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CS Student Selected as One of Five Finalists Chosen to Compete in Blackstone LaunchPad Pitch Competition @ Startup Grind
CS Student Selected as One of Five Finalists Chosen to Compete in Blackstone LaunchPad Pitch Competition @ Startup Grind Five student entrepreneurial teams have been selected to pitch live for a total of over $50,000 in cash and in-kind prizes at the upcoming Blackstone LaunchPad Pitch Competition. The competition will be held in Silicon Valley…
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Grace Series Continues to Inspire and Foster a Stronger Community for Women in Tech
Grace Series Continues to Inspire and Foster a Stronger Community for Women in Tech Despite the gains that women have made in STEM careers, men still make up 73% of all STEM workers. In order to combat this issue and help foster a stronger community for women in tech, the UT Dallas Computer Science Department…
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Meet the Newest Class of Axxess Scholars at UT Dallas
Meet the Newest Class of Axxess Scholars at UT Dallas Three computer science students at The University of Texas at Dallas have been selected as the newest cohort of Axxess Scholars. Endowed by a gift from Axxess, a Dallas-based health care technology company founded by John Olajide BS’04, the scholarship program is the largest for…
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Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Discusses How City of Dallas Can Better Protect Itself From Another Major Data Loss
Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Discusses How City of Dallas Can Better Protect Itself From Another Major Data Loss Via Fox 4 News (Dallas, TX) — The report released last week cost the city $500,000. The major conclusion is the city still has a lot of work to do to protect the city’s data. An attorney hired…
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Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Discusses How Ukraine Invasion Raises Possibility of Additional Cyber Attacks in U.S.
Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Discusses How Ukraine Invasion Raises Possibility of Additional Cyber Attacks in U.S. Via Fort Worth Report — Security experts are warning businesses large and small to take extra steps to protect information systems from possible cyber attacks in the wake of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. Michael D. Moore, CEO of…
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Jonsson School Researchers to Debut Groundbreaking Cybersecurity Curriculum
Jonsson School Researchers to Debut Groundbreaking Cybersecurity Curriculum The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts the U.S. will have a shortage of 500,000 or more cybersecurity talent in 2021. To help train cybersecurity professionals, Dr. Latifur Khan, professor of computer science and director of the Big Data Analytics and Management Lab at The University of Texas at…
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Dean, Cybersecurity Researchers Recognized in UT Dallas Investiture Ceremony
Dean, Cybersecurity Researchers Recognized in UT Dallas Investiture Ceremony Four faculty members in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science were honored for distinguished academic careers at a virtual investiture ceremony. Endowed chairs and professorships are the highest academic award leadership of The University of Texas at Dallas can bestow on a faculty…
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Dr. Zygmunt Haas Named ACM Fellow for Computing Advances that are Driving Innovation
Dr. Zygmunt Haas Named ACM Fellow for Computing Advances that are Driving Innovation Innovators Honored for Work in Areas Including Algorithms, Education, Cryptography, Security and Privacy, Medical Informatics, and Networks The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named 71 members as ACM Fellows for wide-ranging and fundamental contributions in areas including algorithms, computer science education,…
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Computer Science Professors Make UTD History as New IEEE Fellows
Computer Science Professors Make UTD History as New IEEE Fellows Two University of Texas at Dallas computer science professors were elected fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world’s largest professional association for the advancement of technology. Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science, and Dr. Latifur Khan, professor…
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Graduating Software Engineer Delivers Speech At The Jonsson School’s Fall’21 Commencement Ceremony
Graduating Software Engineer Delivers Speech At The Jonsson School’s Fall’21 Commencement Ceremony Esteemed faculty, fellow graduates, friends and family, thank you for joining us this morning to celebrate a momentous occasion. My name is Renae Sedluk, and I am a second baccalaureate student receiving a bachelor’s of science in software engineering today. We are gathered…
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Big Idea Competition Showcases Burgeoning Startup Scene at UTD
Big Idea Competition Showcases Burgeoning Startup Scene at UTD Three pitch competitions were rolled into one awards ceremony that conferred more than $400,000 in prize money for the 2021 Big Idea Competition at The University of Texas at Dallas. The Nov. 9 ceremony, hosted by the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE) in the Edith…
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Computer Scientist Gets Grant To Strengthen Software Protection
Computer Scientist Gets Grant To Strengthen Software Protection Like thieves looking for unlocked doors or windows, cybercriminals search for mistakes in software code that could allow them to break into computer networks to steal private data or launch attacks. Dr. Shiyi Wei, assistant professor of computer science at The University of Texas at Dallas Erik…