Much ink has been spilled discussing what the career prospects are for a CS graduate in this day and age where generative AI has upturned our world. Much of that ink has predicted a gloomy outlook. Here I cast a decidedly more optimistic look, but realizing the positive outcomes will take some action, for educators and learners.

In Texas, many data centers are located in areas where water supplies already are under high stress, according to research by Yi Ding, an assistant professor at Purdue University’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

“You could consume the same amount of water in Texas and Iowa,” Ding said. “But the environmental burden is different because Texas is more dry.”

Research by Purdue University's Yi Ding has shown that AI chips can last longer without losing performance.

"But it's hard to convince semiconductor companies to make less money" by encouraging customers to keep using the same equipment longer, Ding added.

“Participating in LPCVC gives [people] an opportunity to compete with the world’s top researchers,” said Yung-Hsiang Lu, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University. “For the field, LPCVC gives researchers from different organizations and countries a chance to share their best solutions. Together, they propel the technology forward.”

Enrollment in chip design coursework is "going through the roof," says Vijay Raghunathan, the director of semiconductor education for Purdue University.

"The successful landing of any flying vehicle relies on minimizing the velocity as it approaches the surface before impact and dissipating energy quickly after the impact," explained Nak-seung Patrick Hyun, a former Harvard postdoctoral fellow and now an assistant professor at Purdue University's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. "Even with the tiny wing flaps of RoboBee, the ground effect is non-negligible when flying close to the surface, and things can get worse after the impact as it bounces and tumbles." Hyun led the RoboBee's landing tests on both solid surfaces and a leaf, just like a real insect.

Mark Lundstrom, Purdue's chief semiconductor officer, answers zoning concerns for a $3.87B facility - including from colleagues - why SK hynix picked WL over LEAP and a case for a silicon heartland.

"Right now, a soil moisture sensor, you'd have about 1 of those per 100 acres. In the future, you might have hundreds, or even more, per acre," said David Love, the Nick Trbovich professor of electrical and computer engineering.

"Our hope for quantum computation is that it will aid chemists, materials scientists and engineers working on the design and manufacturing of new materials that are so important to our daily lives," said Michael Manfra, scientific director of Microsoft Quantum Lab West Lafayette, professor of electrical and computer engineering, Bill and Dee O'Brien Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and professor of materials engineering at Purdue.

"Today's atomic clocks enable GPS systems with a positional accuracy of a few meters. With an optical atomic clock, you may achieve a precision of just a few centimeters. This improves the autonomy of vehicles, and all electronic systems based on positioning," said Prof. Minghao Qi from Purdue University