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UT Dallas CS and IT Empowerment for Her Program Promote STEM Education for Middle School Girls Through Weekend Workshops
UT Dallas CS and IT Empowerment for Her Program Promote STEM Education for Middle School Girls Through Weekend Workshops Last January and February, Saumya Rawat, a senior at Dallas’ School of Science and Engineering Magnet, worked with Dr. Janell Straach, a CS Professor and the Director of the UT Dallas Center for Engaging Women in…
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Students’ Entrepreneurial Venture Receives Support from the UT Dallas CS Department
Students’ Entrepreneurial Venture Receives Support from the UT Dallas CS Department The UT Dallas Computer Science Department recently instituted the Software Startup Launch Track to motivate computer science and software engineering students to become entrepreneurs. Under this program, student engagement with entrepreneurship starts from the freshman or sophomore year itself, and culminates in a startup housed…
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Company Co-Founded by CS Student Invited to Participate in the Red Bull Launch Institute
Company Co-Founded by CS Student Invited to Participate in the Red Bull Launch Institute Via UT Dallas Mercury | Noumika Balaji – Co-founder of augmented reality platform for tourist attractions attended program to help develop young entrepreneurs A UT Dallas student startup was selected to participate in the Red Bull Launch Institute, a program Red Bull…
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Dr. Cong Liu Receives NSF CAREER Award to Further His Research in Autonomous Driving
Dr. Cong Liu Receives NSF CAREER Award to Further His Research in Autonomous Driving Via UT Dallas News Center | Melissa Cutler – A professor at The University of Texas at Dallas hopes within the next 10 years, you’ll be driving an autonomous car that his research helped make possible. Dr. Cong Liu, assistant professor of…
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Dr. Benjamin Raichel Receives NSF CAREER Award for his Project on Geometric-Based Data Analysis
Dr. Benjamin Raichel Receives NSF CAREER Award for his Project on Geometric-Based Data Analysis Via UT Dallas News Center | Melissa Cutler – Dr. Benjamin Raichel’s Project Adds New Dimensions to Data Analysis When you think of geometry, you might think of mathematical equations involving the size, shape and position of objects, and the properties of space.…
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UT Dallas CS Department Participates in the Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference Held at Stanford University
UT Dallas CS Department Participates in the Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference Held at Stanford University This March, the Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference was held at Stanford University in California as well as at over 100 regional locations nationwide and was available via livestream. The regional sessions were hosted by…
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Walmart Hires CS Graduates in their Technology Research Center Set to Open in April 2018
Walmart Hires CS Graduates in their Technology Research Center Set to Open in April 2018 Walmart is opening an emerging technologies office in Plano to work on new systems designed to improve store operations. The world’s largest retailer already employs 2,000 technologists in Silicon Valley, but it believes there’s plenty of talent to tap in…
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As Beta Launch Nears, UT Dallas CS Entrepreneur Has Nothing To Lose But Time
As Beta Launch Nears, UT Dallas CS Entrepreneur Has Nothing To Lose But Time Via Dallas Innovates | Jeanne Spreier – UT Dallas student James Griffin is applying the skills he’s learned at Blackstone LaunchPad for his startup RamifAI, a degree-planning software startup that uses artificial intelligence. For UT Dallas senior James Griffin, the route to startup success…
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UT Dallas Team Wins Grand Prize at Texas A&M Hackathon
UT Dallas Team Wins Grand Prize at Texas A&M Hackathon Via UT Dallas Mercury | Noumika Balaji – A UTD team was declared the grand prize winner at TAMUHack 2018, the Texas A&M annual hackathon, for developing an app utilizing social media for first responders. The team also won the “Best Hack for Social Good,” sponsored by…
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UT Dallas Cyber Security Institute Hosts the 7th Annual Texas Security Awareness
UT Dallas Cyber Security Institute Hosts the 7th Annual Texas Security Awareness The UT Dallas Cyber Security Research and Education Institute (CSI) in conjunction with the UT Dallas Computer Science Department hosted their 7th Annual Texas Security Awareness Week (TexSAW) last semester. For two days, TexSAW brings together both Computer Science and Software Engineering students…
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UT Dallas CS and IEEE Reliability Society Organize IEEE Software Testing Contest
UT Dallas CS and IEEE Reliability Society Organize IEEE Software Testing Contest Software plays an integral part in our everyday lives because of its near omnipresent influence on our increasingly technological society. Therefore, taking appropriate steps to apply software testing techniques is of utmost importance. To promote advanced software testing theory, techniques, and tools, the…
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31 Senior CS/SE Teams Present Their Industry Sponsored Projects at the UTDesign CS Fall’17 Expo
31 Senior CS/SE Teams Present Their Industry Sponsored Projects at the UTDesign CS Fall’17 Expo Every semester, UT Dallas Computer Science (CS) and Software Engineering (SE) seniors come together one final time before graduation to present their final capstone project at the biannual UTDesign Computer Science Expo. Last December, thirty-one teams ranging from three to five…