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Mapping the future: K-State computer science positions Kansas for its AI era
The Department of Computer Science at K-State is developing an academic pipeline designed to produce an AI-aware, AI-enabled workforce ready to tackle the challenges of a world where the human brain is just one part of the larger picture when it comes to solving problems and completing complex tasks. -
2026 Engineering Ambassadors selected to represent the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering
Thirty-one student leaders in Kansas State University's Carl R. Ice College of Engineering have been selected to represent the college through the Engineering Ambassadors organization. - Carl R. Ice College of Engineering adopts dedicated advising model
As part of a universitywide initiative to improve student success through enhanced academic advising, the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering has adopted a professional advising model that ensures each student has a dedicated advisor trained to deliver the specialized support students need to thrive.
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Where engineering meets entrepreneurship
At Kansas State University, Kevin Roy knew he would receive a high-quality computer science education. What he didn't expect was the opportunity to discover his entrepreneurial potential along the way.
- Hitzler publishes study on aligning human and machine reasoning
Dr Pascal Hitzler, University Distinguished Professor and Lloyd T. Smith Creativity in Engineering Chairis among the co-authors of a landmark article published in Nature Machine Intelligence, one of the world’s most prestigious journals in artificial intelligence with a five-year impact factor of 31.8. The paper, “Aligning Generalisation Between Humans and Machines,” tackles a fundamental challenge for the future of AI: ensuring that machine learning systems generalize knowledge in ways that align more closely with human reasoning. - Hitzler publishes volume on Neurosymbolic AI
Dr Pascal Hitzler, University Distinguished Professor and Lloyd T. Smith Creativity in Engineering Chair, Dr Abhilekha Dalal, Research Assistant Professor and PhD students Mohammad Mahdavinejad and Sanaz Norouzi have announced the publication of their edited volume "Handbook on Nuerosymbolic AI and Knowledge Graphs" -
Wildcats have transformative interdisciplinary experience in Japan
Students and faculty who participated in the 2025 KSU in Japan study abroad program returned with profoundly transformed perspectives. The two-week program allowed students to take courses and visit an array of companies, laboratories, cultural sites and historical monuments in several Japanese cities. -
K-State helping to inspire Kansas computer science educators
Hosted by K-State’s Department of Computer Science, this conference is a three-day professional development opportunity for computer science educators in Kansas featuring two keynote speakers, interactive sessions, educator-led presentations, and networking opportunities that support skill-building and inspire new ideas for the classroom. -
K-State honors faculty with university distinguished professor title
Kansas State University has honored Pascal Hitzler with the title of university distinguished professor, the highest faculty title given by the university. -
Andresen named next computer science department head
Daniel Andresen, director of Kansas State University's Institute for Computational Research in Engineering and Science, Michelle Munson-Serban Simu keystone research scholar and professor of computer science, has been named head of K-State's computer science department, effective July 7. -
Hitzler classified as Highly Ranked Scholar in the field of semantics
Pascal Hitzler, Lloyd T. Smith Creativity in Engineering Chair and professor of computer science, was ranked No. 8 in the field of semantic web and No. 17 in semantics by ScholarGPS among Highly Ranked Scholars. -
Study finds Milky Way rotational velocity should be factored in deep space observation
Lior Shamir, associate professor of computer science, published a study that suggests astronomers should factor the Milky Way's rotational velocity in observations of deep space galaxies. -
Kansas needs qualified computer science teachers. This K-State program delivers- for free
K-State's Cyber Pipeline program offers robust computer science education training to Kansas high school teachers for little to no cost. -
Inaugural Roots of Research awardees announced
Doina Caragea, professor of computer science, announced as a recipient of the 2024 Roots of Research Award.
