Category: Professor

SMILE VR Project Lands $750K NSF Grant to Revolutionize Learning and Training Virtual reality (VR) offers a captivating and immersive way to revolutionize learning and training, especially when it comes to safety-related concepts. Despite its potential, the intricate development process has slowed its widespread use—until now. In an exciting breakthrough, the University of Texas at […]

Dr. Haas’ ACM Mobicom 30-years commemorate Recently, Dr. Zygmunt J. Haas, Distinguished Chair in computer science and professor in the Department of Computer Science in the Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, offered some remarks to help commemorate 30 years of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) MobiCom conference, which will be held in […]

From Haptic to Thermal Technologies: Inside Dr. Jin Ryong Kim’s Multimodal Interaction Lab and How it is Revolutionizing How We Interact in VR Dr. Jin Ryong Kim and his innovative team at the Multimodal Interaction Lab (MI Lab) have recently garnered acclaim for their groundbreaking advancements in haptic and thermal technologies. Their exceptional contributions have […]

Getting to know … Emin Sarac, Computer Science 2024 Graduate What inspired you to pursue computer science for your college degree? UT Dallas is renowned for its excellence in undergraduate Computer Science education. This rapidly growing field has abundant job opportunities now and in the future. Although I initially knew little about computer science when […]

UTDesign Team Takes First in Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Competition A UTDesign® Capstone team from The University of Texas at Dallas comprised of electrical and computer engineering and computer science students placed first in the spring 2024 Raytheon Technologies, Inc.’s Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle (AUV) competition held in North Texas. This is the second time the team […]

UTD Underwater Robotics Team Brings Home Awards A University of Texas at Dallas student team won a third-place award at an international competition for building a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) that can collect data on temperature, pressure and chemicals in the ocean. The students demonstrated their vehicle, named VESPA, in an Olympic-sized pool in Kingsport, […]

Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham Receives a Pair of Prestigious IEEE Awards Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham recently received the prestigious IEEE Computer Society’s Impact Award from the Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing (TCMC) for her groundbreaking research in secure multimedia data systems. This award is usually presented at the annual IEEE Computer Society  MIPR (Multimedia Information Processing and […]

Empowering Robots to Assist Humans dr. Yu Xiang Works with UTD Students and Summer Campers to Advance Robots’ Autonomy Dr. Yu Xiang leads the Intelligent Robotics and Vision Lab (IRVL) in the department of computer science in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas. The lab […]

The new age of AI and machine learning is reminiscent of the level of buzz and activity the region saw in the late 1990s and early 2000s for telecom, networking, and the World Wide Web. So says Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, Erik […]

AI, or artificial intelligence, grabbed the attention of every industry in 2023, creating hope for easier, more streamlined work processes and stoking fear that the technology could advance enough to replace employees. “Accuracy cannot be guaranteed,” said Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, Erik […]