level - 5/12/23 12:00 PM
As chemical engineering chair, Mario Eden led the department to its highest-ever U.S. News & World Report Graduate Program ranking; increased undergraduate enrollment to record numbers with incoming freshmen with ACT scores of 30 or higher for 11 years in a row; successfully added 17 tenure-track faculty members and two full-time lecturers during the past 10 years, including the department achieving the highest percentage of female full professors among any chemical engineering department in the country; increased philanthropic support of the program by millions of dollars; and successfully led the department through the national accreditation process in 2016 and 2022. Last month, he was appointed the new dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. But in terms of lasting impact, his latest distinction — #GINNing Podcast guest — stands alone.

CSSE advising team earns grant to improve student career outcomes - 5/8/23 8:30 AM
Their proposal pairs recent Auburn University Campus Engagement & Experience Survey results with three required professional development classes to not only measure success – but also ensure student success moving forward.

Taylor named SVP for Research and Economic Development - 5/4/23 2:00 PM
Taylor has served as the interim dean of Auburn’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering since April 2022. Taylor will begin his new position on June 1.

Goosby named executive-in-residence at McCrary Institute - 5/2/23 7:30 AM
Auburn Engineering alumnus aims to provide leadership for the development of a collaboration center that aligns to the mission of the McCrary Institute to support the security of critical infrastructure – specifically the electricity sector.

Student in CSSE part of Auburn FMA's Global Case Competition winning team - 4/26/23 7:00 AM
Wesley Lowman, a junior in computer science and software engineering, was part of Auburn's four-student Financial Management Association team to win one of the most prestigious student-organized case competitions in the world.

Auburn Engineering climbs to No. 31 in U.S. News and World Report ranking - 4/25/23 5:44 AM
Auburn Engineering has climbed 10 spots in the Best Graduate program rankings over the past four years

CPAC gives used 3D printing filament new life through recycling program - 4/21/23 12:50 PM
Through ReMake, the Center for Polymers and Advanced Composites is collecting 3D printing waste and recycling it into filament that can be redistributed to labs across campus.

CPAC Summer Seminar Series kicks off May 30 - 4/20/23 1:00 PM
The annual seminar series hosted by the Center for Polymers and Advanced Composites is an opportunity for graduate students to share their research and foster interdisciplinary research collaboration at Auburn.

Students spend weekend as cyber sleuths, trace fictional attack - 4/20/23 10:00 AM
Tracer FIRE, held April 14-16, was an educational program is developed and run by Sandia National Laboratories for the purpose of training university students in cyber incident response.

Auburn University appoints Eden as its new dean of engineering - 4/14/23 2:00 PM
Following a national search, Mario Eden, the Joe T. and Billie Carole McMillan Professor and chair of Auburn University’s Department of Chemical Engineering, has been named as the 14th dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, according to an announcement by Interim Provost Vini Nathan.

Spring awards recognize outstanding students, faculty, staff and alumni - 4/14/23 1:45 PM
The Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering hosted its annual spring awards ceremony, which recognizes students, faculty, staff and alumni who have shown outstanding leadership and devotion to the college.

#GINNing Podcast: Robot Rock - 4/14/23 12:00 PM
When it comes to expanding our understanding of computer science's relationship to music theory — and, heck, maybe even vice versa — nothing matches the Persian powered pedagogy of CSSE doctoral student Fatemah Jamshidi.

McCrary Institute to host virtual roundtable on securing space - 4/11/23 2:25 PM
Event Will Discuss Need to Prioritize Resilience of U.S. Space Systems

Auburn bolsters relations with German technical institute - 4/10/23 2:35 PM
Fostering the spirit of collaborative research and educational programs, Auburn University leadership hosted a delegation from the German Technical University of Applied Sciences at Wurzburg-Schweinfurt, March 26-31.

Student creates device that instantly detects disease, wins Tiger Cage - 4/4/23 8:45 AM
Parvin Fathi-Hafshejani, a doctoral student in ECE, won the ninth Tiger Cage Business Idea Competition and $25,000 in early-stage startup capital

Student in CSSE awarded invitation to graduate cohort for women - 4/3/23 5:00 PM
Nilanjana Raychawdhary will attend the Computing Research Association Widening Participating Graduate Cohort for Women April 20-22 in San Francisco.

