Manning CICS
@manningcics.bsky.social
The Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences at UMass Amherst is a top-tier institution dedicated to the common good.
#ManningCICS Professor Emeritus Andrew G. Barto and alumnus Richard Sutton ’80MS, ’84PhD are featured in the latest issue of UMass Magazine for their research in reinforcement learning, which earned them the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
#ManningCICS Professor Emeritus Andrew G. Barto and alumnus Richard Sutton ’80MS, ’84PhD are featured in the latest issue of UMass Magazine for their research in reinforcement learning, which earned them the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award.
Read more: www.cics.umass.edu/news/positiv...
Read more: www.cics.umass.edu/news/positiv...
Upgrading your smartphone doesn’t have to mean the end of its usefulness. 📱
A team of researchers led by #ManningCICS Assistant Professor VP Nguyen is uncovering new ways to repurpose recycled smartphones into sustainable environmental monitoring tools. ♻️🌎
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A team of researchers led by #ManningCICS Assistant Professor VP Nguyen is uncovering new ways to repurpose recycled smartphones into sustainable environmental monitoring tools. ♻️🌎
Learn more: brnw.ch/21wWUYs
October 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Upgrading your smartphone doesn’t have to mean the end of its usefulness. 📱
A team of researchers led by #ManningCICS Assistant Professor VP Nguyen is uncovering new ways to repurpose recycled smartphones into sustainable environmental monitoring tools. ♻️🌎
Learn more: brnw.ch/21wWUYs
A team of researchers led by #ManningCICS Assistant Professor VP Nguyen is uncovering new ways to repurpose recycled smartphones into sustainable environmental monitoring tools. ♻️🌎
Learn more: brnw.ch/21wWUYs
UMass Amherst's top-ranked MS in Computer Science is also offered online. If you're eager to learn how to use AI and other advanced computing skills to solve complex problems, this 30-credit master's is your degree.
September 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
UMass Amherst's top-ranked MS in Computer Science is also offered online. If you're eager to learn how to use AI and other advanced computing skills to solve complex problems, this 30-credit master's is your degree.
#ManningCICS is excited to announce the hiring of six #newfaculty members in 2025, bringing our cohort of tenure-stream and teaching faculty to 94 🎉.
September 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
#ManningCICS is excited to announce the hiring of six #newfaculty members in 2025, bringing our cohort of tenure-stream and teaching faculty to 94 🎉.
#ManningCICS Associate Professor Ivan Lee has been named editor-in-chief of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC) Proceedings, the flagship publication of the world’s largest biomedical engineering conference.
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September 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
#ManningCICS Associate Professor Ivan Lee has been named editor-in-chief of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC) Proceedings, the flagship publication of the world’s largest biomedical engineering conference.
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Last week, we caught up with first-year undergraduate students and our brand new dean at the #ManningCICS Come Home to Your College event to talk about what they're most excited about for the coming semester. 🍎✨
#Computing4CommonGood #Classof2029
#Computing4CommonGood #Classof2029
September 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Last week, we caught up with first-year undergraduate students and our brand new dean at the #ManningCICS Come Home to Your College event to talk about what they're most excited about for the coming semester. 🍎✨
#Computing4CommonGood #Classof2029
#Computing4CommonGood #Classof2029
New students, new semester, same shared mission of #Computing4theCommonGood 💫
#ManningCICS is excited to welcome our new and returning students with best wishes for the start of a new academic year.
#ManningCICS is excited to welcome our new and returning students with best wishes for the start of a new academic year.
September 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
New students, new semester, same shared mission of #Computing4theCommonGood 💫
#ManningCICS is excited to welcome our new and returning students with best wishes for the start of a new academic year.
#ManningCICS is excited to welcome our new and returning students with best wishes for the start of a new academic year.
⬇️🏗️ Our answer to "What have you been up to this summer?"
Stay tuned for an update on opening day...
Stay tuned for an update on opening day...
August 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
⬇️🏗️ Our answer to "What have you been up to this summer?"
Stay tuned for an update on opening day...
Stay tuned for an update on opening day...
A new AI-powered debugging tool developed by #ManningCICS PhD students Kyla Levin and Nicolas van Kempen and Professor Emery Berger integrates LLMs into a conversational interface to help programmers diagnose and resolve software bugs more efficiently.
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August 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A new AI-powered debugging tool developed by #ManningCICS PhD students Kyla Levin and Nicolas van Kempen and Professor Emery Berger integrates LLMs into a conversational interface to help programmers diagnose and resolve software bugs more efficiently.
Read more: bit.ly/41wQdaa
Read more: bit.ly/41wQdaa
#ManningCICS Professor and Associate Chair of Faculty Development Alexandra Meliou has been elected vice chair of the ACM Special Interest Group on Management of Data, where she plans to build on existing strengths, diversify membership, and foster greater inclusion.
