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November 16, 2020
Malihe Alikhani Wins Grant to Support Underrepresented Students
Dr. Malihe Alikhani (assistant professor, CS) recently received a Google ExploreCSR grant to support students from underrepresented groups to pursue graduate studies and research careers in computing.

November 10, 2020
LRDC Scientists Receive $900,000 Grant to Study Robots in Math Classrooms
Dr. Erin Walker (associate professor, CS) is the principal investigator of a newly funded NSF project that will study the use of robots in middle school math classrooms.

February 21, 2020
Diane Litman receives Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring
Dr. Diane Litman (professor, Computer Science & senior scientist, LRDC) received one of the three Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring in 2020.

December 2, 2019
Dr. Rob Rutenbar Named to American Association for the Advancement of Science
Dr. Rob Rutenbar was named to the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2019 fellowship cohort for contributions to tools for the design of custom integrated circuits and systems, as well as novel architectures for curricula in computer science and engineering.

April 5, 2019
Panos K. Chrysanthis receives the 2019 Outstanding Achievement in Education Award from UMass Amherst
Dr. Panos K. Chrysanthis received the 2019 Outstanding Achievement in Education award from the College of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

January 30, 2019
Dr. Adriana Kovashka Receives Funding from Amazon Research Awards
Dr. Adriana Kovashka recently received funding from Amazon Research Awards for her project studying how objects foreshadow film plots and explain advertisements.
October 18, 2018
Associate Professors Adam Lee and Rosta Farzan Receive NSF Award for Privacy Work
Drs. Adam Lee (professor, CS) and Rosta Farzan (associate professor, DINS), recently received more than $280,000 from the National Science Foundation for their project that explores privacy-enhanced sensor designs that provide people with the knowledge and assurance of when they are being recorded and what data is being captured.

August 31, 2018
Dr. Diane Litman Awarded Research Grant from Institute of Education Sciences
Dr. Diane Litman (professor, CS & LRDC) has been awarded a research grant from the Institute of Education Sciences to study undergraduate STEM education.