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Upadhyaya receives Graduate Student Mentoring Award
1/13/22
Shambhu Upadhyaya received a 2021-22 Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award, presented by the Graduate School to recognize UB faculty for their support and development of graduate students through their mentoring activities.
Baishakhi Mazumder wins NSF CAREER award
1/10/22
Materials scientist Baishakhi Mazumder received a National Science Foundation CAREER award, which will support her research to improve electrical conductivity in ultrawide band gap semiconductors.
Using AI to automate real-time decision making for swarm robots
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A team of University at Buffalo researchers received the Best Paper award at the IEEE International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems.
UB Hacking returns to Davis Hall
1/6/22
UB Hacking returned to an in-person format this year, with over 300 enthusiastic students convening in Davis Hall for the annual event. This year's event also featured a virtual component for non-UB students that drew participants from around the world.
UB’s Nalini Ratha named as National Academy of Inventors Fellow
1/6/22
Ratha is an Empire Innovation Professor in UB's Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
UB to offer immersive cybersecurity bootcamp
1/6/22
The new program equips participants with skills and experience to pursue a career in cybersecurity.
Deborah Chung ranked No. 14 in materials science; No. 1 in building and construction
1/4/22
Deborah D.L. Chung, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was recently named one of the best material scientists worldwide, according to the 2020 Stanford University ranking.

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4/8/20 2022 Commencement

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Most of this year’s organizing team. From L-R, Back row: Noorul Haq Sabaah, Jonathan Romano, Prasoon Naithani, Nick Macrae, Logan Ramhap, Max Farrington, Rebecca Ramhap; Middle row: Megan Benzinger, Ahana Bhattacharya, Rrucha Singh, Radhika Jois, Shamroy Pellew; Bottom row: Daniel Bueno, Gaurav Jaisinghani.

Students working out their project on a glass board in Davis Hall.

The Serial Evader team work on their project, which earned third place at UB Hacking.

Teknic Nimbus 2000, a hardware-based project, won second place. They used Arduino boards, ultrasonic sensors, speakers and buzzers to develop a guitar that plays background music while also allowing the user to play notes along a major scale.

Hackers brainstorming and working on their projects for UB Hacking 2021.

Overhead view of a team of students working on a project.

Overhead view from the second floor of Davis Hall of hackers working in the Bansal Atrium on the first floor of Davis Hall.

Two members of the Serial Evader team work on their project, which earned third place.

Teknic Nimbus 2000, a hardware-based project, won second place. The team used Arduino boards, ultrasonic sensors, speakers and buzzers to develop a guitar that plays background music while also allowing the user to play notes along a major scale.

Hackers brainstorming and working on their projects for UB Hacking 2021.

Smiles at the start of UB Hacking 2021.

Command Center: Live streaming on Twitch was managed out of Davis 106 by the UB Hacking team for the duration of the event.

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UB Hacking returns to Davis Hall

UB Hacking returned to an in-person format this year, with over 300 enthusiastic students convening in Davis Hall for the 24-hour event and more from outside UB participated remotely. Students worked in teams of up to four people to develop a project in 24 hours, and 88 teams submitted projects. The student-run event was held November 6-7 inside Davis Hall.

This year’s sponsors included M&T Tech, ACV Auctions, Foundry, Moog, Wegmans, ValueCentric/IQVIA, Teknic, Stark & Wayne, and Willis Towers Watson. Partner organizations were CSExplore (donated hardware and ran the hardware lab), CMI AV, and StickerMule. More information is available on the UB Hacking website. Photo credits: Ken Smith and Madison Dailey.

Published December 21, 2021

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