- Participants of all ages can learn about computer science through 'Hour of Code'
Safia Malallah, teaching assistant professor of computer science, hosting "Hour of Code' event on Nov 22 aimed at introducing participants of all ages to computer science trough interactive projects and engaging activities. - K-State engineers sending experiment to International Space Station for condensation study
A team of K-State engineers hopes to predict condensation and freezing behavior using data obtained from experiments completed on the International Space Station. - Carl R. Ice College of Engineering programs receive ABET accreditation
Three undergraduate programs in the Carl R. Ice College of Engineeringat Kansas State University have received accreditation for the first time by ABET, the global accreditor of college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering and engineering technology. - Shamir publishes study supporting century-old theory that challenges Big Bang
Lior Shamir, associate professor of computer science, recently published results from an observational study in support of a century-old theory that directly challenges the validity of the Big Bang theory. - Kansas State University: Advancing the computer science field through research
Alongside AI and data science, K-State focuses on the following core areas: cybersecurity, high-assurance software engineering, cyber-physical systems and computer science eduation. - Prabhakar chairs cyber-physical systems conference
Computer Science Professor, Pavithra Prabhakar, chaired the IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems at the University of Colorado, Boulder. - Hitzler ranked No. 22 Highly Ranked Scholar in the field of semantics
Pascal Hitzler, Lloyd T. Smith creativity in engineering chair and professor of computer science, was ranked the No. 22 Highly Ranked Scholar in the field of semantics by ScholarGPS. - Four universities shaping tomorrow’s computer science leaders
The Department of Computer Science at Kansas State University prepares students for advanced positions in the computing industry through world-class faculty, world-class research and world-class education. - Inaugural cohort of University Outstanding Scholars announced
Arslan Munir, associate professor of computer science announced as a recipient of this years University Outstanding Scholar Award - K-State to host summer computer science and teaching training workshops
The K-State Advancing Learning and Teaching in Computer Science Lab will host the Teaching Training Workshop, the CSTA chapter annual conference and AP Computer Science Workshop, June 5-8. - Prabhakar delivers talk on safety of AI-enabled systems
Pavithtra Prabhakar, Peggy and Gary Edwards chair in engineering and professor of computer science delivered a talk as part of the Booz Allen Hamilton Distinguished Colloquium Series. - Beth Unger and Nick Chong to be inducted into hall of fame
Beth Unger, a trailblazing computer scientist and professor and administrator at K-State and Nick Chong, chief customer officer at Zoom are 2024 Carl R. Ice College of Engineering Hall of Fame inductees.
- K-State computer science department hosts 'Hour of Code' event
Safia Malallah, teaching assistant professor of computer science, hosted an "Hour of Code" event on Dec. 5 aimed at introducing participants of all ages to computer science through interactive projects and engaging activities. - K-State computer science faculty secure more than $1 million in subawards for AI-based data research
Two Kansas State University computer science faculty members, along with collaborators from across the university, have secured more than $1 million in funding for artificial intelligence research related to data integration and efficient data reuse in agricultural and environmental health applications. - Arslan Munir authors 'Accelerators for Convolutional Neural Networks'
Arslan Munir, Daniel and Judi Burk - Carl and Mary Ice Keystone Research Scholar and associate professor of computer science at K-State, has authored a new book, "Accelerators for Convolutional Neural Networks," which is published by Wiley-IEEE press. - Hitzler and Munir win college awards
Pascal Hitzler and Arslan Munir winners of Carl R. Ice College of Engineering awards. - Four engineering faculty members receive named positions
Katie Loughmiller, Arslan Munir, Punit Prakash and Hongyu Wu all recently received named positions in the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering. - Hitzler publishes book on neurosymbolic artificial intelligence
Pascal Hitzler, Lloyd T. Smith creativity in engineering chair and professor of computer science, publishes "Compendium of Neurosymbolic Artificial Intelligence." - Munir receives $1M USDA-NIFA grant
Arslan Munir receives $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop a fog-assisted framework designed to fill the gaps in contemporary smart agriculture technologies. - Hitzler teams with Agriculture to win inaugural GRIP
The Office of the Vice President for Research announces the university's inaugural Game-changing Research Initiation Program, or GRIP, awards. - Institute for Digital Agriculture and Advanced Analytics moves forward with Academic Program Committee
On May 8, team members from the Digital Agriculture and Advanced Analytics, or DA3, collaborative and professors from across Kansas State University met with the goal of outlining new interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate certificate programs for K-State students in the DA3 space. - Duong receives K-State excellence in research award
Duong, from Scott City, is the recipient of the University Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Student in Research. - K-State engineering students earn prestigious scholarship
Five computer science students have been awarded the CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service.
