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New Scholarship Initiative To Help Ease STEM Path for Students
New Scholarship Initiative To Help Ease STEM Path for Students A new University of Texas at Dallas initiative will provide financial and academic support to transfer students from low-income backgrounds who want to become engineers and computer scientists. UT Dallas received $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and…
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UTD CS Students Mental Health App Aims to Help
UTD CS Students Mental Health App Aims to Help Via UT Dallas Mercury News — A mental health text line will be available through the UTD app for students to get emotional support from peers. Kavya Kannan, a neuroscience sophomore and creator of the helpline, collaborated with several campus departments, including OIT, the Wellness Center, and…
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Securing the Enterprise When Employees are Remote
Securing the Enterprise When Employees are Remote Via ACM News — Permitting workers to split their time between their home and office can improve job satisfaction and, in some cases, productivity. However, hybrid work arrangements can introduce additional layers of complexity and risk to an organization’s technology systems and data. As such, IT departments need to…
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Computer Scientists Dive into AI with New CAREER Award Projects
Computer Scientists Dive into AI with New CAREER Award Projects Two computer scientists in The University of Texas at Dallas’ Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science have received National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards to support research to detect online deception and improve automated software analysis. Dr. Shuang…
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UT Dallas Researchers Unveil New Cybersecurity Defenses at USENIX
UT Dallas Researchers Unveil New Cybersecurity Defenses at USENIX In August 2022, the USENIX Security Symposium published groundbreaking cybersecurity research papers by two UT Dallas computer science professors, Dr. Shiyi Wei and Dr. Kangkook Jee. Wei’s paper additionally received the symposium’s Distinguished Paper Award, identifying his work as one of the top cybersecurity discoveries of the year. Started in 1988,…
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Students Accelerate Engineering, Tech Skills at Toyota Hackathon
Students Accelerate Engineering, Tech Skills at Toyota Hackathon Seven University of Texas at Dallas students earned spots to compete alongside Toyota software and hardware engineers from all over the world at the SWARM Connected Mobility Hackathon, held this summer at the company’s U.S. headquarters in Plano. Toyota invited six students to participate in the 36-hour…
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Going beyond goggles: Dallas senior living community explores VR with dementia patients
Going beyond goggles: Dallas senior living community explores VR with dementia patients Beyond its recreational aspects, staff at the community say virtual reality is helpful in stimulating memories in residents with dementia. Via Dallas Morning News | Written by Claire Tweedie — The expanse of space before 91-year-old Russell Craig seems endless as he gazes at the…
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UT Dallas CS Hosts Successful 2022 IEEE International Contest on Software Testing
UT Dallas CS Hosts Successful 2022 IEEE International Contest on Software Testing The technical committee of system and software assurance of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Reliability Society and the Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas organized the International Contest on Software Testing on April 30, 2022. The successful contest also…
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UT Dallas CS/ECE Team Place First in the 2022 Raytheon Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) University Innovation Showcase
UT Dallas CS/ECE Team Place First in the 2022 Raytheon Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) University Innovation Showcase This spring, The University of Texas at Dallas’ team from the Departments of Computer Science (CS) and Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) won first place in the 2022 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) University Innovation Showcase. The autonomous drone…
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ACM Student Chapter at UT Dallas Expands with Exciting Initiatives and a More Collaborative Student Community
ACM Student Chapter at UT Dallas Expands with Exciting Initiatives and a More Collaborative Student Community The Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) was founded at UT Dallas in the early 2000s. Since then, the official University of Texas at Dallas Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery has continued to build…
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UT Dallas CS Celebrates Class of 2022 at Spring Commencement
UT Dallas CS Celebrates Class of 2022 at Spring Commencement Graduation ceremonies, which celebrate all the hard work students have put forth during their time at UT Dallas, are also the time when a Comet becomes a proud UT Dallas alumnus. As first happened last fall, each of the University’s eight schools hosted their own ceremonies — 12…
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To Catch a Threat
To Catch a Threat To thwart criminal activity in the digital age, cybersecurity experts must think like the bad guys. UT Dallas researchers are on the case. The threat of catastrophic cyberattacks looms larger than ever, as recent strikes have disrupted the fuel supply, temporarily halted various business, government and hospital operations, and attempted to…