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Pigman College of Engineering welcomes 10 new faculty members.

This fall, the University of Kentucky Pigman College of Engineering welcomed 10 new faculty members.  

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Silvestri, Liao and Cheung receive grant to develop new cybersecurity curriculum

Simone Silvestri in the Department of Computer Science and Yuan Liao and Samson Cheung in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, are the recipients of a NCAE-C Cybersecurity Workforce Innovation Coalition grant award to develop a new cybersecurity curriculum. 

The NSF will support Khamfroush with $624,716 over five years for her work involving pre-processing data so that it can be trained for use in machine learning models for smart cities applications. Jeremy Blackburn | Research Communications

UK researcher receives NSF CAREER award to develop data-driven, smart technologies for sustainable living

Using groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) technology, a University of Kentucky researcher is developing a machine learning pipeline with the goal of improving our quality of life.

Department Spotlights

Nathaniel Hudson

Nathaniel Hudson, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science, has been named a Diverse Rising Graduate Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Nominations were from all over the country, and only ten graduate students are chosen for the distinction each year.


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Student

Becca & Cassie Roberts

Becca & Cassie Roberts

Sisters Becca and Cassie Roberts—both with degrees from other institutions—have been elated to receive ample scholarship aid from UK.


Chemical Engineering Computer Science

Student

Kyra Seevers (BSCS 2020)

Kyra Seevers recently interviewed as a finalist for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship and has taken a position at Google’s Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus.


Computer Science

Alumni