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Virginia Tech Computer Science @VT_CS

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Dimitrios S. Nikolopoulos, an expert in data centers, and AI is available for media interviews. #datacenters #AI #sustainability news.vt.edu/articles/2025/10…

The data center boom is here: Experts explain how to build AI infrastructure right

To fast-track the buildout of data centers that power artificial intelligence, tech companies are predicted to spend $375 billion in 2025 — but more isn't always better, warn Virginia Tech artificial...

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Top 25. Hokie Pride. Future of Tech. 🦃💻 #gohokies #computerscience #rankings #hokieproud
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News alert: @imDBhattacharya, associate professor of computer science, is available for interviews about his team's groundbreaking disease-fighting AI tool. Click to reach out. news.vt.edu/articles/2025/09… #aiforgood #newsworthy #vatech #VirginiaTechGlobalDistinction #opensource

Groundbreaking AI aims to speed lifesaving therapies

Little is known about how novel viruses like SARS-CoV-2 evolve or conditions like dementia develop at the molecular level, but an artificial intelligence model developed at Virginia Tech helps fill...

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At Tech on Tap in Alexandria, Sanmay Das, assoc dir of AI for social impact @SanghaniCtrVT, discussed his work in realm of social services -- for example, using AI to help caseworkers decide who needs more intensive interventions when it comes to allocating certain resources.
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Dimitrios Nikolopoulos explains the progress and pitfalls of data center growth across Virginia in a new @CardinalNewsVA story. hashtag#datacenters hashtag#cloudcomputing hashtag#sustainability hashtag#computerscience hashtag#vatech hashtag#hokieexpert cardinalnews.org/2025/08/22/…

‘You could never count’ the amount of digital information stored in data centers

The cloud isn’t really a cloud. It’s servers inside data centers, many of them in Virginia. And all of our cat videos and medical records and purchasing data take up billions of bytes o…

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One hour to go, CS folks. Can we get to 4th place and unlock $4,000 for student success?? Pull out all the #utprosim with $5 or more donation ($15 gets free Hokie laces!) to get us ahead in the race to noon! #vtgivingday #hokiesgiveback givingday.vt.edu/amb/compute…
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Wow! Thank you for all the donors who have brought us to 7th place in the challenge for a $20k prize for students. We have just over 4 hours to get to the finish line. Go #utprosim! A $5 donation can have a big impact. #vtgivingday #hokiesgiveback givingday.vt.edu/amb/compute…
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Four hours into #VTGivingDay and 25 people have already supported us; thank you! Join the race to help us win $25,000. A $5 donation is all it takes to help enrich student experience. givingday.vt.edu/amb/compute…
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We are hiring faculty at all levels -- tenured, tenure-track, collegiate, and instructor -- for the 2025-26 academic year. Claim your role at Virginia Tech. #faculty #hiring #jobs #research #universityteaching #computerscience #virginiatech website.cs.vt.edu/About/facu…
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Welcome @drcjulien. Today is her first day as our new department head. She researches ways to bridge divides between networks, devices, and people for a more connected future. @vtengineering #newhokie #hiredhokie #faculty #virginiatech #computerscience news.vt.edu/articles/2024/06…

Christine Julien appointed head of the Department of Computer Science

Julien comes to Virginia Tech from the University of Texas at Austin, where she has served as the Annis and Jack Bowen Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer...

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1 in 3 Internet users is a minor. #virginiatech researchers @snaglee2401, Jin-Hee Cho, and @lifu_huang are working to protect them, in collaboration with @pamwis and @VanderbiltU #children #onlinesafety #AI news.vt.edu/articles/2024/06…
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Welcome our new department head starting Aug. 12! @VTEngineering #hiredhokie news.vt.edu/articles/2024/06…

Christine Julien appointed head of the Department of Computer Science

Julien comes to Virginia Tech from the University of Texas at Austin, where she has served as the Annis and Jack Bowen Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineer...

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Our own @kurtluther quoted in @FinancialTimes about his Civil War Photo Sleuth project, one of the most robust experiments in FR to date, with a data set of thousands of portraits from public archives and private collections to help make matches. ft.com/content/f8ad041d-a697…

The still lives and distant voices of old family photographs

Deciphering mysterious faces, unknown places and unresolved history is time consuming — but irresistible

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Assistant Professor Eugenia Rho is researching the effect of social media rhetoric on COVID-19 infection and death rates across the U.S. It is the first AI research to empirically link social media linguistic patterns to real-world public health trends. news.vt.edu/articles/2024/05…

Study traces an infectious language epidemic

This is the first research using artificial intelligence to empirically link social media linguistic patterns to real-world public health trends, highlighting the potential of these large language...

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We spoke with the department’s first two Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows, JinYi Yoon and Adithya Kulkarni. Read about their research, advice to students, and experience at Virginia Tech! news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04…

Postdoctoral fellows grow research at Virginia Tech

More than 200 postdoctoral fellows contribute to every college and institute, advance the pursuit of knowledge in every discipline, and represent the next generation of experts in their fields.

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Congrats to Associate Professor Matthew Hicks on being named CACI Faculty Fellow in Cyber Security! news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04…
Associate Professor Matthew Hicks

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Congrats to Layne Watson, professor of computer science, on being conferred the title of professor emeritus! news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04…

Layne Watson honored with emeritus status

Watson helped start the bioinformatics program in computer science, brought the first parallel high-end computer to Virginia Tech, and started the transdisciplinary collaboration that has become a...

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“I learned that acquiring a Ph.D. is a unique and personal experience. You cannot ‘be taught.’ You can be guided, shaped, molded, but it is a personal path that you need to own and discover,” said Andreea Sistrunk, a graduating Ph.D. student. news.vt.edu/college-of-engin…
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The CS graduation reception is this Saturday! Join us in celebrating our recent grads!
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Have one last party full of free food and fun on us. Bring your families and friends to the CS graduation reception from 3-6 p.m. on May 11. Register today! aimsbbis.vt.edu/CSgrads2024 #classof2024 #hokiegrads #hokieproud
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“Companies say data is the new oil,” said Assistant Professor Fernanda Rosa of businesses’ eagerness to mine personal information. This is an even bigger issue for marginalized communities. Read about Rosa's research to protect these communities: news.vt.edu/articles/2024/04…

Fernanda Rosa’s research seeks to protect and preserve data for marginalized communities

Rosa, assistant professor in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society, is seeking solutions to combat data discrimination among Indigenous communities in Latin America.

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