Georgetown University Computer Science Department

Georgetown CS faculty Elissa Redmiles & Sarah Adel Bargal, alongside collaborators at Florida International University, the University of Illinois Chicago, and the University of Washington, have won a $1.2M NSF grant on the research for tackling AI-generated abuse. 🚀

#GeorgetownCS #NSF #AI #SaTC

Professor Yoshi Kohno Receives His Fifth Test of Time Award at USENIX Security Symposium - Department of Computer Science Professor Yoshi Kohno, the McDevitt Chair in Computer Science, Ethics, and Society and professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Center for Digital Ethics at Georgetown University has be...

🎉 Congrats to Prof. Yoshi Kohno on winning his 5th USENIX Security Test-of-Time Award!

His 2011 research on car hacking transformed auto cybersecurity, making millions of vehicles safer. 🚗🔒

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Congratulations to Georgetown Computer Science faculty Elissa Redmiles and Yoshi Kohno, co-authors of this award-winning paper—named runner-up for the 2025 Internet Defense Prize at USENIX Security 2025!

👏 Proud moment for Georgetown CS!

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🔦 Dr. Ophir Frieder on how AI is reshaping healthcare, transforming jobs, and tackling real-world challenges across industries.

📚 Join us for the book launch of "Geopolitics at the Internet’s Core", co-authored by Georgetown’s Center for Digital Ethics Director & Technology, Ethics, and Society Endowed Chair Laura DeNardis - A timely look at how the internet’s core shapes global power.

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CS Spotlight Series: A Conversation with Professor Benjamin Ujcich - Department of Computer Science By Mariam Khan, Georgetown University As part of our CS Spotlight Series, we spoke with Professor Benjamin Ujcich, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Georgetown University. H...

🔦 CS Spotlight Series

Georgetown highlights Professor Benjamin Ujcich, whose work in network and cybersecurity has uncovered 21+ software vulnerabilities and earned him an NSF CAREER Award. He’s securing modern networks while mentoring future innovators.

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Trailblazing Computer Scientist and Educator Yoshi Kohno Joins Georgetown - College of Arts & Sciences Kohno will be the McDevitt Chair in the Department of Computer Science and research professor in the Center for Digital Ethics.

Georgetown welcomes Dr. Yoshi Kohno as the new McDevitt Chair in the Department of Computer Science. A leader in cybersecurity and tech ethics, he will help advance Georgetown’s curriculum, research, and student engagement in ethical computing.

Welcome to the Hilltop Professor!

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Georgetown students win at Hoya Hacks Hackathon 2025 - Department of Computer Science Hoya Hacks, Georgetown’s annual hackathon, organized by the Department of Computer Science and sponsored by Microsoft, brought together more than 250 students from over 40 colleges and universities. T...

🎓 CS 2025 Highlights

Hoya Hacks brought 250+ students from 40+ schools to Georgetown to build tech & AI projects solving real-world issues.
🔥 Sponsored by @microsoft.com
📖 Recap: shorturl.at/feN5N

#HoyaHacks #GeorgetownCS #Hackathon

At United Nations Summer Program, Computer Science Student Examines AI Ethics - Georgetown University Georgetown Ph.D. candidate Wisdom Obinna (G'29) practiced tech ethics and international diplomacy in Europe this summer through programs at Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethic...

Georgetown Computer Science Ph.D. student Wisdom Obinna (G’29) joined 52 students from 40+ countries in the United Nations Graduate Study Program, exploring the ethics of generative AI—transparency, fairness, and accountability. 🌍🤖

Congrats to Wisdom on this achievement! 👏
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Excited for the MDI Summer 2025 Student Research Showcase at Georgetown!

Come see how students are using data science and AI to tackle real-world challenges.

#Georgetown #ComputerScience #TechResearch #AI

The Summer 2025 edition of the Georgetown CS newsletter is out! ☀️🧠
Catch up on exciting research, student and faculty highlights, and how computer science at Georgetown is driving innovation across AI, policy, and more.

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💡 Can a patient’s digital twin help doctors choose the right treatment?

Listen to Dr. Ophir Frieder explain how digital twins can detect disease symptoms early and recommend the right treatment.

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#AI #Healthcare #HealthTech #GeorgetownCS

Georgetown’s Matt Blaze Testifies Before Congress on Major Cybersecurity Threat - Department of Computer Science On April 2, Georgetown professor Matt Blaze, a leading expert in cryptography and secure systems, and the McDevitt Chair of Computer Science and Law, testified before the House Oversight Committee on ...

Georgetown's Professor Matt Blaze testifies before Congress on the Salt Typhoon cyberattack, calling for urgent telecom security reform.

Incredible to see Georgetown faculty shaping national cybersecurity policy.

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How These Hoyas Scored a Win in Supreme Court ‘Ghost Guns’ Case - Georgetown University An amicus co-authored by two linguists and a law professor was cited in the majority opinion of a Supreme Court case. Here's how the researchers did it.

🎉 Georgetown Experts Help Secure Supreme Court Victory on Ghost Gun Regulations

In a landmark ruling, SCOTUS upheld federal regulations on ghost guns—thanks in part to the powerful contributions of Georgetown’s law faculty and linguists.

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🧠 How can AI detect depression before it’s diagnosed?
Dr. Ophir Frieder explores the power of tech in early mental health detection.

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#AIinHealthcare #MentalHealthTech #GeorgetownCS

From the 40% of jobs AI is expected to transform, to staffing crises in medical systems, Dr. Frieder broke down complex challenges—and opportunities—facing modern healthcare. 💡

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CS Spotlight Series: A Conversation with Professor Ophir Frieder - Department of Computer Science As part of our new CS Spotlight Series at Georgetown, we spoke with Professor Ophir Frieder, whose focus is on scalable information systems and health informatics. An inductee of the Florida Inventors...

🎙️ CS Spotlight Series

Explore Prof. Ophir Frieder’s journey in health tech; from early electronic health tools to innovations in bioinformatics, scalable systems, and medical imaging - showing how tech transforms how we diagnose and treat common infections.

Full interview: shorturl.at/M3nSG