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(M.S. CS 2nd Year, Ph.D. CS 1st year)

Growing up in Jordan, Jafar Al Zoubi (M.S. CS 2nd Year, Ph.D. CS 1st year) has always been fascinated by computers and technology. In high school he was introduced to programming languages and...

(CS 鈥00, M.B.A. 鈥05)

老王论坛鈥檚 own Sejal Vaishnav (CS 鈥00, M.B.A. 鈥05) was recently named one of the 50 leading tech executives shaping the future of higher education by Chief Data Officer Magazine a recognition...

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(STAT 4th Year)

Virginia Reider (STAT 4th Year) knew that earning a degree in statistics would open up career avenues in a variety of fields. But choosing which avenue to follow was proving difficult, until she...

(ITM 鈥15)

鈥淚 don鈥檛 know why I want to act like I have an aversion to nerds, when I鈥檓 a nerd myself,鈥 laughs Sydney Hardwick (ITM 鈥15), speaking not only of her time growing up on Chicago鈥檚 South Side, but also...

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(ITM, M.A.S. ITM 鈥18)

Designing security into code is a lot like designing security in a house, Marilyn Barrios (ITM, M.A.S. ITM 鈥18) says. Each door, window, and any other point of entry must be secured. But these...

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(M.S. C.S. 鈥81)

The basketball hoop affixed to the Irvine, Calif. garage of Victor Tsao (M.S. CS 鈥81) and his wife, Janie, was just one of many in an area dominated by Los Angeles Lakers fans. But this one was...

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(AMAT '23)

Stanley Nicholson says he was able to expand his horizons academically and find cultural experiences beyond the classrooms of Illinois Institute of Technology because of its Chicago location. 鈥淚鈥檝e...

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(Ph.D. CS, 3rd Year)

Machine learning models have demonstrated powerful predictability capabilities, but also have demonstrated bias against certain demographic groups. Canyu Chen joined a research group that is working...