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Message from the Dean: Computer Science Laboratories Building Now Open!
    The moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally here! Our brand-new, 90,000-square-foot building is officially open and ready for you to explore.
  
  
    
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  Shlomo Zilberstein Featured as Spotlight Scholar for Contributions to Artificial Intelligence
    Professor Shlomo Zilberstein has been named a UMass Amherst Spotlight Scholar for his groundbreaking research on trustworthy artificial intelligence.
  
  
    
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  James Allan Appointed Distinguished Professor
    Professor and Director of the Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval (CIIR), James Allan, has been appointed Distinguished Professor.
  
  
    
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  Neena Thota Named ACM Senior Member for Technical Leadership and Professional Contributions
    Neena Thota has been named a senior member of the ACM, a designation that recognizes members who have demonstrated performance through technical leadership.
  
  
    
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  CICS Announces the Hiring of New Faculty in 2025
    The Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) at UMass Amherst announces the appointment of five new tenure-track and teaching faculty in 2025
  
  
    
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  Ivan Lee Named Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference Proceedings
    Manning CICS Associate Professor Ivan Lee has been named editor-in-chief of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC) Proceedings.
  
  
    
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  Four CICS Faculty to Serve on Office of Faculty Development’s Internal Advisory Board
    Four CICS faculty have been selected to serve on the Office of Faculty Development's Internal Advisory Board
  
  
    
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  Board of Trustees Awards Tenure to Seven CICS Faculty Members
    Seven CICS faculty members have been granted tenure at the UMass Board of Trustees quarterly meeting on June 11, 2025.
  
  
    
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  Alexandra Meliou Elected ACM SIGMOD Vice Chair
    Alexandra Meliou, has been elected vice chair of the Special Interest Group on Management of Data (SIGMOD) for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
  
  
    
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  Dawson Head, Thota Named 2025-26 Dialogue Facilitation Fellows
    Erika Dawson Head, Neena Thota named to the inaugural Dialogue Facilitation Fellows program.
  
  
    
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  CICS Celebrates Class of 2025 at Senior Celebration
    On Saturday, May 17, the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) celebrated the 556 graduates of the Class of 2025.
  
  
    
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  David Akoh, Ryan Anthony Bahlous-Boldi Named 2025 21st Century Leaders
    21st Century Leaders Award winners are chosen in recognition of their strong academic records and exemplary achievements.
  
  
    
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