Archive for 2020

UT Dallas Computer Scientists Create Video Game Mechanism To Detect Cheating Via Dallas Innovates | Written By Lauren Hawkins — Using popular video game Counter-Strike, researchers have created a cheat detection mechanism that can be used in a variety of games. The research is especially important as it has the potential to affect the near $1 billion esports […]

New CS Graduate Finds Success Bit by Bit with True Grit and Talent – PhD Pursuit Is Next for Scholar Who Followed Nontraditional Course Itzel Ramirez Tapia has been going through life at 100 miles an hour for as long as she can remember. As a mother, first-generation college student and underrepresented minority, she’s used […]

Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Named AAAS Fellow for Work in Science, Technology Four University of Texas at Dallas faculty members have been elected 2020 fellows of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, professor of computer science in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science; Dr. Steven Small, […]

Computer Scientists Launch Counteroffensive Against Video Game Cheaters University of Texas at Dallas computer scientists have devised a new weapon against video game players who cheat. The researchers developed their approach for detecting cheaters using the popular first-person shooter game Counter-Strike. But the mechanism can work for any massively multiplayer online (MMO) game that sends […]

UT Dallas Announces Class, Campus Plans for Spring 2021 Semester UT Dallas students like finance freshman Christa York can choose to live on campus and take face-to-face, online and hybrid classes, or live at home and take a full course load online next spring. The spring semester will begin Jan. 19, and the last day […]

Culture of Value Micro-grant Fuels Second Annual Art of Kindness Competition Student art contest hosted by Kindness Enterprise at the Center for BrainHealth, in collaboration with ATEC and Computer Science – all with UT Dallas The City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture has awarded a Culture of Value micro-grant to a UT Dallas […]

Guide2Research Ranks UT Dallas CS in the Top 100 CS Universities in 2020 This fall, Guide2Research released the latest edition of the annual ranking for top computer science and electronics universities across the United States and the world. According to Guide2Research’s University Ranking for Computer Science, the University of Texas at Dallas ranked #91 globally […]

What Can Past Propaganda Tell Us About Today’s Efforts? Researchers Want To Know University of Texas at Dallas researchers are investigating whether attempts by the U.S. government to gain support from Latin American citizens during World War II can be applied to modern propaganda efforts. The project will develop novel computational models to analyze text […]

Dr. Thuraisingham talks with Aerospace America about Protecting the International Space Station Via Aerospace America  | By Sarah Wells — NASA’s cybersecurity track record has been a troubled one, but as far as the public record shows, the troubles have not reached the International Space Station. What should NASA do to keep it that way? Sarah […]

Jonsson School Researchers Earn Honors from Peers Thuraisingham Recognized for Impact on Technology Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Founders Chair in Engineering and Computer Science and executive director of the Cyber Security Research and Education Institute in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, was recognized as one of 12 female leaders of the last […]