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Fall’17 Grace Series Presents Three Inspirational Speakers from State Farm, USAA, and UT Dallas
Fall’17 Grace Series Presents Three Inspirational Speakers from State Farm, USAA, and UT Dallas This semester, the fall 2017 Grace Series Talks featured three inspiring members of the tech community, Dr. Farokh Bastani, UT Dallas CS Professor, Excellence in Education Chair, and Director of the UT Dallas site of the NSF Net-centric and Cloud Software…
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UT Dallas CS Researchers Named Most Influential in Field
UT Dallas CS Researchers Named Most Influential in Field Via Jonsson School News – 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…
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UT Dallas CS Hosts IoT Conference for Academics, Industry Members, and Students
UT Dallas CS Hosts IoT Conference for Academics, Industry Members, and Students Earlier this semester, the UT Dallas CS Department hosted a one-day Internet of Things (IoT) Conference for students, academics, and industry members. The IoT Conference’s mission was to provide undergraduate students, graduate or PhD students, academics, and engineers from industry with hands-on knowledge…
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Dr. Sergey Bereg Utilizes Computational Geometry Research for Musicological Analysis of the Spanish Flamenco Dance
Dr. Sergey Bereg Utilizes Computational Geometry Research for Musicological Analysis of the Spanish Flamenco Dance Dr. Sergey Bereg, UT Dallas CS Professor and founding member of the Dallas Institute for Interactive and Spatial Computing (UT-DIISC), traveled to Spain this past summer to take part in the International COFLA: Computational Analysis of Flamenco Music research project.…
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400 High School Students Compete in the Fall’17 Battle of the Brains: High School Programming Contest
400 High School Students Compete in the Fall’17 Battle of the Brains: High School Programming Contest For more than a decade, the UT Dallas Computer Science Department has been conducting a statewide “Battle of the Brains: High School Programming Contest.” The contest, which follows ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) style, is held twice…
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UT Dallas CS Students Win Facebook, Microsoft Awards at HackTX 17
UT Dallas CS Students Win Facebook, Microsoft Awards at HackTX 17 Via UT Dallas Mercury | Noumika Balaj – Two UT Dallas student teams were declared winners of three spot prizes at HackTX 17, the largest annual hackathon in Texas on Oct. 28. One of the teams won Facebook’s “Community Building” award for building Friendzy…
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UT Dallas CS Comets Place 2nd Among 73 Teams in the Regional ACM Programming Competition
UT Dallas CS Comets Place 2nd Among 73 Teams in the Regional ACM Programming Competition On November 4th of this year, UT Dallas Competitive Programming Teams competed and won second place at the ACM Regional Intercollegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). The 2nd place winning team consisted of Darrin Wiley, Terrence Park, Walter Han. Out of 73…
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University Team Helps Real Benefits of Virtual Reality Come to Life
University Team Helps Real Benefits of Virtual Reality Come to Life For residents of senior living communities, a glance at the world beyond their walls can make a world of difference. A University of Texas at Dallas professor is working on technology that breaks down those walls, and a diverse team of UT Dallas faculty…
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Two Papers Considered Classic by Google Scholar
Two Papers Considered Classic by Google Scholar The work of two Jonsson School professors made it onto Google Scholar’s list of classic papers, a collection that showcases highly-cited papers that have stood the test of time. Google lists the ten most-cited articles that were published ten years prior in different research areas; the first release…
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UT Dallas Coding Camps Help More Than 2000 Kids Build Computing Skills
UT Dallas Coding Camps Help More Than 2000 Kids Build Computing Skills Since 2012, thousands of kids from all over North Texas and beyond, ranging from ages five all the way to seventeen have traveled to the UT Dallas Computer Science department to explore the world of Computer Programming. To help accomplish this, over 90…
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UT Dallas Works with North Texas High School Senior To Host IT Empowerment for Her Camp
UT Dallas Works with North Texas High School Senior To Host IT Empowerment for Her Camp This summer, 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 Cyber Security, to offer a…
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Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Receives Intelligence and Security Informatics Award
Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Receives Intelligence and Security Informatics Award Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, a professor of computer science in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, recently received the Technical Achievement Award in Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI) from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The award, announced at the recent IEEE…