The Institute for Information Sciences

Creating and disseminating fundamental knowledge and new technologies

The mission of I2S is to sustain and grow national leadership in the creation, dissemination, and commercialization of new technologies in computer systems, communication systems, and radar systems.

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KU doctoral student selected for prestigious training program in extreme-scale computing

University of Kansas doctoral student Christina Hymer was selected to participate in the 2026 Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing (ATPESC), a highly competitive program that prepares the next generation of computational scientists to harness the world’s most powerful supercomputers for scientific discovery.

I2S researchers earn IEEE TPDS Best Paper Award Runner-Up honor

University of Kansas doctoral candidate Kyrian Chinemeze Adimora and his advisor, Hongyang Sun, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and faculty member of the Institute for Information Sciences (I2S), have been recognized with the 2025 Best Paper Award Runner-Up by IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS).

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KU Engineering researcher receives NSF CAREER award for work on reliable healthcare AI

Zijun Yao, assistant professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Kansas, earned a National Science Foundation CAREER award for a project that tackles a major hurdle in healthcare technology: teaching AI to understand a patient’s full medical history without losing sight of human clinical judgment.

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National Science Foundation honors KU Engineering researcher for protecting public trust in global supply chains

Sumaiya Shomaji, assistant professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Kansas, is building a secure, high-tech tracking system powered by artificial intelligence. Her project, AuthenTrack, recently earned her a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award.

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