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UT Dallas Computer Science Researchers Make Two Important Discoveries in Computational Geometry
UT Dallas Computer Science Researchers Make Two Important Discoveries in Computational Geometry Dr. Benjamin Raichel, assistant professor of computer science, and his collaborators recently made two important discoveries in the area of computational geometry. Computational geometry is a field of study devoted to the development of efficient algorithms for problems which can be stated in…
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Google Visits With UT Dallas CS & SE Students for a Week of Google Tech Talks, Workshops, and Other Google Events
Google Visits With UT Dallas CS & SE Students for a Week of Google Tech Talks, Workshops, and Other Google Events Earlier this semester, Google paid a visit with their team of UT Dallas CS Google Alumni to the UT Dallas Computer Science department for a week of activities, tech talks, workshops, and Q&A’s as part of their Google University Outreach…
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UT Dallas CS Celebrates Pi Day With The Mathematical Sciences Department
UT Dallas CS Celebrates Pi Day With The Mathematical Sciences Department Earlier this month on March 19th, the UT Dallas CS Department and the Mathematical Sciences Department celebrated national Pi day with a series of lectures, pizzas, pies, mathematical interaction games, mathematical models, and other fun activities. Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14)…
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HackUTD’17 Motivates 500 Students For 24 Hours With Big Ideas, Virtual Reality, Creativity, And Design
HackUTD’17 Motivates 500 Students For 24 Hours With Big Ideas, Virtual Reality, Creativity, And Design The Third Annual HackUTD 24-hour hackathon was held March 4th and 5th with approximately 500 students participating from all over the nation. The HackUTD event was organized by the UT Dallas Student Chapter of the ACM (Association for Computer Machinery) under the guidance of UT…
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The Spring’17 Grace Series Continues to Empower With Dr. Peggy Shadduck, DCCCD STEM Institute Director
The Spring’17 Grace Series Continues to Empower With Dr. Peggy Shadduck, DCCCD STEM Institute Director The Spring 2017 run of the Grace Series carried on with its second speaker, Dr. Peggy Shadduck, Director of both the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) STEM Institute and the Dallas/North Texas STEM Degree Accelerator Program. Last February, Dr. Peggy Shadduck’s Grace Series…
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Thuraisingham Receives The Inaugural And Prestigious Research Award In Data And Applications Security And Privacy At The 2017 ACM CODASPY
Thuraisingham Receives The Inaugural And Prestigious Research Award In Data And Applications Security And Privacy At The 2017 ACM CODASPY Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham is the inaugural recipient of the prestigious 2017 CODASPY Research Award, presented at the Association of Computing Machinery’s Conference on Data and Applications Security and Privacy (ACM CODASPY) in Scottsdale, Arizona on March 23, 2017. This award represents a high honor that is given to a researcher working in Data and Applications Security and Privacy (DASPY) who…
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New Living Learning Community to Help Female Students Gain STEAM
New Living Learning Community to Help Female Students Gain STEAM When Dr. Janell Straach took computer science courses at UT Dallas a few decades ago, there were very few female students in her classes. “I just accepted it as that’s the way it is. We all knew each other. You found each other and clung together,” she…
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Dr. Gopal Gupta’s Paper from 2006 Stands the Test of Time – Jonsson Chair, PhD Alumni Earn Recognition for Programming Research That Remains Influential
Dr. Gopal Gupta’s Paper from 2006 Stands the Test of Time – Jonsson Chair, PhD Alumni Earn Recognition for Programming Research That Remains Influential A paper written in 2006 by UT Dallas computer science department head Dr. Gopal Gupta and three of his PhD students received a 10-year Test of Time Award from the Association for Logic Programming (ALP)…
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Dr. Wong and Colleagues Hold I/UCRC S2ERC Meeting at UT Dallas
Dr. Wong and Colleagues Hold I/UCRC S2ERC Meeting at UT Dallas Professor Eric Wong and his colleagues organized a National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored I/UCRC planning meeting on February 16 and 17, 2017. This was part of the ongoing effort to make the Advanced Research Center for Software Testing and Quality Assurance (STQA) at UT…
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UT Dallas CS Students Take First Place at Smart Cities Hackathon
UT Dallas CS Students Take First Place at Smart Cities Hackathon Two computer science students from The University of Texas at Dallas recently won a first-place award at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for their Alexa-based tool that maps safety on the street. Junior Pablo Sarquis Peillard and sophomore Raviteja Lingineni were on a five-member…
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Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Talks to CBS DFW About the Top 5 New Computer Security Threats To Your Personal Information
DALLAS (CBS11) – Even if you try, it’s nearly impossible these days not to have a footprint online, which means everyone is a potential target for hackers looking to steal identities and clean out bank accounts. “We are very vulnerable,” said Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, a cyber security expert at the University of Texas at Dallas. “Being aware…
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Spring 2017 Intern Fair Attracts Top High-Tech Companies
Spring 2017 Intern Fair Attracts Top High-Tech Companies Twice a year the Industrial Practice Programs (IPP) for the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science and the UT Dallas Career Center work together to hold the biannual Intern Fair for UT Dallas Computer Science and Engineering students where companies are invited to recruit students…