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Purdue PhD student wins Exceptional Student Award at CYTO 2025
Abida Sanjana Shemonti, a Purdue Computer Science PhD student, won the Exceptional Student Award at ISAC CYTO 2025 for her interdisciplinary work in visualizing complex flow cytometry data. Her research, combining optimal transport theory with biological insights, offers clearer analysis of single-cell data and has shown promise in real cancer datasets.
Purdue CS researchers earn Best Paper Finalist at 2025 IEEE ICRA
Purdue researchers developed SELP, an AI-powered planning system that combines LLMs with formal logic to enable robots to generate safe, efficient task plans from natural language instructions. This ground-breaking work has been honored as a finalist for Best Paper Awards at ICRA 2025, SELP improves trust and performance in both personal and mission-critical robotic applications.
International interest in Purdue AI research takes root at 2025 Venice Biennale
Purdue Computer Science Ph.D. student Jae Joong Lee’s project, Tree-D Fusion, transforms a single photo into a dynamic 3D digital twin of a tree, predicting growth, modeling shade, and enabling smarter, greener design. Powered by AI, computer vision, and deep learning, the research was selected for the 2025 Venice Biennale of Architecture, spotlighting Purdue’s leadership in tech-driven sustainability, digital forestry, and interdisciplinary innovation.
Bianchi earns NSF CAREER Award to advance secure patching of outdated software
Professor Antonio Bianchi has been awarded the prestigious NSF CAREER Award to further his research into patching outdated software, improving the security of millions of devices worldwide.
Purdue CS K-12 Outreach: VEX and FIRST Robotics prepare students for their next giant leap
VEX and FIRST Robotics equip students with hands-on STEM experience, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. Purdue's Department of Computer Science supports these efforts through mentorship, outreach, and new K-12 initiatives—bridging early STEM exposure with higher education.
Purdue cybersecurity researchers secure DARPA Contract to study smartphone vulnerabilities
Purdue University’s cybersecurity researchers have been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to investigate security vulnerabilities affecting modern smartphone and develop methods to improve security.