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July 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
#ManningCICS Professor and Associate Chair of Faculty Development Alexandra Meliou has been elected vice chair of the ACM Special Interest Group on Management of Data, where she plans to build on existing strengths, diversify membership, and foster greater inclusion.
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Associate Professor Mohammad Hajiesmaili and Associate Dean and Distinguished Professor Ramesh Sitaraman, in collaboration with @caltech.edu and @uofcalifornia.bsky.social researchers, have coauthored a new paper published in the July issue of Communications of the ACM.
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July 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Associate Professor Mohammad Hajiesmaili and Associate Dean and Distinguished Professor Ramesh Sitaraman, in collaboration with @caltech.edu and @uofcalifornia.bsky.social researchers, have coauthored a new paper published in the July issue of Communications of the ACM.
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#ManningCICS Assistant Professor Eugene Bagdasarian and Professor Shlomo Zilberstein have received a $500,000 Schmidt Sciences grant to advance critical research in AI safety.
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July 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
#ManningCICS Assistant Professor Eugene Bagdasarian and Professor Shlomo Zilberstein have received a $500,000 Schmidt Sciences grant to advance critical research in AI safety.
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What if your smartwatch could charge itself just from your movement? 🏃♀️☕️ That’s what #ManningCICS students Rishi Nandurbarkar and Max Loper are building with Diel Technologies—and their idea just won the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship’s 2025 Innovation Challenge.
Learn more: bit.ly/4kC1wVz
Learn more: bit.ly/4kC1wVz
July 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
What if your smartwatch could charge itself just from your movement? 🏃♀️☕️ That’s what #ManningCICS students Rishi Nandurbarkar and Max Loper are building with Diel Technologies—and their idea just won the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship’s 2025 Innovation Challenge.
Learn more: bit.ly/4kC1wVz
Learn more: bit.ly/4kC1wVz
How do we make sure rapid advances in generative AI actually serve the public good?
#ManningCICS Research Professor and Stuart Rice Honorary Chair Francine Berman tackles that question in Harvard Data Science Review’s special issue “Future Shock: Grappling with the Generative AI Revolution.”
#ManningCICS Research Professor and Stuart Rice Honorary Chair Francine Berman tackles that question in Harvard Data Science Review’s special issue “Future Shock: Grappling with the Generative AI Revolution.”
June 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
How do we make sure rapid advances in generative AI actually serve the public good?
#ManningCICS Research Professor and Stuart Rice Honorary Chair Francine Berman tackles that question in Harvard Data Science Review’s special issue “Future Shock: Grappling with the Generative AI Revolution.”
#ManningCICS Research Professor and Stuart Rice Honorary Chair Francine Berman tackles that question in Harvard Data Science Review’s special issue “Future Shock: Grappling with the Generative AI Revolution.”
Today, #ManningCICS Professor Emeritus Andrew G. Barto and Richard Sutton '84PhD will formally be presented with the prestigious 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award.
Explore how next-gen UMass researchers are building on their legacy to tackle society's toughest challenges.
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Explore how next-gen UMass researchers are building on their legacy to tackle society's toughest challenges.
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June 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Today, #ManningCICS Professor Emeritus Andrew G. Barto and Richard Sutton '84PhD will formally be presented with the prestigious 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award.
Explore how next-gen UMass researchers are building on their legacy to tackle society's toughest challenges.
Read more: brnw.ch/21wTkvY
Explore how next-gen UMass researchers are building on their legacy to tackle society's toughest challenges.
Read more: brnw.ch/21wTkvY
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently featured #ManningCICS Professor David Jensen in the panel "The Future of AI Horizons" at the CCC Computing Futures Symposium, where leading minds in AI discussed the incredible trajectory and profound responsibility of artificial intelligence.
June 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) recently featured #ManningCICS Professor David Jensen in the panel "The Future of AI Horizons" at the CCC Computing Futures Symposium, where leading minds in AI discussed the incredible trajectory and profound responsibility of artificial intelligence.
Caps off to our graduates! 🎓 On May 17, the #ManningCICS community celebrated the outstanding Class of 2025 at Senior Celebration. Professional & candid photos and the full ceremony recording are now live.
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June 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Caps off to our graduates! 🎓 On May 17, the #ManningCICS community celebrated the outstanding Class of 2025 at Senior Celebration. Professional & candid photos and the full ceremony recording are now live.
View the photos: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCf13L
Watch the recording: youtu.be/w1982pR0We8?...
View the photos: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCf13L
Watch the recording: youtu.be/w1982pR0We8?...
