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Living Learning Community Host a 31-Hour Hackathon
Living Learning Community Host a 31-Hour Hackathon The CS Living Learning Community (LLC) and the CS department sponsored a Hackathon over the weekend of March 7th and 8th. The event started at noon on Saturday and ended early Sunday evening. The principal objective of the weekend Hackathon was to bring together CS students to develop…
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NCWIT Encourages Young Women through the Aspirations in Computing Program
NCWIT Encourages Young Women through the Aspirations in Computing Program Twelve young female high school students received the Award for Aspirations in Computing from the NCWIT (The National Center for Women & Technology) in a day-long event held in late February. The NCWIT is a non-profit community of 600 universities, companies, non-profits, and government organizations…
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Creator of ‘UTD Eats’ Franchises Dining App at Other Universities
Creator of ‘UTD Eats’ Franchises Dining App at Other Universities When Justin Ehlert was a freshman at UT Dallas, he and his friends occasionally became frustrated when they would walk to the dining hall and realize that it had already closed. That frustration drove him to develop UTD Eats, a website and iOS app that shows…
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Addressing The Evolving Challenges Of Cybersecurity
Addressing The Evolving Challenges Of Cybersecurity Last week, cyber attackers took on targets ranging from the White House to the town of Cleburne in North Texas. Russians are suspected of trying to break into unclassified White House computers. And hackers broke into Cleburne’s system after a police officer shot and killed a dog. The University…
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Dr. James Kurose – The Spring 2015 Distinguished Lecture Series
Dr. James Kurose – The Spring 2015 Distinguished Lecture Series The Computer Science Department’s Distinguished Lecture series on March 6, 2015 featured Dr. James Kurose who is the Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE). Dr. Kurose leads the CISE Directorate in its mission to uphold…
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Cyber Security Expert Talks About Privacy, National Security, and Cyber War
Cyber Security Expert Talks About Privacy, National Security, and Cyber War Dr. Yvo Desmedt, Distinguished Professor in Computer Science at UT Dallas and a globally recognized expert in cryptography, cyber security, and cyber infrastructure protection, recently spoke at two conferences on the all-important topics of privacy and national security, respectively. The first of these talks was given at…
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NSF Projects Offer Research Experience for Undergraduates
NSF Projects Offer Research Experience for Undergraduates The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at UT Dallas is home to two different research projects for undergraduate students sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Dr. Eric Wong, professor of computer science, leads a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) project about software safety, and Dr. Amy Walker, associate professor of materials…
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Dr. Pedro Domingos – The Spring 2015 Distinguished Lecture Series
Dr. Pedro Domingos – The Spring 2015 Distinguished Lecture Series The first talk in the Computer Science Department’s spring 2015 Distinguished Lecture Series took place on February 27th 2015 and featured Dr. Pedro Domingos. He is currently a professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington. His research interests are in machine…
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The Good Life: Data Show Recent Grads Faring Well in the Workplace
The Good Life: Data Show Recent Grads Faring Well in the Workplace Andrew Seguin BS’09 packed 10 items into a backpack, straddled his blue Kawasaki motorcycle and embarked on a six-month cross-country journey to clear his head before pursuing a career. The University of Texas at Dallas computer science graduate spent his college years acing tests and…
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Computer Science Students Earn Top Awards
Computer Science Students Earn Top Awards UT Dallas computer science students continue to impress with their technical prowess in cybersecurity. Top awards recently were earned at the 11th annual New York University Polytechnic School Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) conference and at the Capital One Coding for Good Hackathon competition. “Our students have shown time…
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UTD students’ tech-savvy streak continues
UTD students’ tech-savvy streak continues Two years ago, University of Texas at Dallas students Justin Ehlert, Nelson LeDuc and Alex Gwyn, along with graduate student Naveen Tammineni came together and developed an app that provided band schedules for the Richardson Wildflower! Festival. The cool app helped festival-goers with a much-needed tool for tracking concerts beforehand…
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CS Students Challenge Each Other in Another Programming Contest
CS Students Challenge Each Other in Another Programming Contest UT Dallas Computer Science students once again got to show off their programming skills on Saturday afternoon, February 14th. A computer programming contest was organized by UTD ACM student chapter with the help of Professor Ivor Page. Prof. Ivor Page has been organizing these competitions for…