Department News and Events

Recent News:

Our Computer and Information Science masters program has been ranked #20 of the 2023 Best Online Programs by US News & World Report.

Marquette announces new Center for Data, Ethics, and Society, directed by Michael Zimmer

New Masters of Science in Data Science degree program launched! 

Events:

• The Center for Data, Ethics, and Society is hosting an International Privacy Day Research Symposium on January 30, 2023.
• Department Research Colloquium (ongoing)

In the Media:

Michael Zimmer spoke about security and extremism on social media with Wisconsin Public Radio.

Michael Zimmer discussed privacy and location tracking via "polygonning" with TMJ4 News.

Walter Bialkowski was featured in the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune for his partnership with Feeding America.

Michael Zimmer commented on the ethics of LinkedIn running experiments on 20 million users over five years for the New York Times.

Dennis Brylow discussed the 2022 Wisconsin Dairyland programming competition with WUMJ.

Michael Zimmer contributed to a Fox6Milwaukee report on the use of GPS tracking technology in Wisconsin.

Debbie Perouli spoke with Wisconsin Public Radio about TikTok and cybersecurity.

Read the latest stories of Marquette CS faculty in the media

Recent Grants:

• Debbie Perouli has received a $2.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to train the next generation of information technology professionals. This project also includes Keke Chen, Tom Kaczmarek, and Lee Za Ong. 

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  Keke Chen has received a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study confidential computing solutions within scientific collaboration.

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  Saitsh Puri has been awarded a prestigious NSF CAREER grant for his work on "Communication-efficient and topology-aware designs for geo-spatial analytics on heterogeneous platforms"

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  Iqbal Ahamed received the grant titled "Supporting Student Participation and Distinguished Speakers in the Biomedical Engineering Research Community for IEEE International Conference on Digital Health" from NSF

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  Michael Zimmer and Praveen Madiraju are partnering with MCW on a AAAS-sponsored project on “Public Opinion Research on Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Responses”

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  Walter Bialkowski was one of three awardees of the President’s Challenge for COVID-19 Response for this project "Empowering Those Who Seek to End Hunger through Collaboration and Innovation"

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  Praveen Madiraju has received a $20,000 grant from NCAA to build an online application to support peer health educators.

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  Dennis Brylow has received a 4 year, ~$2 million, NSF STEM+C research grant and is part of a cross-institutional team that received a ~$5.1 million US DOE Education Innovation and Research grant
• Review all recent Marquette CS grants and awards