Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Microsoft Gift Supports Integrated Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Research at Howard University

Category: Research, College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Electrical Engineering Alumna Renetta Garrison Tull Receives ECEDHA Diversity Award as UC Davis Vice Chancellor of DEI

Alumna Renetta Garrison Tull, Ph.D. (BSEE ‘91) recently received the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Head Association’s (ECEDHA) Diversity Award. According to the ECEDHA website, this award is given to department(s) or individual(s) in recognition of proactive efforts to increase cultural, ethnic, and gender diversity within the ECE student body and among ECE faculty, that go well above and beyond the normal institutional recruiting practices. ECEDHA membership comprises over 250 ECE department heads or chairs from across the US and Canada.

Category: Alumni, College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Computer Science Professor Legand Burge Leads $15M NIH Initiative to Promote Diversity in AI and Machine Learning Fields

Howard University has been selected to lead the $15 million data science training core of the National Institutes of Health-backed consortium that seeks to close diversity gaps in the artificial intelligence and machine learning fields. Howard computer scientist Legand Burge III, Ph.D., will participate as principal investigator of the data science training aspects of the initiative.  

Category: Research, College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science