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Battle of the Brains: Fall 2015 High School Programming Contest
Battle of the Brains: Fall 2015 High School Programming Contest For almost 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 a year at the…
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Washington Post’s CIO/CTO, Shailesh Prakash launches the UT Dallas CS Fall 2015 Distinguished Lecture Series
Washington Post’s CIO/CTO, Shailesh Prakash launches the UT Dallas CS Fall 2015 Distinguished Lecture Series On November 6th, the UT Dallas Computer Science Department’s Distinguished Lecture series featured Mr. Shailesh Prakash, Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief of Technology (CTO) at The Washington Post as the first speaker. Mr. Prakash holds a BS in Computer…
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Dr. Fred Schneider – The Fall 2015 Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series
Dr. Fred Schneider – The Fall 2015 Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series The UT Dallas Computer Science Department’s Distinguished Lecture series featured Dr. Fred B. Schneider on November 13th. Dr. Schneider is the chairman and Samuel B. Eckert Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University, where he has been on the faculty since 1978. Dr.…
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CS Freshman Raviteja Lingineni wins First Place in the Business Idea Competition for Undergraduates
CS Freshman Raviteja Lingineni wins First Place in the Business Idea Competition for Undergraduates From Indian food trucks to automated parking systems, UT Dallas students recently shared new business ideas that they hope will meet consumer needs, attract financial backers, and launch them into a successful career. Nearly 300 students participated in the 2015 Business…
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UT Dallas Cyber Security Institute celebrates its 5th Annual TexSAW
UT Dallas Cyber Security Institute celebrates its 5th Annual TexSAW The UT Dallas’ Cyber Security Research and Education Institute (CSI) in conjunction with the UT Dallas Computer Science department hosted their 5th Annual Texas Security Awareness Week (TexSAW) 2015. TexSAW 2015 gathered CS students from across Texas who were interested in pursuing computer security and…
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UT Dallas Coding Team Places Third in the ACM ICPC Regional Contest
UT Dallas Coding Team Places Third in the ACM ICPC Regional Contest It took six local programming contests and eight Friday evening training sessions during the fall 2015 semester to train and select four teams who would compete for UT Dallas at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Regional Programming…
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CS Alumnus Helps Deal Winning Hand to Customers with their Tech Company UrComped
CS Alumnus Helps Deal Winning Hand to Customers with their Tech Company UrComped Craig Shacklett MS’13 and Cale Sherry BS’10 help make their customers feel like winners even when they lose. The former students co-founded UrComped, a tech company that acts as an independent casino broker, helping its players maximize their comps at casinos and…
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Dr. Ranran Feng tells her story at the Fall 2015 Grace Series Lectures
Dr. Ranran Feng tells her story at the Fall 2015 Grace Series Lectures The UT Dallas Computer Science Department’s Grace Series Lectures continued with Dr. Ranran Feng as the featured speaker at the beginning of November. The objective of the Grace Series is to present a program of lectures about the role of women in…
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Cyber Security Institute and Information Assurance Information
Cyber Security Institute and Information Assurance Information The UT Dallas Cyber Security Research and Education Institute (CSI) currently includes eleven core professors conducting research in data security and privacy, software and language security, secure networks, secure systems and forensics, hardware security, information assurance, cryptography, control systems security, data mining for malware detection and security applications.…
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Google University Outreach visits UT Dallas CS dept. for a Week
Google University Outreach visits UT Dallas CS dept. for a Week Last October, Google paid a visit to the UT Dallas Computer Science department for a week of activities, luncheons, tech talks, and Q&A’s with the team as part of their Google University Outreach Program. Currently, the UT Dallas CS department has over sixty alumni working for Google. With the large number…
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UT Dallas CS department celebrates Inspiration Awards Luncheon with High School Computer Science Teachers
UT Dallas CS department celebrates Inspiration Awards Luncheon with High School Computer Science Teachers Last month on October 30th, high school teachers, counselors, and mentors traveled from as far as Cypress, College Station, and Pearland, TX, to the UT Dallas campus to accept their 2015 Computer Science Inspiration Award at the Computer Science Inspiration Awards Luncheon. Despite heavy rain that…
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7th Annual E-Plan Users Group Meeting held in North Carolina
7th Annual E-Plan Users Group Meeting held in North Carolina The seventh annual E-Plan User’s Group Meeting was held in Raleigh, NC on November 4-5, 2015. The meeting, which garnered more than 130 people from nearly 15 states, including approximately fifty private industry attendees, twenty first-responders, and others from state and local emergency planning organizations. The conference was organized by UT…