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The Secure, Private Internet (SPIN) Research Group, led by Professor Amir Houmansadr, is earning widespread recognition for work on censorship resistance.

Undergraduate Computer Science Program Places #35 in U.S. News & World Report 2026 Rankings

Professor Shlomo Zilberstein has been named a UMass Amherst Spotlight Scholar for his groundbreaking research on trustworthy artificial intelligence.

Professor and Director of the Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval (CIIR), James Allan, has been appointed Distinguished Professor.

Assistant Professor Chuang Gan has received a $599,814 NSF CAREER Award to advance research on embodied artificial intelligence.

Assistant Professor VP Nguyen has received a $600,000 NSF Grant to repurpose old smartphones into cameras and sensors that monitor the environment.

Collaboration between Assistant Professors Hui Guan and Zhou Lin (College of Natural Sciences) has received a $500,000 NSF grant

Neena Thota has been named a senior member of the ACM, a designation that recognizes members who have demonstrated performance through technical leadership.

Charles “Chip” Weems has received the 2025 Distinguished Community Engagement Award for Teaching, recognizing his decades-long contributions to CS education.

Senior Lecturer II Michelle Trim was selected for the inaugural cohort of Mid-American Conference Academic Leadership Development Program (MAC ALDP).