Category: Women in CS

Hi Courtney! Can you please tell me about yourself? What is your story? I was born in the heart of Silicon Valley and raised by software engineers. This created a tech-heavy atmosphere for me in which to grow up and helped inspire my love for problem-solving and computers. My own love for biology inspired me […]

Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham Named One of the Top 10 Key Female Cyber Security Leaders To Know In 2020 Information Security Solutions Review Magazine named Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham as one of the top 10 Key Female Cybersecurity Leaders to Know in 2020, noting that she “has a staggering list of accomplishments and titles.” The article was written in celebration of Women History […]

Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham Awarded Communications and Information Security Technical Recognition Award from IEEE ComSoc Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Founders Chair Professor in Computer Science and the Executive Director of the Cyber Security Research and Education Institute at the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, was honored with the prestigious 2019 Communications and Information Security Technical Recognition […]

Class of 2019 Interview with Sruthi Chappidi: PhD Lights Way for Women To Pursue Computer Science As the only girl in her high school computer science class, Sruthi Chappidi BS’14, MS’16 felt like she didn’t belong. As a result, she decided to major in biology when she enrolled in The University of Texas at Dallas, […]

Grace Series Talks Featuring CEOs, Serial Entrepreneurs, and Professors Continue to Inspire and Empower Students Women have influenced eras and changed the world. Throughout history, women have made extensive contributions to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The need for women in STEM is ever-growing, and it continues to comprise one of the world’s strongest […]

Drs. Kantarcioglu and Thuraisingham Presented with the SACMAT Test of Time Award UT Dallas CS Professors and Cyber Security experts, Drs. Murat Kantarcioglu and Bhavani Thuraisingham were recently presented with the Test of Time award by the ACM Symposium on Access Control Models and Technologies (SACMAT 2019) for their paper titled “A Semantic Web Based […]

UT Dallas Professor Helps Invent Traffic Lights That Talk to Each Other and Reduce Congestion Via Dallas Business Journal || Interview By Rob Schneider — Dr. Rym Zalila-Wenkstern and her team at the University of Texas at Dallas invented a smart traffic light system that allows traffic lights to communicate with each other and collaboratively adjusting the timing signals in real-time […]

Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham talks with the CBSDFW 11 I-Team About the Controversial Hate Website 8chan Via CBSDFW.COM | Interview By Brian New – A day after a hate-filled screed allegedly linked to the El Paso mass murder suspect was posted on the website 8chan, the controversial site was knocked offline. The web security service Cloudflare announced it was […]

Grace Series Talks Continue to Inspire through Empowering Talks by Leading Women in Tech   Whether in an office, lab, or a classroom, the accomplishments of women over the past 100 years — from scientific breakthroughs to personal triumphs — have led the way for others to follow and create their own journeys. This semester, […]

Engineering Education Expert Named New Jonsson School Dean Dr. Stephanie G. Adams, professor of engineering management and systems engineering at Old Dominion University and dean of its Frank Batten College of Engineering & Technology, will become the fifth dean of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science on Aug. 1. Adams, who holds […]