Category: Research

Here’s Why a Computer Science Degree from UT Dallas is your Launchpad for Career Success

Here’s Why a Computer Science Degree from UT Dallas is your Launchpad for Career Success We’re reliant on technology more than ever before, and examples abound. Both individuals and businesses use products or services by tech giants, including Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft, to meet their business goals or for entertainment purposes. We rely on voice […]

UT Dallas CS Undergraduate Researcher Named Goldwater Scholar

UT Dallas CS Undergraduate Researcher Named Goldwater Scholar Two University of Texas at Dallas undergraduate students — one in computer science and one in neuroscience — have been recognized with awards from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. Anja Sheppard, a junior in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, and […]

UT Dallas CS Professors Make a Strong Impact at AAAI’21

UT Dallas CS Professors Make a Strong Impact at AAAI’21 Members of UT Dallas’s Machine Learning Center, directed by Professor Sriraam Natarajan and the Cyber Security Research and Education Institute, directed by Professor Bhavani Thuraisingham, have published seven papers at AAAI 2021 (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence), a top-tier AI conference held virtually in […]

Richardson and UTD Partner for New Innovation District Hub

Richardson and UTD Partner for New Innovation District Hub The University of Texas at Dallas is teaming up with the city of Richardson on what they hope will be a transformational project — a new anchor for what Richardson is calling its Innovation Quarter. The district includes about 1,200 acres east of U.S. Highway 75 […]

Computer Scientists Enhance Alexa’s Small-Talk Skills

Computer Scientists Enhance Alexa’s Small-Talk Skills Amazon Alexa can give the weather forecast, play a requested song and set an alarm. But could the virtual assistant ever have humanlike conversations with users? That’s the challenge for a University of Texas at Dallas team of computer science students competing in the Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge […]

Haas Receives ICOIN 2021 Best Paper Award  

Haas Receives ICOIN 2021 Best Paper Award   Earlier this year, a paper written by Dr. Zygmunt Haas and a post-doc in his research group, Dr. Zhong Zheng, entitled “Engineering a Network in the Sky,” won the Best Paper Award at the 35th International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN 2021). The conference took place on […]

UT Dallas ACM Student Org Launches ACM Research

UT Dallas ACM Student Org Launches ACM Research Over the years, the University of Texas at Dallas Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has grown by leaps and bounds, especially in the last decade. Starting with just one division (ACM Industry) several years ago, ACM has since expanded rapidly with the launch of HackUTD, ACM Projects, ACM […]

Daescu Interviews Thuraisingham About Her Recent Award and Her Research in Theoretical Computer Science

Daescu Interviews Thuraisingham About Her Recent Award and Her Research in Theoretical Computer Science Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham was recently elected a Fellow of the British-based Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) for her research on the Foundations of Secure Data Management. She is already a Fellow of the ACM, IEEE, AAAS, NAI, and the […]

UT Dallas Computer Scientists Create Video Game Mechanism To Detect Cheating

UT Dallas Computer Scientists Create Video Game Mechanism To Detect Cheating Via Dallas Innovates | Written By Lauren Hawkins — Using popular video game Counter-Strike, researchers have created a cheat detection mechanism that can be used in a variety of games. The research is especially important as it has the potential to affect the near $1 billion esports […]

New CS Graduate Finds Success Bit by Bit with True Grit and Talent – PhD Pursuit Is Next for Scholar Who Followed Nontraditional Course

New CS Graduate Finds Success Bit by Bit with True Grit and Talent – PhD Pursuit Is Next for Scholar Who Followed Nontraditional Course Itzel Ramirez Tapia has been going through life at 100 miles an hour for as long as she can remember. As a mother, first-generation college student and underrepresented minority, she’s used […]