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Thursday, May 16th, 2013

International student dives into research, organizations

Lingshuang Wu’s research interests focus on cloud computing, Android programming and artificial intelligence. She is studying computer science through MU Engineering’s Coordinated Undergraduate Degree Program.


Monday, May 13th, 2013

Associate teaching professor retires after 13 years

After 13 years of working as an associate teaching professor in the MU College of Engineering’s Computer Science Department, Markita Price is retiring. Computer science department chair Professor Dong Xu presented Price with a plaque commemorating her dedication and service to the department.


Monday, May 6th, 2013

Skubic named honorary nursing alumna, distinguished former student

Marjorie Skubic, an MU professor with joint appointments in electrical and computer engineering and computer science, received two honors in April from the MU Sinclair School of Nursing and her Alma mater, Texas A&M University.


Monday, April 22nd, 2013

CS student attains Central Michigan professorship

A computer science student will soon make his final departure from MU, making the momentous jump from pupil to teacher. Jesse Eickholt, doctoral candidate in computer science, accepted an assistant professorship with Central Michigan University (CMU) where he will start in July.


Friday, April 12th, 2013

Why does Mizzou need Engineering?

Mizzou’s campus is a hub for collaboration across disciplines.


Monday, April 1st, 2013

CS student wins ‘Monopoly’-themed coding challenge

A bot built by University of Missouri computer science freshman Ryan Endacott swept the board at a small head-to-head game of monopoly against students at Missouri S&T: “Miners and Tigers and Codes, Oh My!”


Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Visual impairment offers unique perspective on technology

Computer science senior Leah McCoy received intraocular implant surgery at 15. She’ll be the first to tell you that computer science is a highly visual field, and her experience with the field has given her the best insight into new forms of technology that can benefit many.


Monday, March 4th, 2013

MULTICOM, MUFOLD rank high in protein modeling competition

There are the astronomical odds to predicting protein structures. MULTICOM and MUFOLD — two MU College of Engineering protein structure prediction teams — competed in the most recent Critical Assessment of protein Structure Prediction competition.


Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

MU researcher secures NSF grant for 100G network

A $1 million National Science Foundation grant will enable a computer science faculty member to connect the university to a 100 Gbps network.


Thursday, January 24th, 2013

GAANN fellows get teaching instruction, pursue research projects

Through the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) grant from the United States Department of Education five doctoral students are receiving teaching instruction, funding for conferences and professional networking opportunities..


Thursday, January 24th, 2013

Computer Science Department supports three designated research centers

Within the MU College of Engineering, 12 areas of collaborative research have been designated as research centers. Faculty members in the Computer Science Department direct three of the college’s centers.


Thursday, January 17th, 2013

High-profile companies within reach for recent grads

Thomaz DeSouza is a 2012 computer science alumnus who discovered getting a job in a high-profile company right after graduation isn’t impossible.


Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

New machines, competitions highlight year for computer science student organizations

Student organizations in the Computer Science Department and Information Technology Program have much to look forward to in 2013.


Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

MCBIOS X conference to be held in Columbia

MidSouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society’s (MCBIOS) 2013 conference will be held April 5-6 in Columbia.


Monday, December 10th, 2012

CS undergrad discovers calling down an unconsidered path

Abhishek Shah thought he wanted to be a doctor. He didn’t intend to study computer science; the extent of his [...]


Thursday, December 6th, 2012

Computer science REU evolves with its technology

As frequently as computer age technology evolves, so does research that delves into new and advancing networks. Such is the [...]


Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

New faculty members bring projects, expertise to computer science classrooms, labs

The University of Missouri College of Engineering’s Department of Computer Science and Information Technology will welcome two new faculty members [...]


Monday, November 19th, 2012

New research bridges the distance between traditional Chinese medicine, modern technology

In Chinese medicine, one of the steps in determining the health of a person’s body is to examine the tongue. [...]


Thursday, November 15th, 2012

Sensor and photographic images merged to offer a 3D view

For his graduate work at the State University of New York, Ye Duan explored computer vision, using a camera to [...]


Thursday, November 15th, 2012

Computational speech recognition: a complex, resource-intensive task with great potential

With the introduction of Apple iPhone’s personal assistant, Siri, the technology of speech recognition went mainstream. The ease with which [...]


Thursday, November 15th, 2012

Cheng takes aim at genetic mysteries

Jianlin Cheng, an MU associate professor of computer science, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to design and [...]


Monday, November 12th, 2012

Identical regions found across plant genomes by MU researchers

The idea of searching for ultraconserved regions across different plant genomes first occurred to Dmitry Korkin, an assistant professor of [...]


Monday, November 12th, 2012

Doctoral CS alum offers advice for student who want to work in industry

Adaptivity is a concept with which computer science alumnus Rajkumar Bondugula is familiar. Since leaving his native India to pursue [...]


Monday, November 5th, 2012

Research synergy produces unique, exciting results

Within his successful National Science Foundation CAREER award proposal, Dmitry Korkin, a University of Missouri assistant professor of computer science, [...]


Friday, November 2nd, 2012

MU computer science program earns ABET accreditation

After six years of dedicated preparation, the University of Missouri’s computer science program learned in August it had earned accreditation [...]


Thursday, October 4th, 2012

Computer science team receives $1.4M from NIH for protein structure prediction

Over the past seven years, University of Missouri Computer Science Professors Dong Xu and Yi Shang have made a name [...]


Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

Doctoral student among small percentage of players to finish online competition

Despite his research into establishing computer security measures, computer science doctoral student Ian Graves found himself on the other side [...]


Friday, September 28th, 2012

Online game combines efforts of recent CS alumnus, RJI fellow

An online game that allows players to show their Tiger pride and earn a chance at a cash prize is [...]


Thursday, September 6th, 2012

Computer science BS CS degree ABET accredited

The University of Missouri College of Engineering’s Department of Computer Science is proud to announce that the Computing Accreditation Commission [...]


Monday, August 20th, 2012

When late news is good news: Doctoral student receives late summer NSF fellowship

When writing code, Brittany Morago knows that her first results may not always be her final results. She knows one [...]