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University Joins National Transportation Center in Cybersecurity
The University of Texas at Dallas recently joined a multi-university transportation center focusing on cybersecurity that is sponsored by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT). Clemson University, the lead university of this center, invited UT Dallas to join its proposal team due to the exceptional expertise UT Dallas has developed in cybersecurity and privacy…
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CS Student Speakers Inspire at University Commencement Ceremony
Below are spring’23 CS graduation commencement speeches made by Cady Baltz, BS in CS, and Sukanya Baichwal, MS in CS. Below is Cady Baltz speech. Hello everyone! I am so honored to be a part of this day as we celebrate the Class of 2023. I also would like to extend a warm welcome to…
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ACM UTD Named Top Chapter for School Service
Recently, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) student chapter at The University of Texas at Dallas (ACM UTD) was recognized as the top ACM chapter for school service in 2023 and was awarded the 2022-2023 ACM Student Chapter Excellence Award for “Outstanding School Service.” Out of approximately 700 ACM student chapters worldwide, ACM UTD was…
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City of Dallas likely targeted in ransomware attack, city official says
Via Dallas Morning News — Dallas officials say the city likely was hit with a ransomware attack, affecting 311, the municipal court and other departments on Wednesday. Dallas chief financial officer Jack Ireland sent a message to the mayor and City Council on Wednesday saying “a number of servers have been compromised” because of the…
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Grace Series Talks Continue To Empower With Final Speaker Of Spring’23 Series
The UT Dallas CS Department continued its Spring’23 Grace Series talks with Pallabi Parveen, a Principal-Big Data Software Engineer at AT&T. Pallabi earned her Ph.D. from UT Dallas while under the supervision of Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham. The Grace Series recognizes women and their accomplishments with empowering talks that aim to foster a community for female…
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Handbook of Software Fault Localization by Professor W. Eric Wong
The Handbook of Software Fault Localization: Foundations and Advances edited by Dr. W. Eric Wong, Professor and Director of the Software Engineering Program of the Computer Science Department at the University of Texas at Dallas, and Dr. T.H. Tse, an Honorary Professor in Computer Science with The University of Hong Kong, has been jointly published…
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UTD To Honor Newest Group of Endowed Chairs, Professors
The University of Texas at Dallas will recognize 14 outstanding faculty members at its 2023 Investiture Ceremony, to be held April 14 in the Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building Lecture Hall.
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The Last Word: Dr. Kangkook Jee on How UTD Students Are Making Their Mark in National Competitions
A team of UT Dallas students placed fourth in the U.S. in the 2022 National Security Agency (NSA) Codebreaker Challenge, which tasked college students with solving a fictional ransomware attack.
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UT Dallas CS Hosts 2023 Spring IEEE International Contest on Software Testing
The Computer Science Department at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), in conjunction with the Technical Committee of System and Software Assurance of the IEEE Reliability Society (RS) and the RS Dallas Chapter, organized a very successful International Contest on Software Testing on April 8, 2023. The contest was held in a hybrid mode…
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Dr. K. Truemper Publishes His Latest Book, Artificial Intelligence: Why AI Projects Succeed or Fail
For almost 50 years, Dr. Klaus Truemper has worked at the University of Texas at Dallas: the first two decades in Operations Research and Mathematics, and then in Artificial Intelligence (AI). At present, he is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science. He recently published his AI insights and findings in the book Artificial Intelligence: Why AI Projects…
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Chatbots Could Be The Next Big Hacking Tool—Here’s How To Defend Yourself
Researchers have found a way to make Bing’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ask for user information. The new method could be a convenient tool for hackers. There’s growing concern that chatbots could be used for malicious purposes, including scams.
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Spring’23 Grace Series Continues to Inspire with Saritha Reddy
As technology trends show, the tech industry is always one step ahead regarding innovation. However, one region seems to be lagging behind—gender diversity. The World Bank reports that globally women make up less than 40% of the global workforce. Women are consistently highly underrepresented in the technology field. Women in the tech industry face many…