Category: Alumni

CS Department Celebrates Graduation with Luncheon and Inaugural Presentation of the Kurt Holmes Award and Doctor Family Award Families and friends came together on Saturday, May 16th to congratulate and celebrate the accomplishments of the 2015 UT Dallas Computer Science and Software Engineering graduates. To honor the hard work and dedication of the graduating class, […]

UT Dallas CS Grad Alan Hamlett Revolutionizing Developer Productivity in Silicon Valley Alan Hamlett is a 2010 graduate of the Computer Science Department at UT Dallas and founder of WakaTime – a developer efficiency platform gaining popularity in Silicon Valley. Hamlett, an avid programmer since the age of fourteen, thinks his experiences in Silicon Valley […]

UTDesign Team Projects Ready to Soar for Spring Expo Competition The final results of the projects created by seniors in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science range from saving corporations money or employee time, to health applications such as a breast pump that allows a mother to assess the nutritional needs of her child, […]

The Good Life: Data Show Recent Grads Faring Well in the Workplace Andrew Seguin BS’09 packed 10 items into a backpack, straddled his blue Kawasaki motorcycle and embarked on a six-month cross-country journey to clear his head before pursuing a career. The University of Texas at Dallas computer science graduate spent his college years acing tests and […]

UT Dallas Ranks #21 on LinkedIn’s “Best Universities for Software Developers” The professional networking site, LinkedIn, recently published their rankings of universities based on how successful recent graduates have been at landing desirable jobs.  In the category of “desirable software development job,” UT Dallas was ranked 21st. Carnegie Mellon University topped the rankings.   Only two […]

Recent CS Research Associate from UT Dallas Wins 2014 Emerging Leader Award Thamar Solorio, 2014 Winner of the Grace Hopper Celebration Denice Denton Emerging Leader ABIE Award, is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Prior to this position, she held a post-doctoral Research Associate […]

Alumnus Finds Bright Side of Success with ‘Dark Room’ Game App Amir Rajan BS’06, who graduated with a degree in software engineering, is not sure how or why his app for “A Dark Room” became so popular. After working full time since he was a student, Amir Rajan BS’06 needed a break.  He decided to quit […]

Campus to Welcome Newest McDermott Scholars This Fall The UT Dallas McDermott Scholars Program has selected 25 students to make up the 2014 incoming class. The entering cohort, the program’s 14th class, was selected from nearly 1,600 high school students from 36 states and four countries who had initially expressed interest in the program. Fifty-nine applicants […]

Alumnus’ Tech Vehicle Dives Deep into Search for Missing Jetliner The Bluefin-21 has been running 20-hour missions as it searches for signs of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the Indian Ocean. The vehicle can reach depths of 15,000 feet and cover 30 miles per day. While the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has […]

Recent PhD Computer Science student is now an Assistant Professor Dr. Yin Yang (yyang@ece.unm.edu) earned his BS degree in Jiangnan University in China and his PhD in Computer Science at UT Dallas in Texas.  He now does research in graphics simulation animation visualization and works as an assistant professor for the Electrical and Computer Engineering […]