RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
- CSU designated as National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research. The NSA designated CSU as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research (CAE-R) in April. The recognition opens a host of networking and research opportunities for students and faculty across campus, including the Departments of Computer Science, Systems Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering. The program is managed by NSA’s National Cryptologic School and aims to foster a collaborative cybersecurity educational program with community colleges and universities across the nation.
- CSU project uses AI to turn soil data into actionable insights for farmers. The Department of Computer Science is part of a CSU interdisciplinary research team using artificial intelligence to help farmers better understand soil health by turning varied agricultural data into practical, decision-ready insights that are easy to access. The new TerraScope project is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- 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.
DEPARTMENT NEWSFEED
CSU designated as National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research
The NSA designated Colorado State University as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research (CAE-R) in April.
Engineering students embrace an entrepreneurial mindset with award-winning water treatment device
Civil and environmental engineering undergraduates lead a highly interdisciplinary senior design team they are turning into a startup business improving the water treatment process.
CSU project uses AI to turn soil data into actionable insights for farmers
An interdisciplinary research team at Colorado State University is using artificial intelligence to help farmers better understand soil health by turning varied agricultural data into practical, decision-ready insights that are easy to access.
Q&A with statistics alum Gabe Macklem
CSU Statistics alum Gabe Mackelm (’25) shares his experience at CSU and his passion for sports statistics.
