Archive for July, 2016

NBC DFW – Cybersecurity Expert Says Reason to be Concerned About Both DNC Hack and Donald Trump Challenge to Hacker Via NBC DFW News – As investigators look into a hack of Democratic National Committee emails, and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump seemed to issue a challenge to the hackers Wednesday, a North Texas cybersecurity expert […]

Medical Tech Company, Aprima, relocating 250-employee headquarters to Richardson Via The Dallas Morning News – A medical tech company now located in Carrollton is moving its headquarters to Richardson. Aprima Medical Software Inc. said Monday that it will locate in a 55,000-square-foot office at 1010 E. Arapaho Road in Richardson. The company plans to move […]

Texas teachers learn coding at UTD, hoping to bring lessons to their classrooms Via Dallas Morning News – The sound of water splashing, followed by a chorus of laughter, echoed around a large room at the University of Texas at Dallas. School was out for students, but not for the 11 teachers in the class. […]

Q&A Session with Recent Software Engineering PhD Graduate, Dr. Laura Moreno This past month, Dr. Laura Moreno, a Software Engineering PhD student, successfully completed her PhD under the faculty supervision of Dr. Andrian Marcus. Dr. Moreno interviewed with twelve universities in the US, Canada, and Europe, all of them well-recognized and strong institutions offering doctoral […]

Q&A Session with 2016 PhD Graduate Dr. Frederico Araujo From the fall of 2015 to the summer of 2016 the UT Dallas Computer Science Department has seen a number of PhD students graduate and go on to jobs in prestigious universities, top tier research facilities, government, and numerous technology based companies. Dr. Frederico Araujo, who […]

CS Student-Run App Eases Job Search Via UT Dallas Mercury – Students struggling to find summer work will now have better access to jobs and internships, thanks to a new app co-created by a UTD sophomore.  Tyler Hargreaves, a computer science major, co-founded Condecca, a web and mobile platform designed to connect students to job opportunities at […]

Codeburners: A 16-Year Old Competitive Coding Club for UT Dallas CS Students Since its inception over 16-years ago, the Codeburners (pdf) club has garnered over 500 members while under the supervision of Dr. Ivor Page, the club’s faculty supervisor and a UT Dallas Computer Science Professor of 35 years. The Codeburners is a group of […]