RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
- Shrideep Pallickara received the 2025 College of Natural Sciences Faculty Excellence in Graduate Teaching and/or Mentoring Award. This award recognizes superior teaching and mentoring of graduate students and a commitment to excellence in education.
- Abdul Matin, Tanjim Faruk, Shrideep Pallickara, and Sangmi Lee Pallickara won a Best Paper Award at DSAA. The award was given for the paper, “Distilling Cross-Spectral Knowledge in Masked Autoencoders via Inverse Domain Shift with Spatial-Aware Masking and Specialized Loss” at the 12th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA).
- Westin Musser received a Best Presentation Award at ICETC. The award was given for the paper “An Extended Investigation of Large Language Models Employing the Socratic Method” at the 17th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers (ICETC).
- Shrideep Pallickara received the N. Preston Davis Award for Instructional Innovation and Engagement. The N. Preston Davis Award for Instructional Innovation and Engagement is presented annually by The Institute for Learning and Teaching. This year, Shrideep was recognized for creating RamDesk – a novel tool suite for managing Canvas courses. RamDesk increases instructor efficiency and has already reclaimed 8760+ hours in productivity gains – a year’s worth of time savings. RamDesk is now available University-wide.
- Craig Partridge was appointed to Max Planck Institute advisory board. The president of the world-renown Max Planck Society appointed Professor Craig Partridge to a six-year term on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Informatics. The board is comprised of internationally recognized experts who evaluate the institute’s research on computer science algorithms and their applications in a broad sense.
- Sudeep Pasricha received the Board of Governors Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award. The Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System recognized Sudeep Pasricha, professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering, for his dedication to instructional excellence, holistic mentoring and empowering students. Sudeep is dedicated to designing accessible course content and fostering collaboration that encourages students to embrace different perspectives and support each other.
- Sarath Sreedharan was named one of ‘AI’s 10 to Watch’ by IEEE Intelligent Systems. Assistant Professor Sarath Sreedharan was recognized by the world’s largest technical professional organization for his foundational framework of human-aware artificial intelligence systems and its application to navigate problems like explainability and value alignment. Sarath is the director of the Human-Aware Planning Interaction Lab and has hosted projects ranging from AI system development for day-to-day tasks to tutoring systems designed to help aid bee conservation efforts.
- Eighteen computer science students propelled seven award-winning teams a the CSU Hackathon. Students across multiple majors teamed up with NASA, USDA, USFS, and Amazon Web Services for a 24-hour hackathon focused on solving real-world challenges. The event was hosted by the CSU Career Center and the computer science student organization DevNet.
DEPARTMENT NEWSFEED
Q&A with statistics alum Gabe Macklem
CSU Statistics alum Gabe Mackelm (’25) shares his experience at CSU and his passion for sports statistics.
New summer program provides research opportunities to visiting international students
Colorado State University is renowned worldwide for its research. This summer, that reputation brought the world to CSU.
Participants sought for study on virtual reality and nature
Researchers are recruiting human participants for a VR experiment in which participants are invited to complete a task designed to assess stress and attention levels, then experience different VR nature environments.
The Tomoa Skip: CSU researchers analyze the new move that revolutionized speed climbing
CSU undergraduate computer science student Caleb Chou and Department of Statistics Assistant Professor Andee Kaplan recently published a paper in CHANCE exploring the efficiency of the Tomoa Skip, a controversial rock climbing shortcut.
