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Professors Move South
Professors Move South Dr. Zygmunt Haas and Dr. Mark Paulk are enjoying the sunshine and teaching in the CS Department at the University of Texas at Dallas. Both are from colder, northern cities. Dr. Haas had previously taught at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Dr. Paulk had previously worked as a Senior Research Scientist at […]
UT Dallas Ranks 15th Among the World’s Young Universities
UT Dallas Ranks 15th Among the World’s Young Universities For the second consecutive year, The University of Texas at Dallas is ranked 15th in the world among universities founded less than 50 years ago, according to the just-released “100 Under 50” report from the Times Higher Education. The Times Higher Education magazine considers 13 performance […]
Recent PhD Computer Science student is now an Assistant Professor
Recent PhD Computer Science student is now an Assistant Professor Dr. Yin Yang (yyang@ece.unm.edu) earned his BS degree in Jiangnan University in China and his PhD in Computer Science at UT Dallas in Texas. He now does research in graphics simulation animation visualization and works as an assistant professor for the Electrical and Computer Engineering […]
Computer Science graduate helps IBM Improve database architecture
Computer Science graduate helps IBM Improve database architecture After completing his MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science at UT Dallas, Mustafa Canim started working at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, in Yorktown Heights, NY (mustafa@us.ibm.com). Since 2011, he has been working on several research projects. One of these projects is related to […]
Presenting, a Patch for HeartBleed Bug
Presenting, a Patch for HeartBleed Bug US cybersecurity researchers have developed a technique that fights the Heartbleed virus, and detects and entraps hackers who might be using it to steal sensitive data. The Heartbleed bug, which became public last week, has set alarm bells ringing across the globe, including India, for fear of exposing millions […]
A Walk Through Virtual Reality
Dr. Ryan McMahan, pictured above, is wearing an enhanced Oculus Rift in the Motion Capture Lab at UT Dallas. The Oculus Rift is a commercial head-mounted display (HMD) that provides orientation tracking to allow the user to immersively look around a virtual environment. The enhanced Oculus Rift, modified by Dr. McMahan and his students, also […]
This is the Year of the Horse
The Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival. Yuan-Xiao, also known as the Lantern Festival, is celebrated 15 days after the Chinese New Year. In 2014, the Chinese New Year occurred on January 31st and Yuan-Xiao occurred on February 14th. The year 2014 is the year of the horse. The Computer Science […]
Google Vice President Talks Old, New Technology at ATEC Lecture
Vinton G. Cerf — a ‘Father of the Internet’ — Touted Importance of UT Dallas’ Research During First Campus Visit. As a crowd filled the Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building’s lecture hall, the lights glowing around the walls of the room were a bright blue, red, yellow and green. The multicolored arrangement was a […]
A Wireless Network Test Emulator with repeatable results
A Wireless Network Test Emulator (WiNe TestEr) is being developed by a research team from the Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTDallas) to run controlled experiments on wireless networks. Dr. Ravi Prakash, Dr. Subbarayan Venkatesan, and Dr. Neeraj Mittal work with some additional researchers from Southern Methodist University (SMU). […]
Professor to Develop Framework to Protect Computers’ Cores
UT Dallas cybersecurity expert Dr. Zhiqiang Lin has received funding from the U.S. Air Force to develop a defense framework that burrows deep into a computer system to protect its core. The Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) provides up to $360,000 over three years to […]