Category: Women in CS

Student Internship Success Series: Ashley Handoko’s USAA Internship Ashley Handoko is a recent 2018 graduate from the UT Dallas Computer Science Department’s Undergraduate Program with many accomplishments under her belt. The summer before Ashley started her freshmen year as a CS student at UT Dallas, she was invited to attend Dr. Janell Straach’s Connect-Inspire-Guide Camp for Incoming […]

CS Computing Scholar Honor Student, Esther Goldstein, Speaks at the Jonsson School’s Spring 2018 Commencement Ceremony The University of Texas at Dallas’ graduated its largest class of graduates last May. The cohort included 2,393 bachelor’s students, 2,090 master’s students, and 107 doctoral candidates. Nearly 1,080 students graduated from the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science. This included […]

Jonsson School CS Researchers Named Most Influential Scholars in Field Multiple Computer Science Department faculty from The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science have been named to the AMiner Most Influential Scholar Annual List, which recognizes the world’s top-cited research scholars – from both industry and academia – in the fields of science […]

UT Dallas CS and IT Empowerment for Her Program Promote STEM Education for Middle School Girls Through Weekend Workshops Last January and February, Saumya Rawat, a senior at Dallas’ School of Science and Engineering Magnet, worked with Dr. Janell Straach, a CS Professor and the Director of the UT Dallas Center for Engaging Women in […]

Company Co-Founded by CS Student Invited to Participate in the Red Bull Launch Institute Via UT Dallas Mercury | Noumika Balaji –  Co-founder of augmented reality platform for tourist attractions attended program to help develop young entrepreneurs A UT Dallas student startup was selected to participate in the Red Bull Launch Institute, a program Red Bull […]

UT Dallas CS Department Participates in the Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference Held at Stanford University This March, the Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference was held at Stanford University in California as well as at over 100 regional locations nationwide and was available via livestream. The regional sessions were hosted by […]

Five Computer Science Professors and their Students Receive Best Paper Award at International Conferences in Fall 2017 UT Dallas Computer Science faculty members are world-renowned for their research and scholarship. The CS Department ranks within top 50 on csrankings.org (2008-2018 period).  Fifteen of its faculty members hold the prestigious NSF CAREER Awards, and three of […]

Dr. Harabagiu and CS PhD Student, Travis Goodwin, Receive the Homer R. Warner Award at the 2017 AMIA Annual Symposium Via UT Dallas News Center – Travis Goodwin BS’11, MS’13, a computer science PhD student at UT Dallas, and Dr. Sanda Harabagiu, professor of computer science and Research Initiation Chair in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering […]

WWC and Jonsson School Alumni Relations Sponsor Two Separate Networking Events for CS & SE Students This fall, two separate speed networking events were held with UT Dallas CS Alumni and tech industry members, one was hosted by the UT Dallas student Women Who Compute (WWC) student organization and the other hosted by the UT […]

Fall’17 Grace Series Presents Three Inspirational Speakers from State Farm, USAA, and UT Dallas This semester, the fall 2017 Grace Series Talks featured three inspiring members of the tech community, Dr. Farokh Bastani, UT Dallas CS Professor, Excellence in Education Chair, and Director of the UT Dallas site of the NSF Net-centric and Cloud Software […]