Archive for April, 2018

400 High Schoolers Compete at this Spring’s Battle of the Brains: HS Programming Competition The Spring 2018 Battle of the Brains: High School Programming Competition was held on April 7th, with State Farm Insurance sponsoring the event. Registration for the Spring 2018 competition was free, thanks to the sponsorship. The contest drew more than 117 teams comprising […]

Emerging Technologies Summit Highlights Blockchain Technology Via UT Dallas Mercury News | Cindy Folefack – Students and faculty members at UT Dallas had the opportunity to network with industry leaders during a summit focused on adapting companies to new technological discoveries. The UT Dallas Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship hosted the first annual Emerging Technologies […]

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 […]

Students’ Entrepreneurial Venture Receives Support from the UT Dallas CS Department The UT Dallas Computer Science Department recently instituted the Software Startup Launch Track to motivate computer science and software engineering students to become entrepreneurs. Under this program, student engagement with entrepreneurship starts from the freshman or sophomore year itself, and culminates in a startup housed […]

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 […]

Dr. Cong Liu Receives NSF CAREER Award to Further His Research in Autonomous Driving Via UT Dallas News Center | Melissa Cutler –  A professor at The University of Texas at Dallas hopes within the next 10 years, you’ll be driving an autonomous car that his research helped make possible. Dr. Cong Liu, assistant professor of […]

Dr. Benjamin Raichel Receives NSF CAREER Award for his Project on Geometric-Based Data Analysis Via UT Dallas News Center | Melissa Cutler –   Dr. Benjamin Raichel’s Project Adds New Dimensions to Data Analysis When you think of geometry, you might think of mathematical equations involving the size, shape and position of objects, and the properties of space. […]