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For Esports, Year Full of Smashing Successes, New Energy
For Esports, Year Full of Smashing Successes, New Energy Although this year’s championship took place completely online, when the UT Dallas Super Smash Bros. Ultimate team won its second national title, the sense of victory was palpable. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University’s varsity athletics esports team spent its entire season meeting, practicing and…
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UT Dallas CS Researchers Apply Power of AI To Forecast Energy Supply, Demand
UT Dallas CS Researchers Apply Power of AI To Forecast Energy Supply, Demand The increasing use of renewable, fluctuating power sources, such as wind and solar energy, has made it more challenging than ever to forecast electricity prices. In partnership with Vistra, one of the largest competitive power generators in the U.S., University of Texas…
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Dr. Kantarcioglu talks Cyber Security at Home with CBS11
Dr. Kantarcioglu talks Cyber Security at Home with CBS11 VIA CBSDFW.COM – The family of a 9-year-old boy in Fort Worth is sharing their story after they say a hacker targeted him on their Amazon Kindle Fire and began asking for private information. “My fourth child was having some designated quiet time on his Kindle. The…
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TexSAW Virtually Celebrates its 10th Year
TexSAW Virtually Celebrates its 10th Year Last fall, the UT Dallas Cyber Security Research and Education Institute (CSI), in conjunction with the UT Dallas Computer Science Department, virtually celebrated its 10th Annual Texas Security Awareness Week (TexSAW 2020). Each year, TexSAW brings together cybersecurity, computer science, and software engineering students from across Texas who are interested in…
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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…
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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…
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HackAI’21 Goes Virtual For Its Third AI Focused Hackathon
HackAI’21 Goes Virtual For Its Third AI Focused Hackathon Today, artificial intelligence is a buzzword that’s frequently mentioned. Still, many students are unaware of what it means, the subtopics within the field, and how they can get started and nurture their interests, especially beginners. The AI Society hopes to take the mystery out of this specialized niche…
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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…
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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…
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UT Dallas Cyber Security Expert Weighs in on COVID Vaccination Card scams
UT Dallas Cyber Security Expert Weighs in on COVID Vaccination Card scams Via Healthline News — The current pandemic has provided scammers new opportunities to defraud the public. The latest one is a fake COVID-19 vaccine “survey.” Experts say it’s illegal to buy vaccines or a vaccination card privately — and there can be legal consequences…
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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…
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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…