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Drs. Gogate’s and Ruozzi’s Explainable AI Project Funded by DARPA for $1.8 Million
Drs. Gogate’s and Ruozzi’s Explainable AI Project Funded by DARPA for $1.8 Million The Artificial Intelligence Group within the UT Dallas Computer Science Department consists of seven faculty members and is ranked 7th in the nation for its research in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and 13th for its research on overall Artificial Intelligence (AI). One of the…
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UT-DIISC Organizes the Third International Workshop on Interactive and Spatial Computing (IWISC)
UT-DIISC Organizes the Third International Workshop on Interactive and Spatial Computing (IWISC) The UT Dallas Institute of Interactive and Spatial Computing (UT-DIISC) held its third International Workshop on Interactive and Spatial Computing (IWISC) in Dallas, Texas, on April 12thand 13th. IWISC is an international workshop that provides a forum for international researchers and practitioners from…
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Spring’18 Grace Series Talks Continue to Feature Prominent Women from the Tech Industry
Spring’18 Grace Series Talks Continue to Feature Prominent Women from the Tech Industry This semester, the Spring 2018 Grace Series Talks featured two inspiring members of the tech community, Catherine Walsh, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Loss Prevention for Johnson Controls’ Tyco Retail Solutions, and Dr. Nimmi Kannankutty, Deputy Division Director in the Division of Graduate Education (DGE) at the National…
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Student Internship Success Series: Ashley Handoko’s USAA Internship
Student Internship Success Series: Ashley Handoko’s USAA Internship Ashley Handoko is a recent 2018 graduate from the UT Dallas Computer Science Department’s Undergraduate Program with many accomplishments under her belt. The summer before Ashley started her freshmen year as a CS student at UT Dallas, she was invited to attend Dr. Janell Straach’s Connect-Inspire-Guide Camp for Incoming…
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CS Computing Scholar Honor Student, Esther Goldstein, Speaks at the Jonsson School’s Spring 2018 Commencement Ceremony
CS Computing Scholar Honor Student, Esther Goldstein, Speaks at the Jonsson School’s Spring 2018 Commencement Ceremony The University of Texas at Dallas’ graduated its largest class of graduates last May. The cohort included 2,393 bachelor’s students, 2,090 master’s students, and 107 doctoral candidates. Nearly 1,080 students graduated from the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science. This included…
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Computer Science Grad Wins OZY Genius Award for Advising App
Computer Science Grad Wins OZY Genius Award for Advising App James Griffin BS’18 describes himself as shy, but ask him, “What’s new?” and his smile lights up the room. “I just won an OZY award,” said Griffin, a 21-year-old entrepreneur who graduated magna cum laude in May with a computer science degree from the Erik Jonsson School of…
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CS & SE Seniors Showcase Their Innovative Ideas, Skills, and Solutions at the Spring’18 UTDesign CS Expo
CS & SE Seniors Showcase Their Innovative Ideas, Skills, and Solutions at the Spring’18 UTDesign CS Expo Every semester, UT Dallas Computer Science and Software Engineering seniors come together one final time before graduation to present their final capstone project at the biannual UTDesign Computer Science Expo. This past May, forty-three teams ranging from three to five members each, presented…
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HackUTD’18 Inspires Student Creativity and Innovation for a Fourth Year
HackUTD’18 Inspires Student Creativity and Innovation for a Fourth Year Last spring, more than 550 college students from all over Texas formed teams for HackUTD’18, a 24-hour Hackathon organized and run by the UT Dallas Student Chapter of the ACM (Association for Computer Machinery) in partnership with Major League Hacking. Students were challenged to use…
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Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Talks with the Texas Standard about Smart Speakers and their Potential Privacy Threats
Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Talks with the Texas Standard about Smart Speakers and their Potential Privacy Threats Via The Texas Standard | Shelly Brisbin – It remains to be seen whether smart speakers like those sold by Google and Amazon will have a transformative impact in our lives. But some 47 million people in the U.S. have…
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UT Dallas CS Students Win Smart Cities Competition Using AI to Address School Shootings
UT Dallas CS Students Win Smart Cities Competition Using AI to Address School Shootings Research professor Marjorie Zielke PhD’07 and a company founded by computer science senior Ashlesha Nesarikar have both won the city of Richardson’s Smart Gigabit Communities development challenge. The challenge is part of US Ignite’s encouragement for participating cities to create Smart City applications addressing…
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Jonsson School CS Researchers Named Most Influential Scholars in Field
Jonsson School CS Researchers Named Most Influential Scholars in Field Multiple Computer Science Department faculty from The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science have been named to the AMiner Most Influential Scholar Annual List, which recognizes the world’s top-cited research scholars – from both industry and academia – in the fields of science…
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Professors Cardenas and Thuraisingham Join the New NSA Lablet on CPS Security
Professors Cardenas and Thuraisingham Join the New NSA Lablet on CPS Security Via Vanderbilt University News – Cyber-physical systems let you analyze Fitbit data on a smartphone. They tell your house to bump up the thermostat before you get there. They run traffic lights. Mass transit. Electrical grids. It’s not a question about whether these…