Category: Award

Dr. Ivan Hal Sudborough’s Paper from 1980 Given the Test of Time Award UT Dallas Founders Professor Dr. Ivan Hal Sudborough and Dr. Burkhard Monien a professor at Paderborn University, Germany, were presented with the Test of Time Award at the 44th International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science (WG 2018) that was held last in June in Lübbenau, in Germany.  Their award was […]

CS Professors, TAs Staff Celebrated at Jonsson School Ceremony The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science recently hosted its annual appreciation awards celebration, which recognized faculty, students and staff nominated by their peers for their outstanding contributions and positive attitude. “The Jonsson School hasn’t slowed at all,” said Dr. Poras T. Balsara, the […]

Computer Science Grad Wins OZY Genius Award for Advising App James Griffin BS’18 describes himself as shy, but ask him, “What’s new?” and his smile lights up the room. “I just won an OZY award,” said Griffin, a 21-year-old entrepreneur who graduated magna cum laude in May with a computer science degree from the Erik Jonsson School of […]

UT Dallas CS Students Win Smart Cities Competition Using AI to Address School Shootings Research professor Marjorie Zielke PhD’07 and a company founded by computer science senior Ashlesha Nesarikar have both won the city of Richardson’s Smart Gigabit Communities development challenge. The challenge is part of US Ignite’s encouragement for participating cities to create Smart City applications addressing […]

UT Dallas CS and IT Empowerment for Her Program Promote STEM Education for Middle School Girls Through Weekend Workshops Last January and February, Saumya Rawat, a senior at Dallas’ School of Science and Engineering Magnet, worked with Dr. Janell Straach, a CS Professor and the Director of the UT Dallas Center for Engaging Women in […]

Dr. Benjamin Raichel Receives NSF CAREER Award for his Project on Geometric-Based Data Analysis Via UT Dallas News Center | Melissa Cutler –   Dr. Benjamin Raichel’s Project Adds New Dimensions to Data Analysis When you think of geometry, you might think of mathematical equations involving the size, shape and position of objects, and the properties of space. […]

Five Computer Science Professors and their Students Receive Best Paper Award at International Conferences in Fall 2017 UT Dallas Computer Science faculty members are world-renowned for their research and scholarship. The CS Department ranks within top 50 on csrankings.org (2008-2018 period).  Fifteen of its faculty members hold the prestigious NSF CAREER Awards, and three of […]

UT Dallas Becomes 1 of 9 Schools Recognized Internationally for CS Team’s Invention to Detect Car Crashes Via UT Dallas Mercury | Ayoung Jo –  A team of computer science students were recognized in an international competition after developing a device detecting car crashes and alerts emergency services automatically. The achievement makes UT Dallas one […]

Dr. Harabagiu and CS PhD Student, Travis Goodwin, Receive the Homer R. Warner Award at the 2017 AMIA Annual Symposium Via UT Dallas News Center – Travis Goodwin BS’11, MS’13, a computer science PhD student at UT Dallas, and Dr. Sanda Harabagiu, professor of computer science and Research Initiation Chair in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering […]

UT Dallas CS Researchers Named Most Influential in Field Via Jonsson School News – Multiple Computer Science Department faculty from The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science have been named to the AMiner Most Influential Scholar Annual List, which recognizes the world’s top-cited research scholars – from both industry and academia – in […]