Category: Women in CS

Fall’23 Grace Series Continues with Dianna Hennel The Grace Series honors the contributions of real-life women in science with the goal of inspiring and encouraging more of them to pursue STEM careers. The Grace Series introduced its second speaker, Chief Technology Officer & SVP for Catalyst Corporate Credit Union, Diana Hennel. Ms. Hennel currently serves as […]

Elevating Education: A Conversation with Bhavani Thuraisingham, Taylor L. Booth Education Award Winner Via IEEE Computer Society – Bhavani Thuraisingham’s impact transcends excellence within education, as she has made countless efforts within bridging the gaps between industry and academics. Additionally, she is the Founders Chair Professor of Computer Science, the Founding Executive Director of the Cyber […]

Interview with CS PhD Alumni Series: Maryam Imani PhD’20 Computer science and software engineering PhD holders today enjoy a great variety of employment prospects. Opportunities are ample, ranging from working in research and product development divisions of companies such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon, to becoming faculty members in academia to working for […]

Grace Series Talks Continue To Empower With Final Speaker Of Spring’23 Series The UT Dallas CS Department continued its Spring’23 Grace Series talks with Pallabi Parveen, a Principal-Big Data Software Engineer at AT&T. Pallabi earned her Ph.D. from UT Dallas while under the supervision of Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham. The Grace Series recognizes women and their accomplishments […]

Spring’23 Grace Series Continues to Inspire with Saritha Reddy As technology trends show, the tech industry is always one step ahead regarding innovation. However, one region seems to be lagging behind—gender diversity. The World Bank reports that globally women make up less than 40% of the global workforce. Women are consistently highly underrepresented in the technology field. […]

Professor Thuraisingham Honored for Outstanding Record in Computer Science and Engineering Education Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Founders Chair in Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas, will receive the 2023 IEEE Computer Society Taylor L. Booth Education Award for her leadership in cybersecurity education, data science education and mentorship of members of […]

Spring’23 Grace Series Starts the Semester with Dr. Ling Liu of the School of Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology In order to help foster a stronger community for women in tech, the UT Dallas Computer Science Department has hosted a monthly lecture series called the Grace Series since the Fall of 2015. […]

Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham receives the IEEE Computer Society (CS) Technical Committee on Cloud Computing (TCCLD) Women in Cloud Computing Award Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Founders Chair Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas, was honored with the 2022 Women in Cloud Computing Award by the IEEE CS TCCLD in December 2022. As stated […]

Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham Participates In A High-Profile Panel On Cyber Risk And Resilience Hosted By The World-Renowned Lloyds Of London Insurance Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Founders Chair Professor of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) and a leading cyber security expert, recently participated in a high profile panel on Cyber Risk […]

Engineering and computer science — two of the most lucrative STEM fields — remain heavily male-dominated. Only 21% of engineering majors and 19% of computer science majors are women. In order to help foster a stronger community for women in tech, the UT Dallas Computer Science Department has hosted a monthly lecture series called the […]