Category: Alumni

UT Dallas Partners with CauseBot on Worldwide AI Competition The University of Texas at Dallas is teaming up with CauseBot, an artificial intelligence software company based in Frisco, Texas, to compete in a worldwide AI challenge sponsored by IBM. The IBM Watson AI XPRIZE is a three-year global competition with $5 million in total prizes. […]

UT Dallas CS PhD Graduates Land Jobs at Prestigious Universities, Research Facilities, and Tech Conglomerates In the 2015-16 academic year, the UT Dallas Computer Science Department graduated 14 PhD students, three of whom are women. These graduates have gone on to find jobs in prestigious universities, top tier research facilities, government, and high-tech companies. The […]

TechCrunch, Forbes, Dallas Innovates Cover Innovative App Built By UT Dallas CS Students Via Dallas Innovates by Nicholas Sakelaris – Whether it’s buying a rare comic, connecting with fellow comic fans or finding out about nearby events, nerds have a new online hangout called Cosmunity that just hit the app stores today. Developed in Dallas by […]

Q&A Session with Recent Software Engineering PhD Graduate, Dr. Laura Moreno This past month, Dr. Laura Moreno, a Software Engineering PhD student, successfully completed her PhD under the faculty supervision of Dr. Andrian Marcus. Dr. Moreno interviewed with twelve universities in the US, Canada, and Europe, all of them well-recognized and strong institutions offering doctoral […]

Q&A Session with 2016 PhD Graduate Dr. Frederico Araujo From the fall of 2015 to the summer of 2016 the UT Dallas Computer Science Department has seen a number of PhD students graduate and go on to jobs in prestigious universities, top tier research facilities, government, and numerous technology based companies. Dr. Frederico Araujo, who […]

UT Dallas CS Alumnus & CEO, Manohar Kesireddy Wins the CEO with HR Orientation Award PRweb –  On Feb. 16, 2016 mroads’ CEO Manohar R. Kesireddy won the CEO with HR Orientation Award at The 24th World HRD Congress held in Mumbai, India. The CEO with HR Orientation Award recognizes a non Human Resources (HR) organization leader […]

2016 Grace Series Begins With Dr. Jo Zhang of Fujitsu Labs of America The UT Dallas Computer Science Department’s Grace Series Lectures ushered in the 2016 New Year this February with featured speaker, Dr. Qiong (Jo) Zhang, a PhD UT Dallas Computer Science Alumna and research scientist at Fujitsu Laboratories of America. The Grace Series […]

Alumnus Gives in Support of National Society of Black Engineers During a pause from a busy workday, Niyi “John” Olajide BSTE’04 sits at a conference table overlooking the Dallas North Tollway to visit with four engineering students who want to know about his career journey. Olajide is young, successful and philanthropic: At 34 years old, he is […]

University Journey Took UT Dallas Computer Scientist Alumnus Beyond His Planned Path Stepping onto the UT Dallas campus for freshman orientation, I had a goal: to learn all of the things I didn’t know as quickly as possible, and move on to The Next Thing. In my mind The Next Thing was a clear, tangible […]

CS Alumnus Helps Deal Winning Hand to Customers with their Tech Company UrComped Craig Shacklett MS’13 and Cale Sherry BS’10 help make their customers feel like winners even when they lose. The former students co-founded UrComped, a tech company that acts as an independent casino broker, helping its players maximize their comps at casinos and […]