It was our pleasure to host visitors from Taiwan, including Shun-Chi Wu, professor and vice president for student affairs, and Tsung-Kuang Yeh, professor and dean of the College of Nuclear Science, from National Tsing Hua University, for a brief visit!

Costain’s work was supported by the Software Engineering and Cybersecurity Research Team led by Minhaz Zibran, professor of computer science and associate dean of student success in the College of Science and Engineering.

Comprendia is an Eclipse plugin, a modular piece of code that extends functionality, that draws a Java project’s dependency graph and uses that same visualization to highlight code clones, duplicated or near-duplicated code, and ground the LLM explanation, tying the AI’s answer to the real project.

Costain Nachuma, a doctoral student in computer science, presented Comprendia: AI-Augmented Code Comprehension at the 42nd IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution in Benevento, Italy, this past September.

Spooktacular Science is an afternoon of fun for the whole family on Saturday, October 17, at 1:00 p.m. in Room 140 of the Physical Science Building. Costumes are encouraged, local business raffle tickets will be sold, and liquid nitrogen ice cream will be offered after the show!

Cauldrons & Kaboom is this year’s student and faculty Halloween party on Friday, October 16, at 7:00 p.m. in Room 140 of the Physical Science Building. Costumes are encouraged, and liquid nitrogen ice cream will be provided after the show.

Join Anna Grinath, associate prof, and graduate student Calista Gresick as they discuss ways to help students find their place in science education and offer suggestions teachers can use to promote student learning, with host Marty Blair, vp for research and economic development.

Kyunggeune (Ted) Oh, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Measurement & Control Engineering, will be discussing biomechanics, robotics, and more on October 9 from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Clearwater Room at the Pond Student Union Building.

Thanks to his experience in the ISU Hands-On Nuclear Criticality Safety Workshop, he was asked to become a Fissile Material Handler, building the fuel assemblies for Aalo’s critical test reactor and helping the company meet the July 4 criticality deadline.