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Undergrads Offered the Opportunity to Join Faculty Research During the UG Research Networking Lunch
Undergrads Offered the Opportunity to Join Faculty Research During the UG Research Networking Lunch This past May, twenty UT Dallas Computer Science Undergraduate students were invited to take part in the Computer Science/Software Engineering Undergraduate Research Speed Matching Luncheon. The event brought together both UT Dallas’s distinguished computer science and software engineering faculty members, current…
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Dr. Prakash and Freshmen Students Develop Software To Assist With Navigating UT Dallas Buildings
Dr. Prakash and Freshmen Students Develop Software To Assist With Navigating UT Dallas Buildings Via UT Dallas Mercury News | Written by Madison York – An algorithm developed in part by freshmen researchers nixes GPS, utilizes Wi-Fi hotspots for guided wayfinding. A research team of 12 freshmen, headed by computer science professor Ravi Prakash and…
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UT Dallas Program Aims To Close Gender Gap Through Connections, Inspiration
UT Dallas Program Aims To Close Gender Gap Through Connections, Inspiration Via Dallas Business Journal | Written By Bill Hethcock – Dallas Business Journal Staff Writer – The University of Texas at Dallas’ computer science department is aiming to inspire high school girls to choose and stay in technology careers through a program called Connect-Inspire-Guide. “There is a wide disparity…
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University Welcomes Newest Class of McDermott Scholars This Fall
University Welcomes Newest Class of McDermott Scholars This Fall The Eugene McDermott Scholars Program at The University of Texas at Dallas has selected 16 students to make up its 2018 incoming class. The program provides these select students with UT Dallas’ rigorous and personalized education, along with a four-year program of intensive extracurricular activities. McDermott Scholars have access…
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UT Dallas CS/SE PhD Graduates Acquire Jobs at Prestigious Universities, Research Facilities, and Top Companies
UT Dallas CS/SE PhD Graduates Acquire Jobs at Prestigious Universities, Research Facilities, and Top Companies The UT Dallas Computer Science PhD program has been in existence since the mid-70s. The UT Dallas Computer Science Department has graduated a total of 310 PhD students, including 31 women, since 2001. In fact, when the Computer Science program…
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Milestone Reached: UT Dallas Qualifies for State’s ‘Tier One’ Fund
Milestone Reached: UT Dallas Qualifies for State’s ‘Tier One’ Fund The University of Texas at Dallas announced today that it has achieved the critical benchmark criteria required to qualify for funding from the National Research University Fund (NRUF), an exclusive source of research support available to the state’s “emerging research universities.” UT Dallas qualified for…
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UT Dallas CS Student REU Success Story: Nishant Gurrapadi
UT Dallas CS Student REU Success Story: Nishant Gurrapadi Nishant Gurrapadi is a senior majoring in Computer Science. In 2018, he participated in the AMALTHEA Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program at Florida Institute of Technology and studied Swarm Intelligence techniques. More precisely, this involved the study of the social behavior of artificial agents in…
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iPerform I/UCRC Holds Its 8th Biannual Meeting at UT Dallas
iPerform I/UCRC Holds Its 8th Biannual Meeting at UT Dallas University faculty, Industry members, and students met at the University of Texas at Dallas last May for the 8thSemi-Annual Industrial Advisory Board Meeting of iPerform Center for Assistive Technologies (AT) to Enhance Human Performance, a National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC). The…
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Industry Internships Bring Big Benefits to Graduate and Undergraduate Students in Computer Science and Software Engineering
Industry Internships Bring Big Benefits to Graduate and Undergraduate Students in Computer Science and Software Engineering With the UT Dallas campus located in the center of the Dallas area’s high-tech hub, it is hard not to notice how the campus is surrounded by hundreds of software, hardware, and telecom companies. Not only do these companies…
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Student Internship Success Series: Dhruva Pendharkar’s Uber Technologies Internship
Student Internship Success Series: Dhruva Pendharkar’s Uber Technologies Internship This past Spring, Dhruva Pendharkar received his Master’s Degree in Computer Science with a focus on Intelligent Systems from the UT Dallas Computer Science Program. He spent the last summer in San Francisco interning with Uber Technologies as a software developer. Dhruva successfully completed his internship at…
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Dr. Janell Straach Talks with D Magazine About Closing the Gender Gap in Tech
Dr. Janell Straach Talks with D Magazine About Closing the Gender Gap in Tech Via D Magazine | By Danielle Abril – Companies seeking to bolster the pipeline of women in tech target education. Before Jaime Chambron was even 10 years old, she had already discovered she had an affinity for math and problem-solving. Her interests led her on…
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CS Professors, TAs Staff Celebrated at Jonsson School Ceremony
CS Professors, TAs Staff Celebrated at Jonsson School Ceremony The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science recently hosted its annual appreciation awards celebration, which recognized faculty, students and staff nominated by their peers for their outstanding contributions and positive attitude. “The Jonsson School hasn’t slowed at all,” said Dr. Poras T. Balsara, the…