Fully Integrated Online Workshop
Flexibility was a major factor in Alicia Guerra’s (M.A.S. DSC 1st Year) decision to enroll into Illinois Tech’s Master of Data Science online program. As a caregiver for a special-needs sister and...
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Taking Theory to Real-World Impact
A strong balance of theory, research, and hands-on experience attracted Sharanya Mishra (M.A.S. DSC 2nd Year) to Illinois Tech’s Mater of Data Science program, and she learned how it’s fostered by a...
A Different Build in Â鶹APP
The internships, research projects, and campus leadership roles that Lalith Kothuru (CS/M.A.S. 4th Year) found at Illinois Tech pushed him to apply concepts that he learned in the classroom while...
Research Optimizes Energy Use and Production with IoT Architecture
Working on a paper that was recently published in Nature helped Md. Samiur Rahman (M.S. CS 2nd Year) prove that an integrated Internet of Things (IoT) architecture can optimize a renewable energy...
Putting Data to Good Use
Pranav Kuchibhotla (AI 4th Year) quickly noticed that the wide range of topics that courses in Illinois Tech’s B.S. in Artificial Intelligence covers—from core algorithms and data structures to deep...
Mixing Theory with Practice
Sanjana Waghray (M.A.S. DSC 2nd Year) says that she found a rare balance between classroom theory and real-world practice while enrolled in Illinois Tech’s Master of Data Science program, which she...
The STEM Storyteller
When Anita Debarlaben (CS ’90) mentioned to her high school guidance counselor that she wanted to be a scientist or engineer, she was told she had zero chance of making it. Students from her inner...
Ahead of the Curve
“I was where I was when I was,” he says via telephone from India, where he is serving his second term as an independent member in the upper house of India’s Parliament, representing Bangalore and the...
Brewing Up Something Big
The first taste of craft beer for Ankur Jain (CS ’03) was a swig of Anchor Steam, whose nineteenth-century recipe and California ocean-port pedigree made it a great object lesson in a course he took...
Teaching Tech Around the Globe
Growing up in Jordan, Jafar Al Zoubi (M.S. CS 2nd Year, Ph.D. CS 1st year) has always been fascinated by computers and technology. In high school he was introduced to programming languages and...