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UT Dallas CS Department Partners with IBM Watson to Offer an Undergraduate Course
UT Dallas CS Department Partners with IBM Watson to Offer an Undergraduate Course During the Fall 2015 semester, the IBM Academic Initiative and the Watson Academic Engagement collaborated with the UT Dallas Computer Science department to offer students the opportunity to enroll in the Fall 2015 Cognitive Course Leveraging Watson. The goal of the course…
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UT Dallas CS and Samsung Join Forces to Offer First Ever Mobile VR Course
UT Dallas CS and Samsung Join Forces to Offer First Ever Mobile VR Course This past fall, UT Dallas, in collaboration with Samsung Electronics America, provided UT Dallas Computer Science students the opportunity to participate in an in-depth Virtual Reality (VR) course. Samsung donated 30 Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition head-mounted displays (HMDs) along with 30 Samsung…
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CS & SE Seniors Present their Capstone Projects at the Fall 2015 UTDesign CS Expo
CS & SE Seniors Present their Capstone Projects at the Fall 2015 UTDesign CS Expo UT Dallas Computer Science and Software Engineering seniors came together last December to present their capstone projects at the Fall 2015 UTDesign Computer Science Expo. Nineteen teams ranging from three to five members each participated in the UTDesign CS Expo. For one semester, both Computer Science and…
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UT-DIISC Holds Their Inaugural Conference, the International Workshop on Interactive & Spatial Computing (IWISC 2015)
UT-DIISC Holds Their Inaugural Conference, the International Workshop on Interactive & Spatial Computing (IWISC 2015) The newly established University of Texas at Dallas Institute on Interactive and Spatial Computing (UT-DIISC) held its first International Workshop on Interactive and Spatial Computing (IWISC 2015). The workshop was held in Dallas, TX, over the first weekend in December.…
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University Journey Took UT Dallas Computer Scientist Alumnus Beyond His Planned Path
University Journey Took UT Dallas Computer Scientist Alumnus Beyond His Planned Path Stepping onto the UT Dallas campus for freshman orientation, I had a goal: to learn all of the things I didn’t know as quickly as possible, and move on to The Next Thing. In my mind The Next Thing was a clear, tangible…
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Three-hundred Graduates attend the UT Dallas CS Fall 2015 Graduation Luncheon
Three-hundred Graduates attend the UT Dallas CS Fall 2015 Graduation Luncheon Friends, family, and UT Dallas Computer Science faculty and staff came together last December to celebrate the achievements of the UT Dallas Fall 2015 Computer Science and Software Engineering graduating class. To recognize the dedication and hard work of the fall 2015 graduating class, the UT…
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Dr. Veerasamy talks with the Dallas Morning News and the Associated Press about Coding for Kids
Dr. Veerasamy talks with the Dallas Morning News and the Associated Press about Coding for Kids Dallas Morning News — When the last bell rings through the halls of Herfurth Elementary School, 10-year-old Savannah Schwarz races to the computer lab. She posts up outside the door in anticipation of coding club. The after-school sessions were…
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Battle of the Brains: Fall 2015 High School Programming Contest
Battle of the Brains: Fall 2015 High School Programming Contest For almost a decade, the UT Dallas Computer Science department has been conducting a statewide “Battle of the Brains: High School Programming Contest.” The contest, which follows ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) style, is held twice a year at the…
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Washington Post’s CIO/CTO, Shailesh Prakash launches the UT Dallas CS Fall 2015 Distinguished Lecture Series
Washington Post’s CIO/CTO, Shailesh Prakash launches the UT Dallas CS Fall 2015 Distinguished Lecture Series On November 6th, the UT Dallas Computer Science Department’s Distinguished Lecture series featured Mr. Shailesh Prakash, Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief of Technology (CTO) at The Washington Post as the first speaker. Mr. Prakash holds a BS in Computer…
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Dr. Fred Schneider – The Fall 2015 Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series
Dr. Fred Schneider – The Fall 2015 Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series The UT Dallas Computer Science Department’s Distinguished Lecture series featured Dr. Fred B. Schneider on November 13th. Dr. Schneider is the chairman and Samuel B. Eckert Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University, where he has been on the faculty since 1978. Dr.…
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CS Freshman Raviteja Lingineni wins First Place in the Business Idea Competition for Undergraduates
CS Freshman Raviteja Lingineni wins First Place in the Business Idea Competition for Undergraduates From Indian food trucks to automated parking systems, UT Dallas students recently shared new business ideas that they hope will meet consumer needs, attract financial backers, and launch them into a successful career. Nearly 300 students participated in the 2015 Business…
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UT Dallas Cyber Security Institute celebrates its 5th Annual TexSAW
UT Dallas Cyber Security Institute celebrates its 5th Annual TexSAW The UT Dallas’ Cyber Security Research and Education Institute (CSI) in conjunction with the UT Dallas Computer Science department hosted their 5th Annual Texas Security Awareness Week (TexSAW) 2015. TexSAW 2015 gathered CS students from across Texas who were interested in pursuing computer security and…