Northwestern University Computer Science

We caught up with CS alum Jay Budzik (PhD ’03), who is a senior vice president at Fifth Third Bank. He manages a team of AI scientists working on a variety of initiatives across consumer products and central operations.

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@NorthwesternEng PhD candidate Jerry Yao-Chieh Hu is an incoming assistant professor of computer science at @VanderbiltU's College of Connected Computing, where he’ll lead the ARTificial intElligent MachIneS (ARTEMIS) Lab.

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We caught up with CS alum Lukas Gross (’20). As a member of OpenAI’s technical staff, Gross has worked on a variety of projects across the company, most recently developing tools that help lawyers focus on their most consequential work.

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@ManlingLi_ will hold the Kuruganti Junior Faculty Fellowship for a one-year term. Established through the generosity of Adi Kuruganti (’99, MBA ’06), the fellowship supports early-career faculty working in computational research related to AI and ML.
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@NorthwesternEng’s Branden Ghena has been named the McCormick Advisory Council Professor, and Joshua DeAndria was appointed as the Pioneer Professor of Practice, effective September 1.

Congratulations, Branden and Joshua!

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