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- Two engineering faculty members receive named positions
Doina Caragea and Bill Zhang are each recent recipients of named positions in the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering. - Prabhakar receives Amazon Research Award to study evolving machine learning systems
Pavithra Prabhakar, Peggy and Gary Edwards chair in engineering and professor of computer science at Kansas State University, received an Amazon Research Award to design a tool that highlights changes between different versions of machine learning software systems in order to minimize negative user experiences. - Prabhakar awarded the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award for 2021
Pavithra Prabhakar, professor in the computer science department at Kansas State University, received the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award for 2021. This was awarded by the National Institute of Technology in India. - Vasserman using NSF grant to broaden rural access to computing education in Kansas
Eugene Vasserman, associate professor in the computer science department at Kansas State University, has received a National Science Foundation grant to broaden rural access to computing education across the state of Kansas. - Prabhakar receives 2021 Amazon Research Award
Pavithra Prabhakar, Peggy and Gary Edwards Chair in Engineering and professor in the computer science department, is one of 74 recipients of a 2021 Amazon Research Award, which provides funds and promotional credits to academic researchers investigating research topics across a variety of disciplines. - Pascal Hitzler and Post-Doc help develop KnowWhereGraph
A team of collaborators that includes Pascal Hitzler, Lloyd T. Smith Creativity in Engineering chair and professor of computer science, and Cogan Shimizu, postdoctoral fellow, is set to release the KnowWhereGraph, designed to be one of the biggest publicly available knowledge graphs ever. - Pavithra Prabhakar serving as program director for National Science Foundation
Pavithra Prabhakar, Peggy and Gary Edwards chair and professor in the computer science department in the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering, is serving as program director for the Software and Hardware Foundations Cluster in the Computing and Communication Division of the Computer and Information Science Directorate of the NSF. - Behind the Code - Researchers tackle the new world of cybersecurity
K-State researchers are working behind the code to navigate the new world of cybersecurity and to keep our data, our infrastructure and our world safe. - Engineering college adding bachelor's degree in cybersecurity
Offered through the computer science department, the curriculum of 120 credit hours will be officially available in fall 2022. - Masaaki Mizuno retiring after 35 years
After 35 years of dedicated service, Masaaki Mizuno will retire on Aug. 5. - National Cyber Defense Competition results
The Kansas State University Cyber Defense Club earned second place in the Iowa State University National Cyber Defense Competition. - Hitzler teams with local biological and agriculteral engineers on $6 million NSF grant
Vaishali Sharda, Ajay Shard and Pascal Hitzler will receive a nearly $6 million National Science Foundation grant to develop spray-on bioplastics that protect soil and control weeds in an environmentally friendly way. - Hitzler publishes of book on neuro-symbolic artificial intelligence
Pascal Hitzler, Lloyd T. Smith creativity in engineering chair and professor of computer science at Kansas State University, and Md Kamruzzaman Sarker, an alumnus and current assistant professor in the computing sciences department at the University of Hartford, have announced publication of their edited book, "Neuro-Symbolic Artificial Intelligence: The State of the Art." - K-State partners with USCYBERCOM's Academic Engagement Network
The computer science department in the Carl R. Ice College of Engineering has partnered with the United States Cyber Command, or USCYBERCOM, through its Academic Engagement Network, joining 83 other academic institutions nationwide.
- K-State faculty listed among top researchers in study
Computer science professors Scott DeLoach, John Hatcliff and Pascal Hitzler were listed as being in the top 2% of researchers in the world, according to version 3 of a 2020 study done by Stanford University. - Arslan Munir, computer science faculty and ISCAAS lab director, receives funding from AFOSR
K-State computer science faculty Arslan Munir has been awarded a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to investigate multimodal deep learning-based real-time activity recognition at the edge. - DeLoach awarded 2021 Presidential Award for Outstanding Department Head
Excellence in leadership and teaching is earning computer science department head, Dr. Scott DeLoach, and 2 other individuals Kansas State University's 2021 Presidential awards. - Computer science team continues support for online database on history of slavery
Pascal Hitzler, professor and Lloyd T. Smith creativity in engineering chair in the computer science department, and his postdoc, Cogan Shimizu, will continue in their subcontracted role of ontology design for the online database Enslaved.org.
- Beocat continues to offer unparalleled computing access to researchers
Beocat, the high-performance computing cluster at the Kansas State University Institute for Computational Research, is marking 15 years of service excellence having provided more than 135 million central processing unit hours to 2,500+ active researchers. - Bean named teaching scholar
The Carl R. Ice College of Engineering has announced seven faculty members as its most recent recipients of named positions. - Computer science initiative expands programming fundamental offerings to small colleges, high schools
An initiative by K-State could soon bring university computer programming courses to high schools and small colleges across the state, providing students with an in-demand job skill. - Computer Science Master's Online degree program recognized for excellence in latest U.S. News and World Report rankings
Kansas State University's online portfolio of programs was recognized for excellence in 12 categories in the 2021 U.S. News and World Report, released this month. - Pascal Hitzler and Scott DeLoach listed in top researchers in recent study
Learn more about the K-State faculty selected as the top 2% of researchers in the world.