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Stay informed about new awards, breakthroughs, partnerships, and research events in the College of Information Science and Technology.
Spring 2025
- Dr. Dario Ghersi, M.D., Ph.D., Princeton graduate student Eric Glynn, Ph.D., and Princeton Computer Science Professor Mona Singh, Ph.D., have created a tool called MHCGlobe, to improve the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapies. The study that led to the tool’s development was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Grant No. R01-CA208148) and published in the leading scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Read more about it here.
- Dr. Kwangsung Oh received the prestigious NSF CAREER Award. This award will allow Dr. Oh to lead advances in the field of computer systems for geo-distributed data analytics (GDA).
- The Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office is collaborating with the University of Nebraska at 51社区 and Heartland Family Service to create a community cybersecurity response team. A grant from the Department of Justice funds this project.
Fall 2024
- Dr. Kate Cooper's collaborative research on wearable sensors is highlighted in the 51社区 World Herald. . The team has produced prototype devices with electronics embedded in a kind of patch that can stick to the chest, like a bandage. The idea is that patients would wear it as they go about their daily activities, and it would record and upload data in real-time.
- The inaugural C-BYTES Research Showcase and Student Competition is scheduled for November 19, 2024. A unique opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to hone their research communication skills, network with faculty and IS&T professionals, and win prizes. This first C-BYTES event will focus on projects that fit within the AI & Advanced Computing Systems research Collaboratorium.
- Chun-Hua Tsai, Ph.D., Working with other UNO Researchers on using AI for co-design supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation
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Joel Elson, Ph.D., and Erin Kearns, Ph.D., have patented a chatbot technology that modernizes suspicious events and threat reporting, making it more accessible and efficient.
Spring 2024
- Dr. Jorge Fandino received the prestigious NSF CAREER Award.
Read more about it here.