College of Engineering and Sciences - Computer Science

Fall 2025 Career Expo
2025-09-23 20:00 - 23:00 UTC
The PNW 2025 Fall Career Expo is a career fair for students and alumni of Purdue University Northwest that are seeking full time employment and internships across all industries and academic majors.
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Items to note about this event:

Location: Hammond Campus, Fitness and Recreation Center gymnasium.
Plan accordingly to dress appropriately to meet with employers, first impressions count! This event is business casual attire preferred, which means no jeans, sweatpants, shorts, t-shirts, sneakers, ball caps and otherwise revealing attire. Clean and neat looking apparel is recommended.
Research the employers that are listed before coming to this event. Employers expect you to sell yourself to them, not the other way around, so take some time, and plan who you want to talk to and what you want to say. Practice your introduction.
Utilize the Online Career Center in Brightspace to prepare and bring multiple copies of your resume to distribute to the employers that interest you the most and maybe a few more you meet that day.

Remember to ask for business cards and follow through with a polite “thank you” email.
You are the PRIDE of PNW, so please be on your best behavior. We know you will do well.
If you have any questions, or are unsure, contact the Career Center at thecareercenter@pnw.edu. It is our job to help you feel prepared!

Fall Break
2025-10-13 - 2025-10-15
PNW will observe Fall Break on Monday and Tuesday, October 13 and 14, 2025. There are no classes, but campus offices are open, with some exceptions.
Fall Break Notices (Oct. 13 and 14)

The Hammond Bookstore will be closed.
The Pride Café in the Student Union Library Building (SULB) and Leo’s Market in the Classroom Office Building (CLO) will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Hammond Fitness Center will be open 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Westville Fitness Center will be open 7 a.m. to noon.

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Spring 2026 Priority Registration: All Students
2025-10-27 - 2025-11-07
Priority Registration for Spring 2026 begins Monday, October 27, and follows the order below.

October 27 and 28 – Graduate Students, Undergraduate Seniors, Honors College Students, Veterans, Student Athletes, TRIO Students
October 29 and 30 – Undergraduate Juniors
October 31 and November 1 – Undergraduate Sophomores
November 4 and 5 – Undergraduate Freshmen
November 6 – All Students

Students can find the earliest date and time they can register for Spring 2026 by going to the Registering for Classes page in myPNW and clicking on “View Registration Status” and then selecting “Prepare for Registration.”
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"Towards Robust & Secure AI Agents in Open-World" with Professor Shafkat Islam
2025-11-14 20:30 - 21:30
Computer Science and CIVS Distinguished Speaker Seminar
Ensuring secure and robust AI agents in open-world environments is vital to counter emerging cyber threats. This talk presents three research directions:

an environment-agnostic, evidence-based framework for assessing AI robustness,
analysis and defense against triggerless backdoor attacks in federated learning, and
orchestration and monitoring strategies for resilient, fault-tolerant computation in heterogeneous platforms.

Meet the Speaker
Shafkat Islam
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Shafkat Islam is an assistant professor and the director of the Trustworthy, Robust & Secure Intelligent Systems (TRUST-IT) lab in the computer science department at Purdue University Northwest.

Last Day to Drop a Full-Term Fall 2025 Course
2025-11-14 22:30
The last day to drop a Full-Term Fall 2025 Course is Friday, November 14, 2025, at 4:30 p.m.

Thanksgiving Break - No Classes
2025-11-26 - 2025-11-30
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, there will be no classes from Wednesday, November 26, through Saturday, November 29.
PNW Campuses will be closed from Thursday, November 27, through Saturday, November 29.
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Thanksgiving Break - Campuses Closed
2025-11-27 - 2025-11-30
PNW Campuses will be closed from Thursday, November 27, through Saturday, November 29.
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, there will be no classes from Wednesday, November 26, through Saturday, November 29.
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Fall 2025 Classes End
2025-12-13 - 2025-12-14
Fall Classes end Saturday, December 13. Next week are final exams!
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Fall 2025 Final Exams
2025-12-15 - 2025-12-21
Final Exams run Monday, December 15, through Saturday, December 20.
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Fall 2025 Final Grades Due
2025-12-22 23:00
Final grades are due by 5 p.m. (Central) on Monday, December 22.
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Days of Discovery 2026
2026-04-16 13:00 - 22:00
Please join us for the 2026 PNW Days of Discovery. Purdue Northwest’s annual symposium showcasing research, scholarship and creative activities. This year’s event will take place on Thursday, April 16, 2026, on the Hammond Campus.
