Lightning Talk Series: Breaking Barriers in Tech: Navigating AI, Opportunity, and Career Growth

Khoury Sparks: A Lightning Talk Series  

An engaging, high-impact 20-minute talk series that connects prospective graduate students with Northeastern University’s Khoury College of Computer Sciences faculty and current graduate students. Khoury Sparks showcases cutting-edge research, applied projects, and teaching innovations—highlighting how graduate study at Khoury is exciting, attainable, and deeply connected to the needs of today’s tech industry. 

Breaking Barriers in Tech: Navigating AI, Opportunity, and Career Growth

In this lightning talk, Dr. Huihui Wang will share her journey from international student to professor at Northeastern University’s Khoury College of Computer Sciences in Arlington. She will take you on a whirlwind tour from Alan Turing—the pioneer who sparked the age of artificial intelligence—to the transformative possibilities of 21st-century AI. Along the way, she’ll reflect on her path as a determined and resourceful student balancing ambition with limited resources, and how that journey propelled her into national and international leadership roles in engineering and computing, alongside her work as Director of Computing Programs at Khoury in Arlington.

Walk away inspired, with a new appreciation for the history of computing, excitement about AI’s future, and a clear glimpse of the incredible career opportunities in computing that could be yours. Whether you’re curious about technology or ready to shape the next wave of innovation, this talk will leave you energized and ready to dive in!