Category: Undergraduates

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 […]

User Experience Conference Provides UX Enthusiasts With a Look Into the Exciting Future of UX Design Researchers, students, and industry professionals alike joined one another at the UT Dallas Computer Science Department for the 2019 Conference on User Experience (UX). The goal of the one-day conference was to provide a forum for UX Design enthusiasts […]

UTDesign CS Capstone Projects Provide CS & SE Seniors with Real-World Experiences before Graduation The UTDesign Senior Capstone Project is the culmination of the undergraduate experience, where the knowledge students have gained throughout the course of their college education is applied to a major design project. The pinnacle of the experience is the UTDesign CS […]

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. […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

University Welcomes Newest Class of McDermott Scholars This Fall The Eugene McDermott Scholars Program at The University of Texas at Dallas has selected 16 students to make up its 2018 incoming class. The program provides these select students with UT Dallas’ rigorous and personalized education, along with a four-year program of intensive extracurricular activities. McDermott Scholars have access […]

UT Dallas CS Student REU Success Story: Nishant Gurrapadi Nishant Gurrapadi is a senior majoring in Computer Science. In 2018, he participated in the AMALTHEA Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program at Florida Institute of Technology and studied Swarm Intelligence techniques. More precisely, this involved the study of the social behavior of artificial agents in […]