NIU Computer Science

04/28/2025

Click here for more details https://www.myniu.com/article.html?aid=2760!

01/22/2025

04/29/2024

Our PhD student Colin Brown, advised by Dr. David Koop, presented “Understanding and Visualizing Dependencies between Notebook Cells” at JupyterCon 2023, in Paris France.

04/29/2024

Our PhD student Samiha Shimmi, advised by Dr. Mona Rahimi, presented “Patterns of Code-to-Test Co-evolution for Automated Test Suite Maintenance”, at the 16th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST) 2023, in Dublin, Ireland.

09/27/2022

This is an excellent opportunity to meet former CS majors and other tech professionals and learn more about how to contextualize what you’re learning in the classroom to how it translates to full-time employment in the future. Make sure you don’t miss out on this chance to tap into their experiences and integrate them into your future plans!

08/04/2022

PhD student Miftahul Jannat Mokarrama received a scholarship to attend the world's largest gathering of women in computing. Congratulations, Miftahul!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper_Celebration_of_Women_in_Computing
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-6940806776636284928-lHXR?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=member_desktop_web

Long before I came to the USA as a graduate student, I have always wanted to be a GHC Scholar. And today, this email made my day! My gratitude to Professor...

08/04/2022

PhD student Abdul Rahman Shaikh published a paper at the premier visualization research conference IEEE VIS 2021, and it received a Best Paper Honorable Mention Award! Congratulations, Abdul!

I am excited that our paper “SightBi: Exploring Cross-View Data Relationships with Biclusters,” with Maoyuan Sun, Hamed Alhoori, Jian Zhao was accepted...

07/21/2022

Happy Hour for NIU alumni! If you went to Northern Illinois University, you are welcome to attend the Computer Science Alumni Happy Hour on Wednesday, August 3rd in Elmhurst, IL. You don't have to be a CS major. Hope to see you there! Details and registration can be found here:

Join the NIU Alumni Association and members of the Computer Science Alumni Council for a Huskie Hour from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 3, at River Forest Country Club in Elmhurst, Illinois.

04/10/2022

11/24/2021

Professors Hamed Alhoori and David Koop participated in STEM Fest this year, helping others learn about reproducibility problems in science using LEGO blocks!

I learned that mosquitos have beards. I learned that lava makes rocks sticky. I learned that lights could bounce off at a certain angle. I learned how photos can look realistic with glasses. These are just a few of the many things STEM Fest visitors reported learning this past Saturday. So how do yo...

09/30/2021

CS Alumnus Velchamy Sankarlingam (M.S. ’90) will be giving a presentation about his career working at Zoom and how he helped maintain and increase their operations during the pandemic.

Please join him tonight at 6:00pm at the Barsema Alumni & Visitor Center.

The 2021 NIUAA Distinguished Alumni Award winner Velchamy Sankarlingam M.S. '90, will offer his expertise and insight as the President of Product and Engineering at Zoom, including company operations during the COVID pandemic. Full Description