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UMass Researchers Awarded $12M to Shrink Society's Carbon Footprint with AI & Other Computer Science Tools

UMass Amherst has been awarded $12 million over five years by the U.S. National Science Foundation to develop the field of computational decarbonization

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Eight CICS Graduating Seniors win 2024 Undergraduate Achievement Awards
Jaime Dávila
Jaime Dávila Recognized with College Outstanding Teaching Award
Francine Berman
Francine Berman Named 2024 NCWIT Pioneer in Tech Award Winner
Levine Appointed Distinguished Professor

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Berger Honored by ACM SIGPLAN for Distinguished Service

Professor Emery Berger has received the ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to the programming languages community.

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Research

Social Media Polls Deliberately Skew Political Realities of 2016, 2020 US Presidential Elections, Finds Research Team Led by UMass Amherst

A team of scientists led by research assistant professor Przemyslaw Grabowicz shows that Twitter’s poll system deliberately reports biased public vote counts.

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Awards

Wamburu ‘22PhD Receives ACM SIGEnergy Doctoral Dissertation Award Honorable Mention

John Wamburu ’22PhD received the Doctoral Dissertation Award Honorable Mention award from the ACM Special Interest Group on Energy.

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