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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…
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UT Dallas ACM Student Org Launches ACM Research
UT Dallas ACM Student Org Launches ACM Research Over the years, the University of Texas at Dallas Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has grown by leaps and bounds, especially in the last decade. Starting with just one division (ACM Industry) several years ago, ACM has since expanded rapidly with the launch of HackUTD, ACM Projects, ACM…
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State Farm Internship Program Equips Students for Future Success
State Farm Internship Program Equips Students for Future Success Former Interns Land Full-Time Roles after Graduation with Insurance Giant Since 2016 the State Farm internship program at The University of Texas at Dallas has provided opportunities for dozens of students to gain hands-on experience with a notable Fortune 500 company. Now in its fifth year,…
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Meet the Inaugural Class of Axxess Scholars at UT Dallas
Meet the Inaugural Class of Axxess Scholars at UT Dallas Four students in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science have been selected as the inaugural recipients of the Axxess Scholarship. Established with a $500,000 endowed gift from Axxess, the Dallas-based health care technology company founded by CEO John Olajide BS’04, the Axxess…
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Daescu Interviews Thuraisingham About Her Recent Award and Her Research in Theoretical Computer Science
Daescu Interviews Thuraisingham About Her Recent Award and Her Research in Theoretical Computer Science Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham was recently elected a Fellow of the British-based Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) for her research on the Foundations of Secure Data Management. She is already a Fellow of the ACM, IEEE, AAAS, NAI, and the…
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UniversityHQ ranks UT Dallas CS in the Top 50 Best Computer Science Schools and Colleges in the US
UniversityHQ ranks UT Dallas CS in the Top 50 Best Computer Science Schools and Colleges in the US Computer Science has grown exponentially in the last few decades starting from a discipline in which only a very few were involved to a permanent staple, with a ubiquitous presence that impacts everything from our everyday routines…
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UT Dallas Computer Scientists Create Video Game Mechanism To Detect Cheating
UT Dallas Computer Scientists Create Video Game Mechanism To Detect Cheating Via Dallas Innovates | Written By Lauren Hawkins — Using popular video game Counter-Strike, researchers have created a cheat detection mechanism that can be used in a variety of games. The research is especially important as it has the potential to affect the near $1 billion esports…
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New CS Graduate Finds Success Bit by Bit with True Grit and Talent – PhD Pursuit Is Next for Scholar Who Followed Nontraditional Course
New CS Graduate Finds Success Bit by Bit with True Grit and Talent – PhD Pursuit Is Next for Scholar Who Followed Nontraditional Course Itzel Ramirez Tapia has been going through life at 100 miles an hour for as long as she can remember. As a mother, first-generation college student and underrepresented minority, she’s used…
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Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Named AAAS Fellow for Work in Science, Technology
Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Named AAAS Fellow for Work in Science, Technology Four University of Texas at Dallas faculty members have been elected 2020 fellows of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, professor of computer science in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science; Dr. Steven Small,…
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Computer Scientists Launch Counteroffensive Against Video Game Cheaters
Computer Scientists Launch Counteroffensive Against Video Game Cheaters University of Texas at Dallas computer scientists have devised a new weapon against video game players who cheat. The researchers developed their approach for detecting cheaters using the popular first-person shooter game Counter-Strike. But the mechanism can work for any massively multiplayer online (MMO) game that sends…
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UT Dallas Announces Class, Campus Plans for Spring 2021 Semester
UT Dallas Announces Class, Campus Plans for Spring 2021 Semester UT Dallas students like finance freshman Christa York can choose to live on campus and take face-to-face, online and hybrid classes, or live at home and take a full course load online next spring. The spring semester will begin Jan. 19, and the last day…