October 2018

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Michigan CSE makes waves at the 2018 Richard Tapia Conference

Tapia attendees

Students, faculty, staff, and administrators from CSE made the trek to the Tapia Conference, the premier conference for celebrating diversity in computing. They made valuable connectings with peers, prospective students, and industry leaders.



Huntington detector

First automated system to detect Huntington's disease

Researchers including Prof. Emily Mower Provost have demonstrated an advance that could one day provide new insight into the progression of neurological diseases.

2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: from science fiction to science fact

In celebration of 2001: A Space Odyssey's 50th anniversary, Profs. Benjamin Kuipers and Rada Mihalcea discussed artificial intelligence and deep space travel.

New Faculty

New faculty commited to innovation in the lab, classroom

With nine new faculty hires in 2018, U-M is expanding and strengthening the scope of its research activities in CSE while broadening participation in the field. 

May Mobility in Columbusmib

May Mobility puts autonomous shuttles on the streets of Columbus

Right after announcing its 10,000th autonomous trip in Detroit, faculty startup May Mobility unveiled its planned expansion to Columbus, Ohio.

Alex Halderman

New techniques for faster, cheaper gene sequencing

CSE grad student Arun Subramaniyan and Prof. Reetuparna Das aim to make gene sequencing as affordable as a routine test with highly efficient computing.

Rada Mihalcea

Inspiring women to pursue computer science

Prof. Rada Mihalcea has been recognized for her work to increase the pipeline and retention of women in engineering and computer science.


Jenna Wiens

How can machine learning impact health?

Prof. Jenna Wiens uses machine learning to make sense of the immense amount of hospital patient data. This can help alleviate physician shortages and burnout, and reduce the prevalence of medical errors.