March 2024

Luddy in the news

Luddy professors continue to demonstrate their excellence and the world is noticing. What I love about all these stories is that we’re not just building things or creating technologies. We are doing so with a distinctive society-centered approach. This is our superpower.

  • Xiaojing Liao, assistant professor of computer science at Luddy Bloomington, recently published a book, but this isn’t your typical academic fare. The book, Lorie in Cybersecurity Wonderland: The Fun of Camping & Mobile Security, is an ingenious way to introduce mobile security concepts to young learners in a relatable way. Read how the book came to be, and find the book on Amazon.
  • Shiaofen Fang, associate dean for research at Luddy Indianapolis, is overseeing a new AI Consortium on the IUI campus. Its purpose is to highlight the cross-disciplinary nature of AI and get more researchers to adopt AI in their research.
  • IUB is an inaugural member of the recently announced U.S. AI Safety Institute Consortium. David Crandall, Luddy professor of computer science and director of the Luddy AI Center, is co-lead on the initiative for IU. We are just one of 31 universities to join the consortium focused on developing and deploying safe and trustworthy AI.
  • Selma Sabanovic, associate dean for faculty affairs at Luddy Bloomington, has worked for years in robotics and AI. Recently, her research using robots to help dementia patients has gained national attention. Wired published an extensive article of Selma’s work in January and printed in the February edition of the magazine. She was also the recent highlight of an NBC News Now story.

Staff/faculty highlight

Elecia Hadley

Elecia Hadley, director of academic advising and student support at Luddy Indianapolis, recently received the IUPUI Passport Advocate of the Year. This award is given to one advocate from each campus involved in the Passport Program (between IUI and Ivy Tech). Elicia has created course pathways, 2+2 agreements, and transfer single articulation pathways (TSAP) agreements to help Ivy Tech students transfer to IUI.

Stacey Arnold

Stacey Arnold, assistant dean for student services at Luddy Bloomington, has won a prestigious national award, the National Association for Student Service Administrators (NASPA) Black Diaspora Knowledge Community Stellar 50 Award. This is in recognition of her professional endeavors to advance the student affairs profession. Stacey is still relatively new to Luddy Bloomington but has already made a significant impact to our community.

Join me in congratulating Elecia and Stacey for their well-earned awards!