Category: Students

Chander Dhall, UTD CS Alumnus & CEO of Cazton, Inspires Graduates at the CS Fall’18 Graduation Luncheon Nearly 2,800 students earned their UT Dallas degrees last fall. The largest-ever December cohort of graduates included 1,524 bachelor’s students and 1,189 master’s students. Seventy-one doctoral candidates were also certified. About 2,750 students participated in the commencement ceremonies, […]

Software Engineering Student, Jean-Pierre Salazar Lubo, Speaks at the Jonsson School’s Fall 2018 Commencement Ceremony Today I feel an immense joy as I reflect on years of memories and look longingly toward the potential of the future. Today we accomplish something that is only once in a lifetime, and I cannot wait to celebrate it. […]

The term “hacker” usually conjures up an image of a nefarious computer whiz secretively working in a dark room. But at Hacks for Humanity at The University of Texas at Dallas in October, that notion couldn’t have been further from the truth. Dozens of computer experts and nonexperts joined Arizona State University in tying technical […]

UT Dallas CS Department and AI Society Organizes the 2nd HackAI Contest In today’s data-driven world, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform the economic landscape of the world. As technology continues to grow, AI’s role in our lives will only grow bigger. This November, the student-run AI Society used the opportunity of a […]

UT Dallas CS and Mathematical Sciences Department Establish a New Joint BS in Data Science Program Next Spring Data science continues to evolve as one of the most promising and in-demand career paths for skilled professionals. The Department of Computer Science in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science in collaboration with the […]

Computer Science Teams Win Big at the 12th Annual UT Dallas Big Idea Competition (BIC) Student teams from The University of Texas at Dallas showed recently that winning a business pitch competition — or launching a successful business, for that matter — requires having not just a great idea but also the preparation, passion and […]

NSF REU Program at UT Dallas CS Offers A Unique Research Experience For the past ten years, the UT Dallas Computer Science Department has organized a ten-week research program each summer funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for undergraduate students. This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program is led by Dr. W. Eric Wong, […]

UT Dallas CS Department Hosts The 2018 Data Science Conference Data enthusiasts, academics, and professionals alike joined together earlier this month at the 2018 UT Dallas Computer Science Department Data Science Conference to learn about new insights in the fields of data science and data analytics. The goal of the conference was to provide a […]

Undergrads Offered the Opportunity to Join Faculty Research During the UG Research Networking Lunch This past May, twenty UT Dallas Computer Science Undergraduate students were invited to take part in the Computer Science/Software Engineering Undergraduate Research Speed Matching Luncheon. The event brought together both UT Dallas’s distinguished computer science and software engineering faculty members, current […]

Dr. Prakash and Freshmen Students Develop Software To Assist With Navigating UT Dallas Buildings Via UT Dallas Mercury News | Written by Madison York – An algorithm developed in part by freshmen researchers nixes GPS, utilizes Wi-Fi hotspots for guided wayfinding. A research team of 12 freshmen, headed by computer science professor Ravi Prakash and […]