Category: Students

Largest Number of UTD CS Students Join Amazon and Facebook This summer, the UT Dallas CS Department will have the largest number ever of students joining Amazon. At least 45 CS/SE students will participate in summer internships, and at least 33 students will take up full-time jobs after finishing their degrees this spring. Thus, nearly […]

UT Dallas CS Department Celebrates the Newest Class of Fall’19 Graduates December marked a special milestone for graduates at The University of Texas at Dallas, as the campus honored its newest alumni in its 50th Anniversary celebration year. During seven fall commencement ceremonies Dec. 16-18, held in the Activity Center, over 2,700 students earned their UT Dallas degrees […]

CS Entrepreneur Gets Big Lift with Selection to LaunchPad Mentoring Program The University of Texas at Dallas computer science senior Pablo Peillard says he’s always been a maker. “In high school, we set up the first editorial website for the journalism class and turned it from a printed newspaper into a website. I’ve been really […]

Jobs of the Future: The Hottest Areas of Tech Education Via Dallas Innovates || By Tara Nieuwesteeg — Here’s a list of some of the area’s most exciting programs, with the universities across North Texas that are shaping the talent of the future. Dallas-Fort Worth has more than 40 higher learning institutions, each with programs that incorporate on-the-job training […]

HackUTD VI: 700 Students Use Their Imagination and CS Knowledge to Produce Unique Solutions for Real-World Problems Last fall, over 700 students from across the nation came together for the 6th Annual HackUTD, a 24-hour hackathon organized and run by the UT Dallas Student Chapter of the ACM (Association for Computer Machinery) in partnership with the Major […]

New Master’s Degree Combines Public Policy with Cybersecurity The University of Texas at Dallas is taking an interdisciplinary approach to help prepare its graduate students to meet growing demands for cyber professionals. Starting in fall 2020, the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences (EPPS) will offer a Master of Science in cyber security, technology […]

UT Dallas CS Ph.D. Grads Find Work in Prestigious Universities, High-Tech Companies, Government, and Top-Tier Research Facilities When UT Dallas was established in 1961, the institutional emphasis was solely on research. In fact, when the UT Dallas Computer Science program first started in the 70s, it granted only Ph.D. degrees. The UT Dallas Computer Science […]

Future-Proof your Career with a PhD in Computer Science from UT Dallas Via Study International News — Computer science experts are in high demand as technologies advance at breakneck speed. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the employment of computer and information technology occupations to grow 12 percent from 2018 to 2028, much faster than the average for […]

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 […]

UTD Computer Science BS and MS Programs Rank in Top 50 in Computer Science Degree Hub Rankings Prospective students consider many factors when choosing a school that fits their needs. Program rankings are one important factor. The CS Department at UT Dallas has done well in research-based rankings such as csrankings.org, where it ranks 7th in […]