Category: Industry

HackUTD VI: 700 Students Use Their Imagination and CS Knowledge to Produce Unique Solutions for Real-World Problems Last fall, over 700 students from across the nation came together for the 6th Annual HackUTD, a 24-hour hackathon organized and run by the UT Dallas Student Chapter of the ACM (Association for Computer Machinery) in partnership with the Major […]

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 […]

Kevin Martin Henson passed away peacefully at age 47 on Thursday, November 7, 2019, in Plano, Texas.  He was born on January 11, 1972, to his loving parents, Kenneth C. Henson and Kathleen Henson, in Fort Rucker, AL. Kevin Henson will be sincerely missed by his loving family, his devoted friends, and all the wonderful […]

CS Alumni Spotlight: VerNeil “Cubie” Mesecher Via Erik Jonsson School Research Magazine — VerNeil “Cubie” Mesecher (BS’16) is an alumnus of the Jonsson School and the McDermott Scholars Program at UT Dallas. After completing a degree in computer science, he trekked to Seattle, Washington, to work at Amazon Web Services (AWS). His role as a systems […]

CS Student Entrepreneurs Bring Big Ideas to Pitch Competition Finals Computer science graduate students Shobhana Ganesh and Anish Hegde pitched ResumePuppy, a tool that helps job applicants improve their odds of landing interviews, during the 2019 Big Idea Competition. Their team won the competition’s $25,000 first-place prize. A résumé service that helps job applicants keep […]

Grace Series Talks Featuring CEOs, Serial Entrepreneurs, and Professors Continue to Inspire and Empower Students Women have influenced eras and changed the world. Throughout history, women have made extensive contributions to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The need for women in STEM is ever-growing, and it continues to comprise one of the world’s strongest […]

Dr. Alvaro Cárdenas Discusses His Lab’s Recent IoT Hacks with Newsweek Via Newsweek | Adam Piore — In 2009, just as consumers had begun to buy wifi-enabled thermostats and front-door cams and other early devices that now make up the “Internet of Things,” computer scientist Ang Cui had gotten the idea to scan the Web for “trivially […]

Axxess’ Gift Establishes New Computer Science Scholarship Fund Axxess, a health care technology company founded by its CEO and University of Texas at Dallas alumnus John Olajide BS’04, has donated $500,000 to establish the Axxess Scholars Program for computer science students. In honor of Axxess’ contributions, the atrium of the Engineering and Computer Science West […]

UT Dallas CS Department Hosts the 39th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2019) Researchers, students, and industry professionals alike joined one another at the UT Dallas Computer Science Department for the 39th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2019). The conference was hosted by the UT Dallas Computer Science Department with […]

Grace Series Talks Continue to Inspire through Empowering Talks by Leading Women in Tech   Whether in an office, lab, or a classroom, the accomplishments of women over the past 100 years — from scientific breakthroughs to personal triumphs — have led the way for others to follow and create their own journeys. This semester, […]