Archive for May, 2020

Graduating Software Engineering Student Veteran Discovers Perfect Balance in Service, Studies Software engineering senior and student veteran Yugesh Taksari has managed to balance his duties in the Army Reserve with his coursework at The University of Texas at Dallas — all while maintaining a 4.0 GPA. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, he has spent one weekend […]

CS Alumnus Helps Create Emergency Fund for University’s International Students Yanjie Liu, a University of Texas at Dallas computer science senior from Nanchang, China, had big plans this spring and summer. He was preparing for an internship that would have transitioned after graduation into a full-time job. Then the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything. The internship […]

Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Discusses Whether Stablecoins are the Future of the Crypto Space Via E-Crypto News — The stable coins vs. other tokens battle has been raging on for the better part of five years now. This has left many wondering if for some reason stable coins are the future of the crypto space. E-Crypto News […]

Researchers Chart Vital Territory with COVID-19 Data Dashboards To contribute to the public battle with COVID-19, University of Texas at Dallas faculty, staff and students have built websites that track current coronavirus health data and model future scenarios. Researchers from the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC), the School of Economics, Political and […]

Not Just Any Science: Computer Science – Getting a BS CS or BS SE @ UT Dallas Technology is increasingly impacting our lives, from smartphones, social media, devices such as Alexa, the sharing economy of Uber, Airbnb, etc., to the promise of self-driving cars and artificial intelligence. What is common among all these technological advancements […]

UTD CS Alumni Creates a Viral COVID-19 Visualization that Promotes Honest, Accessible, Transparent Access to Case Data In mid-March with less than 2,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States, UT-Dallas CS alumni Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider (BS’05, MS’06) had questions on the growth and spread of the soon-to-be pandemic.  Over a period of two days, […]

Alumni Step Up To Help Protect Health Care Workers on COVID-19 Front Lines Two University of Texas at Dallas alumni have designed and manufactured a valve attachment that can convert a snorkel mask into safety gear for health care workers in the event of a shortage of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. James […]

Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Weighs in on Whether Blockchain Technology Will Start to Rule the World Because of COVID-19 Via E-crypto News — The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about great change within the world economy. Every aspect of our lives has either been brought to a standstill or changed completely. Blockchain technology is one of those […]