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Makur earns NSF CAREER award
Assistant Professor Anuran Makur won a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for his proposed work titled “Information Propagation over Networks.” His project explores how information spreads and dissipates in large networks, like social or communication networks, computation circuits, certain models in physics, or biological networks.
Journey to ‘Mars’ with Purdue analog astronauts
Most Purdue students spend their winter break at home with family and friends, soaking up the good tidings and cheer of the holiday season. Gabriel Skowronek and 13 other Boilermakers spent two weeks at the closest thing to Mars on Earth, the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS).
Purdue’s storied and rigorous computer science program delivers in equipping the next generation of industry, academic leaders
Ronak Thakker knew the classwork and projects for his bachelor’s degree in computer science would be extremely challenging. But the New Jersey native also understood the value of a degree from one of the nation’s best and most storied computer science programs and how that would translate into a promising career post-graduation.
Building tools to shape the future of health science
As he reflects upon his journey in computer science, Dr. Myson Burch can pinpoint the experience that transformed the discipline from something he enjoyed to a purpose-filled passion. That opportunity, where Burch (PhD computer science ’23) discovered how his computer and mathematics skills could improve health outcomes, inspired him to pursue graduate study at Purdue.
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