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UTD CS Ranks 5th in Top 40 Best U.S. Colleges for Artificial Intelligence Recently, the website Great Value Colleges ranked the top 40 best colleges in the U.S. for Artificial Intelligence placing UT Dallas Computer Science Department as the fifth best college for undergraduate studies in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Artificial Intelligence is the theory behind […]

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 […]

Student Hackathon Experience: All Freshmen Team Win 2nd Place at T-Mobile Hacktober Hackathon A freshman CS team at UT Dallas consisting of Supratik Pochampally, Khalid Hossain, Cady Baltz, and Christina Abraham recently competed in the T-Mobile Hacktober Hackathon and finished in 2nd place.  Below is a short story written by Supratik Pochampally about his time […]

300+ High Schoolers Compete at the Fall 2019 Battle of the Brains: High School Programming Competition The Fall 2019 Battle of the Brains: High School Programming Competition was held on November 2nd, with State Farm Insurance sponsoring the event. Registration for the Fall 2019 competition was free, thanks to the sponsorship. The contest drew more than 300 […]

Grant Helps UT Dallas Create Next Generation of Cybersecurity Experts The UT Dallas Computer Science Department received $4 Million from National Science Foundation for Cyber Security Scholarships and new courses. Gina Fossati BS’19 was exploring different career paths in computer science when she found out about the CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS). The National Science […]

UT Dallas Chess Team Creates Winners The University of Texas at Dallas chess team is known for winning. In addition to securing four national collegiate championships and going to the “Final Four” chess tournament 16 times, some former team members are now coaching other college chess programs, while others are making their mark in the […]

CS Alumnus Earns Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists, Engineers As a computer science senior at The University of Texas at Dallas, Ryan Burchfield thought he had his future programmed. He wanted to continue his education with a master’s degree then look for a job at a local telecom company. But after an invitation to […]

Youngsters’ Skills Take Flight at University’s Summer Coding Camps Eliana Lainez never thought she’d become a pilot. Yet the eighth grader from Fowler Middle School in Plano is not only flying an aircraft, but she also programmed it. Eliana is participating in one of The University of Texas at Dallas’ weeklong Summer Coding Camps. She joined other students, from fifth through 12th grade, in learning a new skill. “I’m learning how […]

Engineering Education Expert Named New Jonsson School Dean Dr. Stephanie G. Adams, professor of engineering management and systems engineering at Old Dominion University and dean of its Frank Batten College of Engineering & Technology, will become the fifth dean of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science on Aug. 1. Adams, who holds […]

Spring’19 UTDesign CS Expo Showcases Cutting-Edge Senior Capstone Projects UT Dallas Computer Science and Software Engineering seniors came together last May to present their capstone projects at the Spring 2019 UTDesign Computer Science Expo. Fifty-two teams ranging from three to five members each presented their final projects to a room full of their peers, UT Dallas […]