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Dr. Lin Develops Computer Security Techniques
Dr. Lin has developed low-level security techniques to defend computers against viruses and other threats! Computer viruses are tricky, but Dr. Zhiqiang Lin has developed computer software to out smart them! To understand why his approach is so effective, a diagram and some background information in computer basics is needed. Pictured above is Dr. Zhiqiang […]
Requirements Engineering Tools for Free
From his lab at UT Dallas, Dr. Lawrence Chung is helping computer software developers, throughout the world. He has developed a set of software tools, called “RE Tools” (Requirements Engineering Tools) to help with the requirements phase of software projects. The toolkits are available as free, open software at: www.sourceforge.net/projects/re-tools. Since 2009, there have been […]
UT Dallas Expert Leads Effort to Forge Future Internet Paths
Dr. Andrea Fumagalli, a telecommunications expert from The University of Texas at Dallas, has been chosen to lead a subset of an international collaboration to create the computer network architecture of the future — preparing for a time when trillions of devices are expected to be connected to the Internet. It’s expected that home electrical […]
President determined for UTD to reach Tier One
In a speech at the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, president David Daniel outlined the strides the university has made in its quest to become the first Tier One university in North Texas. David Daniel’s favorite Tom Friedman book is That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How […]
Something for Everyone
To celebrate Martin Luther King Day on 1/20/2014, the Computer Science (CS) Department at UTDallas held computer workshops for students of all ages. Underprivileged school students attended for FREE! Workshops were available for students of all skill levels – beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Most workshops were held in either the morning or afternoon and some […]
3-D Imaging Technique Utilizes Famous Mathematician’s Theory
Dr. Xiaohu Guo (right), associate professor of computer science, led a team of researchers that included PhD candidate Zichun Zhong (left) in developing a technique to create 3-D images. UT Dallas computer scientists have developed a technique to make 3-D images that finds practical applications of a theory created by a famous mathematician. This technique […]
‘Reversing the Brain Drain’: A Tier One Report
This piece is an excerpt from a report that first ran in the UT Dallas Magazine. The Magazine is available online or by free AppleiTunes app. Friendly competition has led to substantial public and private support for research in Texas. When President David E. Daniel set out to transform The University of Texas at Dallas […]
Malware’s Threat to Data Security is Focus of Kusch Lecture
Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, who will deliver this year’s Polykarp Kusch Lecture, is an authority on data security and data mining. The cyberattack on U.S. Central Command, the organization that oversaw U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a few years ago was considered the worst computer attack in military history. A new form of malicious code […]
Cloud Computing Project Wins First-of-its-Kind Google Award
Dr. Lawrence Chung, associate professor of computer science at UT Dallas, could not predict with 100 percent certainty that his cloud computing project would be recipient of a-first-of-its-kind award from Google, but he kept his hopes high. “Our research at UT Dallas is world-class,” he said. “We do cutting-edge research.” Indeed, his SilverLining team of […]
Previous 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 Department at the University of New Mexico. He is truly […]