Category: Alumni

UT Dallas SE PhD Alumni, Dr. Oscar Chaparro, Earns the 2020 David Daniel Thesis Award UT Dallas Software Engineering Ph.D. Alumni, Dr. Oscar Chaparro, was named one of two students to earn this year’s David Daniel Thesis Award. The award is supported by an endowment established in 2006 by Dr. David Daniel, president emeritus of […]

Graduating Software Engineering Student Veteran Discovers Perfect Balance in Service, Studies Software engineering senior and student veteran Yugesh Taksari has managed to balance his duties in the Army Reserve with his coursework at The University of Texas at Dallas — all while maintaining a 4.0 GPA. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, he has spent one weekend […]

Not Just Any Science: Computer Science – Getting a BS CS or BS SE @ UT Dallas Technology is increasingly impacting our lives, from smartphones, social media, devices such as Alexa, the sharing economy of Uber, Airbnb, etc., to the promise of self-driving cars and artificial intelligence. What is common among all these technological advancements […]

UTD CS Alumni Creates a Viral COVID-19 Visualization that Promotes Honest, Accessible, Transparent Access to Case Data In mid-March with less than 2,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States, UT-Dallas CS alumni Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider (BS’05, MS’06) had questions on the growth and spread of the soon-to-be pandemic.  Over a period of two days, […]

Alumni Step Up To Help Protect Health Care Workers on COVID-19 Front Lines Two University of Texas at Dallas alumni have designed and manufactured a valve attachment that can convert a snorkel mask into safety gear for health care workers in the event of a shortage of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. James […]

Computer Scientists’ New Tool Fools Hackers into Sharing Keys for Better Cybersecurity Instead of blocking hackers, a new cybersecurity defense approach developed by University of Texas at Dallas computer scientists actually welcomes them. The method, called DEEP-Dig (DEcEPtion DIGging), ushers intruders into a decoy site so the computer can learn from hackers’ tactics. The information […]

UT Dallas CS Department Celebrates the Newest Class of Fall’19 Graduates December marked a special milestone for graduates at The University of Texas at Dallas, as the campus honored its newest alumni in its 50th Anniversary celebration year. During seven fall commencement ceremonies Dec. 16-18, held in the Activity Center, over 2,700 students earned their UT Dallas degrees […]

CS Entrepreneur Gets Big Lift with Selection to LaunchPad Mentoring Program The University of Texas at Dallas computer science senior Pablo Peillard says he’s always been a maker. “In high school, we set up the first editorial website for the journalism class and turned it from a printed newspaper into a website. I’ve been really […]

UT Dallas CS Ph.D. Grads Find Work in Prestigious Universities, High-Tech Companies, Government, and Top-Tier Research Facilities When UT Dallas was established in 1961, the institutional emphasis was solely on research. In fact, when the UT Dallas Computer Science program first started in the 70s, it granted only Ph.D. degrees. The UT Dallas Computer Science […]

Class of 2019 Interview with Sruthi Chappidi: PhD Lights Way for Women To Pursue Computer Science As the only girl in her high school computer science class, Sruthi Chappidi BS’14, MS’16 felt like she didn’t belong. As a result, she decided to major in biology when she enrolled in The University of Texas at Dallas, […]