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A PhD or related research degree helps you start or continue your research in a field you’re truly passionate about. You can decide what you work on, how you work on it and how you get there, with support and guidance from a supervisory team. You can make a world-first discovery, create innovations with lasting impacts and even shine a new light on important topics in various fields. Whether you’ve just finished your postgraduate degree, in the workforce or returning to college after a break, a research degree gives you a lot of options. Earning a PhD is a significant undertaking that comes with lots of responsibility and rewards. With the following interview series, we hope to engage students who want to learn more about the PhD program by learning about those who have gone through it. Below is our interview with CS PhD Alumni Dr. Mehmet Kuzu.

After years of diligent hard work, many PhD graduates go on to accept jobs at top companies, research facilities, government positions, and tenure-track positions at various Universities and other forms of academia. According to the most recent Census Bureau figures done in 2018, fewer than a 35 percent of United States residents have a bachelor’s degree. Fewer than 13 percent have a master’s degree and just over 3.5 percent have completed a doctoral degree. Simply stated, by earning a doctoral degree you’ll be joining a group of highly knowledgeable people in a specific field. You’ll have the opportunity to achieve goals in your chosen field that may not be available to others. And whether you choose to be an author; an educator; or an innovator adding knowledge, training, and research to your field; you will be considered an expert. With the following interview series, we hope to engage students who want to learn more about the PhD program by learning about those who have gone through it. We recently spoke to Dongcheng Li, a recent 2023 PhD graduate. Below is our conversation.

For over eight years, the Grace Series has provided a platform for sharing experiences, knowledge, and inspiration. The Grace Series recognizes accomplishments of a diverse group of people from the computing field through empowering talks that aim to foster a sense of community, with a special focus on women in technology. These talks are intended to offer fresh perspectives and different approaches for women to navigate the technology field, whether in academia or industry. Since its inception, 41 speakers have given talks.

A robot moves a toy package of butter around a table in the Intelligent Robotics and Vision Lab at The University of Texas at Dallas. With every push, the robot is learning to recognize the object through a new system developed by a team of UT Dallas computer scientists.

The new system allows the robot to push objects multiple times until a sequence of images are collected, which in turn enables the system to segment all the objects in the sequence until the robot recognizes the objects. Previous approaches have relied on a single push or grasp by the robot to “learn” the object.

Via IEEE Computer Society – Bhavani Thuraisingham’s impact transcends excellence within education, as she has made countless efforts within bridging the gaps between industry and academics. Additionally, she is the Founders Chair Professor of Computer Science, the Founding Executive Director of the Cyber Security Research and Education Institute (2004-2021), and the Co-Director of the Women in Cyber Security and Women in Data Science Centers at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is also a visiting senior research fellow at King’s College, the University of London.

Being a PhD student is a significant undertaking that takes time and requires dedication, effort, and patience. During your PhD you are both a researcher and a student. Knowing what to expect can help you learn to adapt to various changes and challenges that may occur when working toward your PhD. With the following interview series, we seek to engage students who want to learn more about the PhD program by learning from those who have gone through it. The following interview is with 2018 PhD alumni, Harish Arunachalam, who now works as a principal engineer with Verizon Communications where he develops enterprise-scale Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) systems, studies advanced AI/ML techniques, tools, frameworks, and business applications, and works on developing responsible, innovative solutions.

Researchers have found a way to make Bing’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ask for user information. The new method could be a convenient tool for hackers. There’s growing concern that chatbots could be used for malicious purposes, including scams.

As technology trends show, the tech industry is always one step ahead regarding innovation. However, one region seems to be lagging behind—gender diversity. The World Bank reports that globally women make up less than 40% of the global workforce. Women are consistently highly underrepresented in the technology field. Women in the tech industry face many challenges, from education to employment and business. In order to help foster a stronger community for women in tech, the UT Dallas Computer Science Department has hosted a monthly lecture series called the Grace Series since the Fall of 2015. Since its inception, 39 speakers have given talks. The Grace Series recognizes women and their accomplishments. The Grace Series aims to offer fresh perspectives and different approaches for women to navigate the technology field, whether in academia or industry. The second spring 2023 Grace Series speaker featured Saritha Reddy, Cybersecurity Leader and Director, Product Security at Capital One and UT Dallas CS Alumna.

Via Fox4 News — FOX 4’s Brandon Todd talks with Jessica Ouyang from the UT-Dallas computer science department about the technology that has people talking.

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Via Dallas Morning News —

UTD scientists weigh in: What can ChatGPT be used for? And where does it make mistakes?
In November, the research company OpenAI released a bot called ChatGPT. The bot has since gone viral, and has been used to write code, poetry and even an architectural review of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science.