Category: Lecture/Talk

The Department of Computer Science at UT Dallas continues its lecture series with a talk on fostering a culture of excellence.

AI security expert Preeti Ravindra shares insights on secure, scalable AI and career growth in a spring Grace Series talk at the Jonsson School.

In her Grace Series talk, Dr. Anmol Agarwal shared how academic experience, curiosity and passion can shape rewarding paths in STEM careers.

As part of the Spring 2025 Grace Series, The University of Texas at Dallas Department of Computer Science welcomed Krupa Brahmkstri, senior consultant and data scientist at Visa, for a compelling talk entitled “The STEM Journey: From Student Life to Professional Success.”

The Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas was proud to welcome Kathy Nik, software engineering manager at L3Harris, as the featured speaker for the Spring 2025 Grace Series talk. In her uplifting talk, “One Foot in Front of Another,” Nik shared her personal story with students, faculty and guests, delivering a powerful message of perseverance, resilience and leadership with heart and determination.

A new book about trailblazing women in computer science highlights Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham’s journey, from growing up in Sri Lanka to becoming a respected academic at The University of Texas at Dallas and a renowned cybersecurity expert. Rendering History: The Women of ACM-W, published in April by the Association for Computing Machinery, celebrates the 30-year history […]

2024 Spring International Contest on Software Testing Software testing continues to be the primary approach used in practice to ensure the development of high-quality software. However, students graduating with a bachelor’s or a master’s degree in computer science or software engineering may not be properly trained for doing software testing cost-effectively. To increase the awareness […]

UT Dallas celebrated graduation this spring with each of the University’s eight schools hosting its own ceremony. Twelve ceremonies in all were held, along with a doctoral hooding ceremony presided over by the school’s respective deans. More than 5,100 students participated in all the ceremonies. A total of 2,847 bachelor’s, 2,487 master’s and 98 doctoral degrees were awarded.  

Out of a total of 1,320 degrees awarded in spring 2024 in the Jonsson School, 566 bachelor’s degrees, 310 master’s degrees and eight doctoral degrees were awarded to computer science (CS) and software engineering (SE) majors. Ujwal Sandeep Shah, master’s (MS) in computer science and Lillie McMaster, bachelor’s (BS) in software engineering, were the keynote speakers for the Jonsson School graduation ceremonies.

Our first interview (in a new spotlight series on UT Dallas computer science faculty) is with Dr. Kevin Hamlen, a Louis A. Beecherl, Jr. Dis­tin­guished Pro­fes­sor of Com­put­er Science at UT Dallas, and the ex­ec­u­tive di­rec­tor of UT Dallas’ Cy­ber Se­cu­ri­ty Re­search and Edu­ca­tion In­sti­tute (CSI). His research interests involve lan­guage-based se­cu­ri­ty, which le­ver­ag­es pro­gram­ming lang­uage the­o­ry and com­pil­er de­sign to en­force soft­ware se­cu­ri­ty. His tech­ni­cal interests in­clude bi­na­ry soft­ware hard­en­ing, cy­ber ­de­cep­tion, mal­ware de­fense, cloud/​web/​mo­bile se­cu­ri­ty, mod­el-check­ing, au­to­mat­ed the­o­rem prov­ing, cer­ti­fy­ing com­pil­ers, and type-safe in­ter­me­di­ate lan­guag­es.

Tell us about yourself! What is your story?

My name is Esha Bansal, and I am a senior majoring in computer science with a minor in psychology. I am the 2023-24 president of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and have been with the organization throughout my college experience. I was born and raised in Texas and have lived in the Dallas area my whole life! My favorite hobbies include reading, traveling, going to concerts, cafe-hunting and planning fun nights with friends!