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  • ‘Reversing the Brain Drain’: A Tier One Report

    This piece is an excerpt from a report that first ran in the UT Dallas Magazine.  The Magazine is available online or by free AppleiTunes app. Friendly competition has led to substantial public and private support for research in Texas.  When President David E. Daniel set out to transform The University of Texas at Dallas…

  • 100+ Programming Camps in 11 Weeks at UT Dallas and Around the Metroplex

    Programming Camps, sponsored by the Department of Computer Science at UT Dallas, provide a fun way for kids of all ages to learn how to write software programs. Topics include Scratch, Logo, Finch & Scribbler Robots, Alice, JavaScript, Java, C++, Python, GameMaker, Animation (Flash & Maya), Minecraft MODs, Contest Problmes, Greenfoot, Android iOS apps, and…

  • Malware’s Threat to Data Security is Focus of Kusch Lecture

    Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, who will deliver this year’s Polykarp Kusch Lecture, is an authority on data security and data mining. The cyberattack on U.S. Central Command, the organization that oversaw U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a few years ago was considered the worst computer attack in military history. A new form of malicious code…

  • Cloud Computing Project Wins First-of-its-Kind Google Award

    Dr. Lawrence Chung, associate professor of computer science at UT Dallas, could not predict with 100 percent certainty that his cloud computing project would be recipient of a-first-of-its-kind award from Google, but he kept his hopes high.  “Our research at UT Dallas is world-class,” he said. “We do cutting-edge research.” Indeed, his SilverLining team of…

  • Research Seeks to Refine Data Transmission for Medical Diagnoses

    Dr. Xiaohu Guo knew the research expectations for faculty in the computer science department at UT Dallas were high, but he didn’t know his work this semester would be boosted by a $448,000 National Science Foundation CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) award. The highly competitive grant program funds research of junior faculty who are considered…

  • Previous Computer Science student is now an Assistant Professor

    Dr. Yin Yang (yyang@ece.unm.edu) earned his BS degree in Jiangnan University in China and his PhD in Computer Science at UT Dallas in Texas.  He now does research in graphics simulation animation visualization and works as an assistant professor for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico. He is truly…

  • UTDesign’s New Program to Stir Children’s Interest in STEM Fields

    UTDesign’s New Program to Stir Children’s Interest in STEM Fields

    UTDesign’s New Program to Stir Children’s Interest in STEM Fields UT Dallas computer science and engineering students are helping launch a program designed to fire up interest in the STEM fields among area K-12 students. STEMfire aims to nurture a pipeline of young students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields and prepares them…