Archive for 2018

The 2018 Grace Series Closes With Dr. Karen Mazidi The 2018 Grace Series ended this year with its eighteenth speaker, UT Dallas Computer Science Professor, Dr. Karen Mazidi. Dr. Mazidi’s Grace Series talk titled “Discovering Your Strengths,” attracted a full room of faculty and students who were eager listen to Dr. Mazidi’s journey and learn how to discover one’s strengths […]

The term “hacker” usually conjures up an image of a nefarious computer whiz secretively working in a dark room. But at Hacks for Humanity at The University of Texas at Dallas in October, that notion couldn’t have been further from the truth. Dozens of computer experts and nonexperts joined Arizona State University in tying technical […]

Next January, researchers from the UT Dallas CS Department will have a strong presence at the Thirty-Third AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-19) with six accepted research papers. The purpose of the AAAI conference series is to promote research in artificial intelligence (AI) and foster scientific exchange between researchers, practitioners, scientists, students, and engineers in […]

UT Dallas CS Department and AI Society Organizes the 2nd HackAI Contest In today’s data-driven world, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform the economic landscape of the world. As technology continues to grow, AI’s role in our lives will only grow bigger. This November, the student-run AI Society used the opportunity of a […]

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 […]

Computer Science Teams Win Big at the 12th Annual UT Dallas Big Idea Competition (BIC) Student teams from The University of Texas at Dallas showed recently that winning a business pitch competition — or launching a successful business, for that matter — requires having not just a great idea but also the preparation, passion and […]

Battle of the Brains: High School Programming Competition Hosts Largest Contest in its History This October, the biannual Battle of the Brains: High School Programming Competition held one of the biggest competitions in its decade-long history. The contest drew in more 135 teams comprising more than 450 high school students from all over North Texas, […]

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, […]

New USPTO Director, North Texas Experts Tackle Business of AI, Emerging Tech Via DallasInnovates.com | By Payton Potter – As artificial intelligence takes on bigger roles in business, the U.S. Patent Office, industry leaders, and academics work to understand the technology. United States Patent Office Director Andrei Iancu joined four artificial intelligence experts Friday morning in Dallas to jumpstart […]

UT Dallas CS Department Hosts The 2018 Data Science Conference Data enthusiasts, academics, and professionals alike joined together earlier this month at the 2018 UT Dallas Computer Science Department Data Science Conference to learn about new insights in the fields of data science and data analytics. The goal of the conference was to provide a […]