Category: Students

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 […]

‘The Future of Police Training’: SURVIVR Uses Virtual Reality to Prep Officers for the Real World Via Dallas Innovates || By Payton Potter  Founded by a recent UT Dallas CS grad, Brian Hoang, VR training startup SURVIVR is working to change how law enforcement trains its officers, while cutting costs and saving lives along the way. […]

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 […]

Meet UT Dallas CS Alumni Michael Lewellen of Tarski Technologies in Richardson Via VoyageDallas Interview – Today we’d like to introduce you to Michael Lewellen the CEO and Founder of Tarski Tech. Michael, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far. I first […]

Student Chapter of the ACM at UT Dallas Expands With More Opportunities and New Initiatives for Students The Student Chapter of the ACM was founded in UT Dallas in the early 2000s. Since then, the official University of Texas at Dallas Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has grown by leaps and […]

Spring’19 CS/SE Graduates Celebrate their Success with Friends and Family at the CS Graduation Luncheon The CS Graduation Luncheon is a biannual tradition that honors the University’s newest CS/SE alumni and provides the new graduates with the opportunity to reflect on their time at UT Dallas and celebrate their success. The CS Department graduated nearly […]

Brian Hoang, Software Engineering 2019 Graduate, Delivers Speech At The Jonsson School’s Spring Commencement Ceremony Brian Hoang is graduating magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in software engineering. He received the Academic Excellence Scholarship with Honors, served as an officer in the Association for Computing Machinery and founded the Artificial Intelligence Society and Virtual […]

UT Dallas Climbs Forbes’ List of Best Value Colleges in U.S. The University of Texas at Dallas was named the best value public university in Texas, according to the newly released rankings of America’s Best Value Colleges 2019 by Forbes. The list highlights schools with the highest quality and best financial outcomes. UT Dallas is tied for 15th […]

UT Dallas CS Department Hosts AI Conference Focusing on Applications and Technical Foundations With Artificial Intelligence (AI) saturating many aspects of our lives (e.g., smart speakers, voice recognition) and the prediction that in the future AI will a playing a more significant role in our everyday lives, it’s no wonder why AI is so popular. […]