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Dr. Lingming Zhang Receives NSF CAREER Award for Advance Software Debugging Technology
Dr. Lingming Zhang Receives NSF CAREER Award for Advance Software Debugging Technology Hunting for software bugs that might be hidden in millions of lines of code can be a painstaking and expensive task. Even the best automated testing and debugging systems cannot detect and fix all possible mistakes, which can affect everything from phone apps…
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How To Protect Yourself from Cyberattacks at Home
How To Protect Yourself from Cyberattacks at Home The COVID-19 pandemic has led to new cybersecurity threats as more people work from home, children spend more time online and scammers target taxpayers’ stimulus payments. Cybersecurity expert Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, professor of computer science at The University of Texas at Dallas, shared some tips for protecting…
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UT Dallas SE PhD Alumni, Dr. Oscar Chaparro, Earns the 2020 David Daniel Thesis Award
UT Dallas SE PhD Alumni, Dr. Oscar Chaparro, Earns the 2020 David Daniel Thesis Award UT Dallas Software Engineering Ph.D. Alumni, Dr. Oscar Chaparro, was named one of two students to earn this year’s David Daniel Thesis Award. The award is supported by an endowment established in 2006 by Dr. David Daniel, president emeritus of…
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Summer Coding Camps Move to New Platform with Same Fun for Computer Fundamentals
Summer Coding Camps Move to New Platform with Same Fun for Computer Fundamentals Coding camps at The University of Texas at Dallas are helping area school children sharpen their computer literacy and skills through interactive online classes this summer. The camps are the brainchild of Dr. Jey Veerasamy, senior lecturer in computer science and director…
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UT Dallas CS Salutes the Hard Work of the Spring 2020 Graduates with a Unique Online Experience
UT Dallas CS Salutes the Hard Work of the Spring 2020 Graduates with a Unique Online Experience When the COVID-19 pandemic forced college seniors across the globe to finish their final semester online, it dramatically altered one of the most significant events of their lives: their college graduation ceremonies. However, UT Dallas refused to let…
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Software Project Aims To Keep Patient Data Protected in COVID-19 Research
Software Project Aims To Keep Patient Data Protected in COVID-19 Research The COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgent need for sharing patient data to help scientists learn more about the virus and how to stop it from spreading. One key ethical issue, however, is how much information can health providers disclose to researchers without violating…
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Three UTD CS Professors are Among This Year’s UTD Office of Research Seed Grant Winners
Three UTD CS Professors are Among This Year’s UTD Office of Research Seed Grant Winners Last month, the UT Dallas Office of Research named this year’s seed grant winners. Among the list of Seed Program for Interdisciplinary Research (SPIRe) recipients are three UT Dallas Computer Science Professors, Drs. Vincent Ng, Murat Kantarcioglu, and Jessica Ouyang.…
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Graduating Software Engineering Student Veteran Discovers Perfect Balance in Service, Studies
Graduating Software Engineering Student Veteran Discovers Perfect Balance in Service, Studies Software engineering senior and student veteran Yugesh Taksari has managed to balance his duties in the Army Reserve with his coursework at The University of Texas at Dallas — all while maintaining a 4.0 GPA. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, he has spent one weekend…
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CS Alumnus Helps Create Emergency Fund for University’s International Students
CS Alumnus Helps Create Emergency Fund for University’s International Students Yanjie Liu, a University of Texas at Dallas computer science senior from Nanchang, China, had big plans this spring and summer. He was preparing for an internship that would have transitioned after graduation into a full-time job. Then the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything. The internship…
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Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Discusses Whether Stablecoins are the Future of the Crypto Space
Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Discusses Whether Stablecoins are the Future of the Crypto Space Via E-Crypto News — The stable coins vs. other tokens battle has been raging on for the better part of five years now. This has left many wondering if for some reason stable coins are the future of the crypto space. E-Crypto News…
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Researchers Chart Vital Territory with COVID-19 Data Dashboards
Researchers Chart Vital Territory with COVID-19 Data Dashboards To contribute to the public battle with COVID-19, University of Texas at Dallas faculty, staff and students have built websites that track current coronavirus health data and model future scenarios. Researchers from the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC), the School of Economics, Political and…
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Not Just Any Science: Computer Science – Getting a BS CS or BS SE @ UT Dallas
Not Just Any Science: Computer Science – Getting a BS CS or BS SE @ UT Dallas Technology is increasingly impacting our lives, from smartphones, social media, devices such as Alexa, the sharing economy of Uber, Airbnb, etc., to the promise of self-driving cars and artificial intelligence. What is common among all these technological advancements…