Graduate Engineering Research Showcase returns to Huntsville - 3/24/23 8:00 AM
The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering held its second annual Graduate Engineering Research Showcase in Huntsville on Wednesday, with more than 150 graduate students and faculty presenting research posters to members of the Huntsville community and Auburn Engineering alumni.

Three engineering teams among Tiger Cage Pitch Competition finalists - 3/24/23 7:30 AM
Students are competing Friday, March 31, for a prize pool of $54,000 in startup capital.

Biosystems senior wins Engineer Together design competition - 3/16/23 8:15 AM
The Engineer Together annual design competition winners were announced Wednesday as part of Engineer Together Day.

AI expert in CSSE weighs in on the rise of chatbots - 3/15/23 8:15 AM
Santu Karmaker discusses quirks, concerns regarding increasingly evolving smart tool

Faculty, students harmoniously develop children's computer, music skills - 3/8/23 3:25 PM
Taught by CSSE faculty and students, 20 elementary school children use what they learn and program robots how to play musical tunes on xylophones

Upcoming Engineer Together Day to highlight college's DEI efforts - 3/2/23 9:00 AM
The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s Inclusion and Diversity Committee will host Engineer Together Day on Wednesday, March 15 in the Brown-Kopel Center.

Graduate student in CSSE selected to attend CRA-WP women's conference - 3/2/23 8:00 AM
Prashamsa Pandey has the opportunity to learn, and share her research ideas on introducing computer science to children with like-minded women April 20-22 in San Francisco.

Brodbeck named Director of Research Engineering Operations - 2/28/23 8:00 AM
To reflect his growing and evolving role in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Christian Brodbeck, who has served the college as research engineer since 2006, was recently named director of research engineering operations.

4 engineers awarded Auburn Alumni Association's highest honor - 2/26/23 12:35 PM
Five Auburn University graduates — including four Auburn engineers — who are all highly accomplished in their fields, received the highest honor given by the Auburn Alumni Association at Auburn’s 2023 Lifetime Achievement Awards dinner on Feb. 25. The association also honored its Young Alumni Achievement Award recipient.

Professor in CSSE uses after-school program to introduce children to AI - 2/24/23 3:35 PM
Anh Nguyen's AI Club allows children to program robots and take a deeper dive into artificial intelligence

Annual E-Day Open House welcomes 3,500 visitors to campus - 2/24/23 2:00 PM
Auburn Engineering hosted more than 3,500 attendees on Friday, Feb. 24 for E-Day, the college's annual open house event.

Research team from CSSE, COSAM and agriculture win Coleridge Challenge - 2/8/23 12:20 PM
After winning the first and second rounds of the Coleridge Initiative Food for Thought Challenge, a team of Auburn faculty members and students from the colleges of engineering, agriculture, and sciences and mathematics, completed the sweep in December.

Nine engineering students among Tiger Cage semifinalists - 2/7/23 3:40 PM
Sixteen teams will compete in the Feb. 24 Tiger Cage semifinals

Professor in CSSE earns two NSF grants to research security weaknesses - 1/31/23 7:33 AM
Akond Rahman is principal investigator on two National Science Foundation awarded projects.

Auburn Engineering No. 16 among online graduate programs - 1/24/23 6:00 AM
The Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering came in at No. 16 in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Online Engineering Graduate Programs 2023 rankings, climbing one spot from last year. This is the seventh-consecutive year that engineering’s online program has ranked in the Top 25.

Recruiting trip to national lab leaves lasting impression on students - 1/13/23 8:00 AM
Nine students, six from engineering and three from COSAM, toured the Los Alamos National Laboratory on a recruiting trip Dec. 11-14

Tauritz appointed director of national laboratory relationships - 1/12/23 9:20 AM
Daniel Tauritz, associate professor of computer science and software engineering, and interim director/chief cyber artificial intelligence strategist of the Auburn Cyber Research Center since 2020, was appointed effective Jan. 1 to the newly-created position of director for national laboratory relationships.

22 scholars ranked among the world's top two percent of cited researchers - 1/5/23 2:50 PM
Stanford University's study examined a database of more than 180,000 researchers worldwide

#GINNing Podcast: Chip off the ol' Motherboard - 12/30/22 12:00 AM
If the story of recent computer science and software engineering graduates Donna Jackson and Jamie Whitehead tells us anything, it's that the world needs more mothers. And motherboards.