🎉 Congratulations to Jennifer Donelson, assistant director of human resources, who received the #ManningCICS Outstanding Staff Award for 2025! Donelson was selected for her improvements to the college's onboarding process and staff mentoring program.
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May 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Jennifer Donelson, assistant director of human resources, who received the #ManningCICS Outstanding Staff Award for 2025! Donelson was selected for her improvements to the college's onboarding process and staff mentoring program.
Read more: www.cics.umass.edu/news/2025-ou...
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Congratulations to #ManningCICS Assistant Professor Ravi Karkar on earning an NSF CAREER award! His project will work to advance the design and theory of everyday self‑experimentation tech to allow more people to take charge of their own health data and decisions. Read more: brnw.ch/21wSAj7
May 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Congratulations to #ManningCICS Assistant Professor Ravi Karkar on earning an NSF CAREER award! His project will work to advance the design and theory of everyday self‑experimentation tech to allow more people to take charge of their own health data and decisions. Read more: brnw.ch/21wSAj7
Congratulations to #ManningCICS Senior Teaching Faculty Marc Liberatore, one of four recipients of the inaugural UMass Amherst Delphi Leadership Award, honored for his sustained efforts to advance equity and improve working conditions for non-tenure-track colleagues.
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May 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Congratulations to #ManningCICS Senior Teaching Faculty Marc Liberatore, one of four recipients of the inaugural UMass Amherst Delphi Leadership Award, honored for his sustained efforts to advance equity and improve working conditions for non-tenure-track colleagues.
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Read more: brnw.ch/21wSxes
Congratulations to #ManningCICS Professor Shlomo Zilberstein, who has received the 2025 ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award for his foundational work on decentralized Markov Decision Processes (DEC-MDPs).
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May 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Congratulations to #ManningCICS Professor Shlomo Zilberstein, who has received the 2025 ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award for his foundational work on decentralized Markov Decision Processes (DEC-MDPs).
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Read more: www.cics.umass.edu/news/zilbers...
Additionally, August Huber, Carey Pope, Elena Li, and Zeina Zahoori (not pictured) have been honored with Lifetime Undergraduate Course Assistant Awards for their exceptional student leadership, support, and efforts to advance the college’s teaching mission.
May 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Additionally, August Huber, Carey Pope, Elena Li, and Zeina Zahoori (not pictured) have been honored with Lifetime Undergraduate Course Assistant Awards for their exceptional student leadership, support, and efforts to advance the college’s teaching mission.
Congrats to the eight #ManningCICS seniors selected to receive 2025 Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Awards: Abby Tran, Angelika Ladia, Ishita Kakkar, Kaosisochukwu Nwosu, Luna Dziewietin, Mahika Arora, Paul Davis, and Ryan Bahlous-Boldi. 🏆👏
May 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Congrats to the eight #ManningCICS seniors selected to receive 2025 Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Awards: Abby Tran, Angelika Ladia, Ishita Kakkar, Kaosisochukwu Nwosu, Luna Dziewietin, Mahika Arora, Paul Davis, and Ryan Bahlous-Boldi. 🏆👏
💛 From #ManningCICS students to you: "Thank you for making UMass a place of OPPORTUNITY! Thank you, Go UMass!"
Keep the momentum going! Every gift today pushes us closer to unlocking $10,000 for experiential learning and student support.
Give now or share with a friend! brnw.ch/21wSjM8
Keep the momentum going! Every gift today pushes us closer to unlocking $10,000 for experiential learning and student support.
Give now or share with a friend! brnw.ch/21wSjM8
April 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
💛 From #ManningCICS students to you: "Thank you for making UMass a place of OPPORTUNITY! Thank you, Go UMass!"
Keep the momentum going! Every gift today pushes us closer to unlocking $10,000 for experiential learning and student support.
Give now or share with a friend! brnw.ch/21wSjM8
Keep the momentum going! Every gift today pushes us closer to unlocking $10,000 for experiential learning and student support.
Give now or share with a friend! brnw.ch/21wSjM8
🎉 UMassGives Day 1 is here, and every gift counts toward our 200-gift goal to unlock an extra $10,000 for #ManningCICS students. 🕛 Power Hour alert (12–1 p.m. ET): Help CICS compete for up to an additional $2,000 in bonus funds with a gift to the Dean’s Opportunity Fund.
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April 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🎉 UMassGives Day 1 is here, and every gift counts toward our 200-gift goal to unlock an extra $10,000 for #ManningCICS students. 🕛 Power Hour alert (12–1 p.m. ET): Help CICS compete for up to an additional $2,000 in bonus funds with a gift to the Dean’s Opportunity Fund.
Give now: brnw.ch/21wSigb
Give now: brnw.ch/21wSigb