Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences

UMass Researchers Awarded $12M to Shrink Society's Carbon Footprint with AI

An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Distinguished Professor Prashant Shenoy has been awarded a $12 million NSF grant to develop the field of computational decarbonization.

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Eight CICS Graduating Seniors Honored with 2024 Undergraduate Achievement Awards

Eight graduating seniors have been chosen by the CICS Undergraduate Awards Committee to receive its 2024 Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Awards, the college's highest honor given to undergraduates.

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Jaime Dávila Recognized with College Outstanding Teaching Award

Senior Teaching Faculty Jaime Davila received the 2024 College Outstanding Teaching Award for his teaching effectiveness, creativity, and approachability, demonstrated by "numerous glowing comments from students across multiple courses and years.

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Francine Berman Named 2024 NCWIT Pioneer in Tech Award Winner

Berman, Director of PIT and Stuart Rice Research Professor, has made profound impacts on the technological landscape through groundbreaking research, influential mentorship, and an unwavering commitment to ethical and inclusive technology.

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A Bird's Eye View

A live webcam feed provides an aerial perspective on the construction of the college’s new integrated academic and research building, set to open in 2025.

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Recent News

iCons Announces 2024 Nowick Award for Student Leadership and Philanthropy

June 07, 2024

The Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) program has announced that Commonwealth Honors College students Claudia Figueroa-Pabón ’25 (College of Engineering) Shiven Patel ’26 are this year’s recipients of the Crowley-Nowick Award. Read more »

UMass Amherst to Join $90M US National Science Foundation Large-Scale Research Infrastructure for Education

June 04, 2024

Platform brings together institutions, digital learning, and a world-class team to enable research students to inform efficacy, improvement, and innovation in teaching and learning. Read more »

Anna Green, Brendan O'Connor, Don Towsley

Three CICS Faculty Selected to Receive 2024 UMass Interdisciplinary Research Grants

May 24, 2024

Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) faculty Anna Green, Brendan O’Connor, and Don Towsley will serve as team leads on three of the ten proposals supported by 2024 Interdisciplinary Research Grants. Read more »

Guan, Rahimi Receive NSF CAREER Awards

May 24, 2024

Assistant Professors Hui Guan and Negin Rahimi have each received NSF CAREER awards in the 2023–2024 academic year, for their work on deploying deep neural networks into resource limited devices, and diverse and unbiased information access systems,... Read more »

W. Richard Adrion, Mohammad Hajiesmaili, Neena Thota, Prashant Shenoy, David Irwin, Jimi Oke

UMass Researchers Awarded $12M to Shrink Society's Carbon Footprint with AI & Other Computer Science Tools

May 23, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI), algorithms and software—meet the next tool kit for creating our sustainable future. University of Massachusetts Amherst has been awarded $12 million over five years by the U.S. National Science Foundation to develop the... Read more »

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A New Building for the Future of Computing

Construction is underway on a signature, 90,000 sq. ft. building that will serve as a hub for learning, innovation, and community for Manning CICS.

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The Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) offers a world-class curriculum in support of BA, BS, MS, and PhD degrees. CICS is internationally recognized for its research activities and has one of the highest ranked and most competitive graduate programs in the nation. The College is distinguished by its culture of collaboration and leadership in multi-disciplinary research.