04/21/2025
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - A local couple is proving athletic achievements knows no age by training for the Fargo Marathon together. Ken and Rhonda Magel, of Fargo, have been married for 47 years. In those years, they’ve been running for about 20.

“I literally get up, and the first thing we do is put on running clothes. It’s a great start to the work day,” the two said.

Rhonda will soon be 70-years-old and is training for the full Fargo Marathon. Ken, 74-years-old, is ready for the 10k race. Two different paces, but together, nonetheless. During one of their daily Family Wellness run/walk sessions, Ken said, “She is much, much faster than I am. We go on the same track but I’d say she passes me about two to three times each lap!” Read more at Valley News Live

03/03/2025
Dr. Anne Denton, NDSU Computer Science, is in studio to discuss this and other advancements in computing and artificial intelligence on Afternoons Live with Tyler Axness. You can listen to it here.

02/25/2025
NDSU and North Dakota State College of Science have signed an agreement to establish a streamlined transfer pathway for students pursuing careers in Information Technology. 

The partnership aims to provide students earning an Information Systems Administrator Associate of Applied Science degree at NDSCS with a direct transfer option into NDSU’s Information Technology Bachelor of Science program, strengthening workforce development in North Dakota.

"This new joint program offers technology-oriented students the best of both worlds, a 2-year practice-focused A.A.S. degree at NDSCS together with the rounded 4-year-level bachelor’s degree education that NDSU offers,” said Anne Denton, NDSU professor of computer science. “Building a 2+2 program on top of an A.A.S degree rather than an A.S. degree requires a lot more coordination, and NDSCS has been an amazingly effective and helpful partner in this effort." Read more

01/07/2025
The Department of Computer Science at North Dakota State University is pleased to share a new research article published in the IEEE Access journal. The article, titled "QuIM-RAG: Advancing Retrieval-Augmented Generation With Inverted Question Matching for Enhanced QA Performance", highlights collaborative work by NDSU researchers and alumni.

The research was led by Binita Saha, a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at NDSU, under the guidance of Dr. Muhammad Zubair Malik, Professor in the Department of Computer Science. Co-author Utsha Saha, a former Computer Science graduate from NDSU, now works at the university as a software engineer.

Congratulations to Binita, Dr. Malik, and Utsha on this accomplishment! For more details, read the full article on IEEE Access: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10781379.

11/18/2024
Simone Ludwig is passionate about the rapidly evolving software industry and ensuring students are provided the skills they need to enter an in-demand career. 

That passion is noticeable to faculty in the department, the College of Engineering, as well as students who have had Ludwig as a professor.

The path to teaching wasn’t straightforward for Ludwig. After earning a bachelor’s in engineering, she worked as a software developer for several years. Ludwig’s desire for learning and research prompted her to earn master’s and doctorate degrees in computer science. Pursuing a career in teaching afterwards was a path she has enjoyed taking. Read more

04/25/2025
Professional advisors at NDSU are instrumental in helping you reach your education goals. From degree mapping to sharing campus resources, professional advisors make the NDSU experience better.

Hunter Ferrell, a freshman majoring in computer science, said his advisor, Jill Stromsborg, has been helpful in many ways, including navigating him through the class registration process, showing him how to use Campus Connection and making him feel confident about choosing NDSU.

“Jill has been extremely helpful, super kind and, despite having so much on her plate, finds time to respond to any questions I have with an unbelievable quickness,” Ferrell said.

Ferrell has been meeting with Stromsborg since he enrolled in his NDSU classes last fall. Among some of the best advice he’s received from Stromsborg so far is having taken a relatively light class load his first semester so he could adjust to college life while meeting new friends and maintaining a good GPA. Read more

03/19/2025
NDSU’s data science degree program provides you with the skills needed for success in today’s data-driven world.

Jointly offered by the Departments of Computer Science, Statistics and the College of Business, the curriculum covers statistical and computational techniques as well as business analytics.

“Data science is an interdisciplinary field that uses statistics, computer science and domain knowledge to extract insights from data. It basically involves collecting, cleaning, analyzing and interpreting data to solve problems, make predictions and support decision-making,” said Simone Ludwig, professor and chair of the computer science department. Read more.

02/19/2025
As our homes get smarter, how do we keep them safe? Researchers from North Dakota State University’s (NDSU) Department of Computer Science are exploring new ways to enhance smart home security. Computer science graduate students Mohammed Shalan and Md. Rakibul Hasan, under the mentorship of Professor Juan Li, recently co-authored a study on using blockchain-enabled federated learning for intrusion detection in smart home networks. Their work, published in Smart Cities, investigates how combining these technologies can improve security while maintaining user privacy.

As we fill our homes with smart devices like Alexa and Google Home, how do we ensure they're secure? Our proposed approach allows these smart devices to learn and adapt to threats directly from our home, enhancing privacy since data doesn't leave your local network. Plus, blockchain technology ensures that only verified devices can participate, maintaining a secure environment The best part? It's proven to work against nasty botnets like Mirai and BASHLITE, keeping even the smallest gadgets safe stated Hasan. Read paper

02/13/2025
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - A group of doctoral students at North Dakota State University are looking to change the future for caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients. It’s a website called ADQueryAid.

It’s been a PhD project in the works since 2020. Think of it as a virtual friend helping you navigate taking care of those with Alzheimer’s. An idea stemmed from social media comments.

“From those studies, we found out that when somebody is suffering with Alzheimer’s, it’s not the patient that is suffering it’s also the caregivers that are suffering. From that, it motivated us to design a system not only for Alzheimer’s patients but also the caregivers,” said Word Ul Hasan, the head researcher of the project. Watch full story

02/13/2025
The theme of this year’s Byte-le Royale, hosted by the NDSU student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) provided a unique spin by incorporating RPG elements into a coding competition! This year's game, Commander Clash, gave competitors a comprehensive list of 6 unique leaders and 3 generic characters containing their stats and movesets. By choosing one leader and two generic characters, competitors were tasked to draft the perfect team to fight against other competitors. Those with good team compositions, strategies, and synergy were bound to have success!

The team of Kyle Vogel, Joseph Melancon, and Jonah Stroup (of team Ofastbear, UND) took first place; Nicholas Althoff  (of team Wah, NDSU) took second; and the team of Jason Dexter, Nicholas Lobao, and Johnny Caulder (UND) took third.

The ACM has been hosting the event since 2018 with the initial computational infrastructure built by computer science alum Jordan Goetze. The competition is a very well kept secret each year, which means that the objective and structure of the each year’s game are not revealed until the day of the event. You can learn more about the competition, including previous gameplay at the ACM website.