Department Spotlights

The Department of Computer Science welcomed visiting assistant professor Sally Hamouda during the spring 2022 semester. She will begin the fall semester as a collegiate faculty member. She indulged us by sharing 10 things about herself, ranging from her research interests, favorite things about her job, to how she strikes a work/life balance.

LACE, a collaborative project that melds art and engineering to distill abstract concepts of blockchain computing into a tangible experience, made a grand appearance at the 2022 ACCelerate Creativity + Innovation Festival April 8-10.

Because artificial intelligence benefits from training on large datasets, trying to implement AI within the U.S. manufacturing industry poses a critical problem, according to Ismini Lourentzou, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and faculty at the Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics.

Virginia Tech has been one of if not the best university Leidos has had the privilege of partnering with. The main denominator to our relationship with Virginia Tech is the diverse support we receive from all facets of the university.

Gather tens of thousands of motivated technologists to network, learn, and grow, and undoubtedly, there is magic.

The spring CS|Source career fair will be hosting two career days to provide optimum touchpoints for students and employers to connect. Close to 30 companies will be participating in the two-day events, including new CS|Source companies Leidos and Pearson.

Virginia Tech is launching a new Blockchain Certificate Program for the spring 2022 semester. In the spirit of Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Blockchain at Virginia Tech is distinctive as it focuses on blockchain applications that serve humanity and advances the potential of the technology.

Senior seminar students had a special front-row seat to hear from seven computer science alumni who have been active in entrepreneurial ventures during the fall 2021 semester.

Doug Bowman, the Frank J. Maher Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Center for Human-Computer Interaction at Virginia Tech, has received the Career Impact Award from the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR). It is considered the premier international conference for research in mixed and augmented reality.

As a third-year computer science major, Kuppa's achievements in the field and extensive involvement within Virginia Tech’s engineering community have earned her an Association for Computing Machinery Women (ACM-W) scholarship to attend the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, also known as SC Conference.

What distinguishes Virginia Tech students as potential employees? L3Harris says attitude is everything! "We are a growing and innovative company that is looking for students with similar attitude! Interests in learning and trying new things really stands out and advances both your skillset and our business opportunities."

Virginia Tech serves as one of four universities designated as a research site for NSF's Center for Space, High-Performance, and Resilient Computing (SHREC), a distinction it shares with the University of Pittsburgh, Brigham Young University, and the University of Florida.