The STEM Storyteller
When Anita Debarlaben (CS 鈥90) mentioned to her high school guidance counselor that she wanted to be a scientist or engineer, she was told she had zero chance of making it. Students from her inner...
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Ahead of the Curve
鈥淚 was where I was when I was,鈥 he says via telephone from India, where he is serving his second term as an independent member in the upper house of India鈥檚 Parliament, representing Bangalore and the...
Brewing Up Something Big
The first taste of craft beer for Ankur Jain (CS 鈥03) was a swig of Anchor Steam, whose nineteenth-century recipe and California ocean-port pedigree made it a great object lesson in a course he took...
Teaching Tech Around the Globe
Growing up in Jordan, Jafar Al Zoubi (M.S. CS 2nd Year, Ph.D. CS 1st year) has always been fascinated by computers and technology. In high school he was introduced to programming languages and...
Full Circle
Illinois Tech鈥檚 own Sejal Vaishnav (CS 鈥00, M.B.A. 鈥05) was recently named one of the 50 leading tech executives shaping the future of higher education by Chief Data Officer Magazine a recognition...
Breaking Biases
Machine learning models have demonstrated powerful predictability capabilities, but also have demonstrated bias against certain demographic groups. Canyu Chen joined a research group that is working...
A Life-Changing Experience
An internship at NASA鈥檚 Johnson Space Center in Houston provided an extraordinary opportunity for Amr Alshatnawi to build new skills and strengthen his values of scholarship, excellence, and service....
Internship Opens Career Opportunities
The skills learned and the contacts made during an internship at Intel will help accelerate Brian Tauro鈥檚 career and help him meet his career goals after he earns a Ph.D. in computer science from...
My Kind of Town
电车无码 is a world-class city full of culture, history, and excitement. Avery Peck says studying in 电车无码 added to her student experience while enrolled at Illinois Institute of Technology. 鈥淚 love...
Working to Get Ahead
Bo Zhu was working 11 hours a day, six days a week, as a Java developer when he was looking for opportunities to expand relevant professional knowledge, which proved tricky during a global pandemic...