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For the best ROI, get your computer science degree at a state school
Based on the expected annual return, computer science degrees from state universities pay off better than those from private schools. If you’re a high school student – or the parent of one – thinking about what to study in college, computer science is obviously a solid choice. Demand for software developers continues to go up,as…
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This is the Year of the Horse
The Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival. Yuan-Xiao, also known as the Lantern Festival, is celebrated 15 days after the Chinese New Year. In 2014, the Chinese New Year occurred on January 31st and Yuan-Xiao occurred on February 14th. The year 2014 is the year of the horse. The Computer Science…
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Google Vice President Talks Old, New Technology at ATEC Lecture
Vinton G. Cerf — a ‘Father of the Internet’ — Touted Importance of UT Dallas’ Research During First Campus Visit. As a crowd filled the Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building’s lecture hall, the lights glowing around the walls of the room were a bright blue, red, yellow and green. The multicolored arrangement was a…
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Cybersecurity Researchers Roll Out A New Heartbleed Solution
Technique Called ‘Red Herring’ Creates Decoy Servers, Entraps, Monitors Hackers Who Think They’re Stealing Data. As companies scrambled in recent days to address the latest cybersecurity bug known as Heartbleed, researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas had a solution that fixes the vulnerability, and also detects and entraps hackers who might be using…
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Research in Big Data is Big at UT Dallas
At the weekly Computer Science mixer on Friday, 4/18/2014, Luis Mojica, Tahrima Rahman, David Smith, Somdeb Sarkel, Vibhav Gogate, and Deepak Venugopal (pictured above) described their research, related to Big Data. The camaraderie among the PhD graduate students and their adviser, Dr. Vibhav Gogate, was evident on the first page of their presentation. The description…
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A Wireless Network Test Emulator with repeatable results
A Wireless Network Test Emulator (WiNe TestEr) is being developed by a research team from the Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTDallas) to run controlled experiments on wireless networks. Dr. Ravi Prakash, Dr. Subbarayan Venkatesan, and Dr. Neeraj Mittal work with some additional researchers from Southern Methodist University (SMU).…
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Professor to Develop Framework to Protect Computers’ Cores
UT Dallas cybersecurity expert Dr. Zhiqiang Lin has received funding from the U.S. Air Force to develop a defense framework that burrows deep into a computer system to protect its core. The Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) provides up to $360,000 over three years to…
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Dr. Gogate is a Big Data Champion
For three months in 2010 and in 2012, geeky, international competitions were held online and Dr. Vibhav Gogate’s team won in several categories. His team competed against about eight other teams, but this doesn’t mean there wasn’t much competition. Quite the contrary! There are only a handful of teams in the world that have the…
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Tech Advances Could Eliminate Majority of Current Jobs
A review of research in robotics and information technology in the spring edition of Issues in Science and Technology indicates that within the next 10 to 20 years, a combination of technologies will be capable of performing the jobs of as many as 80 percent of current workers. Workforce changes on this scale in agriculture…
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High School Students Compete in a Programing Competition
The UTDallas Spring High School Programming Contest was held on February 15th 2014. The Computer Science (CS) Department organizes the contest each term. Over 200 students participated in the contest. A great deal of planning and preparation was done in advance by the CS Department. Dr. Jay Veerasamy organized the event. Dr. Ivor Page created…
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Freshman Students Organize a Programing Code-A-Thon
Like most freshmen students, Eric Dilmore and Michael Aldridge, were eager to learn when they went to college. But, unlike most freshmen, they decided to speed up the process by having a code-a-thon. Pictured above, are the event organizers (left to right) Eric Dilmore, Dr. Janell Straach, and Michael Aldridge. Eric and Michael wanted to…
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Week of Activities Highlights Undergraduate Research Opportunities, Examples of Best Work
Thomas J. Broadfoot was able to do research under Dr. Roozbeh Jafari. Undergraduate students conduct research all across the UT Dallas campus, earning the experience that helps propel them to success in their careers and graduate or professional programs. But they’re gaining more than just another item on their resumes. “Learning how to communicate effectively…