Category: Students

Discover and Succeed with a PhD from UT Dallas Computer Science Department Via Study International — Exposure to top-notch guidance inspired Yemen-born, Wyoming-raised Austin Mordahl to merge his educational and computer science passions with a PhD. He knew the right place to do it was with his alma mater, the University of Texas at Dallas […]

UT Dallas CS Student Earns IEEE AIVR Best Presentation Award Last Winter, UT Dallas Ph.D. Student Yu-Yen Chung was awarded the Best Presentation Award by the IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR) for his research paper titled “High-Quality First-Person Rendering Mixed Reality Gaming System for in Home Setting.” The paper was written by […]

CS Student, David M. Brooks, Speaks at the Jonsson School’s 2021 Commencement Ceremony We did it. We arrived. Code compiled successfully… after I suppressed compiler warnings, but hey, it runs right? We all didn’t start off the same. Many of us come from different high schools, different countries, different majors, or are of different ages. […]

For Esports, Year Full of Smashing Successes, New Energy Although this year’s championship took place completely online, when the UT Dallas Super Smash Bros. Ultimate team won its second national title, the sense of victory was palpable. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University’s varsity athletics esports team spent its entire season meeting, practicing and […]

TexSAW Virtually Celebrates its 10th Year Last fall, the UT Dallas Cyber Security Research and Education Institute (CSI), in conjunction with the UT Dallas Computer Science Department, virtually celebrated its 10th Annual Texas Security Awareness Week (TexSAW 2020). Each year, TexSAW brings together cybersecurity, computer science, and software engineering students from across Texas who are interested in […]

Here’s Why a Computer Science Degree from UT Dallas is your Launchpad for Career Success We’re reliant on technology more than ever before, and examples abound. Both individuals and businesses use products or services by tech giants, including Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft, to meet their business goals or for entertainment purposes. We rely on voice […]

UT Dallas CS Undergraduate Researcher Named Goldwater Scholar Two University of Texas at Dallas undergraduate students — one in computer science and one in neuroscience — have been recognized with awards from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. Anja Sheppard, a junior in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, and […]

HackAI’21 Goes Virtual For Its Third AI Focused Hackathon Today, artificial intelligence is a buzzword that’s frequently mentioned. Still, many students are unaware of what it means, the subtopics within the field, and how they can get started and nurture their interests, especially beginners. The AI Society hopes to take the mystery out of this specialized niche […]

Richardson and UTD Partner for New Innovation District Hub The University of Texas at Dallas is teaming up with the city of Richardson on what they hope will be a transformational project — a new anchor for what Richardson is calling its Innovation Quarter. The district includes about 1,200 acres east of U.S. Highway 75 […]

Computer Scientists Enhance Alexa’s Small-Talk Skills Amazon Alexa can give the weather forecast, play a requested song and set an alarm. But could the virtual assistant ever have humanlike conversations with users? That’s the challenge for a University of Texas at Dallas team of computer science students competing in the Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge […]