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UNM receives $1.5 million to support computational workforce development
May 8, 2023
In the state of New Mexico, there is a pressing need for effective training in the fields of computational and data science at all levels of education, from undergraduate to professional. Read More...

Tapia elected to Computing Research Association Board of Directors
March 3, 2023
Lydia Tapia, chair and professor in the Department of Computer Science at The University of New Mexico, has been elected to the Computing Research Association (CRA) Board of Directors. Read More...

UNM computer science students take part in HPC competition
March 3, 2023
University of New Mexico Research Assistant Professor Matthew Fricke recruited a group of six undergraduate students interested in learning how to build supercomputers with the intention of taking part in two supercomputing competitions in 2023. Read More...

Computer science professor, student part of AI panel on March 8
February 24, 2023
A professor and undergraduate student in the UNM Department of Computer Science will participate in a panel discussion March 8 that explores questions and challenges for teaching in the age of artificial intelligent (AI). Read More...

Computer science student chosen for Churchill Scholarship
January 11, 2023
The University of New Mexico’s Abigail Pribisova, a senior studying computer science with Honors College distinction, has been selected for the 2023-2024 Churchill Scholarship. Read More...

Leaving a legacy: Computer science professor’s research honored with Test of Time Award
December 9, 2022
In 2010, Gruia-Catalin Roman was an accomplished faculty member in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Washington University in Saint Louis, where he had made his home for more than three decades. Read More...

Virtual workshop on climate-driven extreme events planned Nov. 10
October 25, 2022
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is hosting a virtual workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator program on Nov. 10. Read More...

MathWorks gives $2 million to UNM to create endowed chair for Department of Computer Science
October 18, 2022
MathWorks today (Oct. 18) announced it has donated $2 million to create an endowed chair in the Department of Computer Science at The University of New Mexico. Read More...

‘A serendipitous life’: The right people in the right places were key to Lydia Tapia’s success
September 9, 2022
Growing up, Lydia Tapia was curious about computers, but didn’t have much interest in what would eventually become her area of expertise: computer science. Read More...