05/20/2024 -
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the recipients of its prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships (NSF GRFP) for 2024, and students from the Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin's College of Natural Sciences (CNS) have been prominently recognized. This year, four Computer Science students were honored with fellowships or honorable mentions, highlighting their outstanding contributions and potential in various cutting-edge research areas.
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05/20/2024 -
Calvin Lin, a professor of computer science at The University of Texas at Austin, has won the Minnie Stevens Piper Teaching Award, which celebrates outstanding postsecondary teaching.
Since 1958, the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation, a non-profit, charitable corporation focused on postsecondary education in Texas, has selected excellent educators from four- and two-year institutions from across Texas to be named "Piper Professors" for their superior teaching at the college level.
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05/06/2024 -
This past month, UTPC competed at the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals hosted by the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in Luxor, Egypt.
The competition consisted of teams from 124 regions (approx. 372 students) trying to solve 11 problems in 5 hrs. The first-place team, Peking University, solved 10 problems. The second-place team, M.I.T., solved 9 problems.
UT solved 6 problems and came in 53rd place, 9th place in North America.
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05/03/2024 -
The title of Dean’s Honored Graduate is the highest honor a College of Natural Sciences student can receive. Each year, graduating seniors are nominated by faculty members for their achievements in research, academics, community building and service to the college. This year’s graduating seniors will receive recognition at the May 11 college ceremonies.
Meet the graduating UT Computer Science seniors being recognized for excellence in research, academics, and improving the community.
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04/30/2024 -
Professor Shyamal Mitra embodies a lifelong commitment to learning and resilience, transitioning from astronomy and physics to teaching computer science. Despite initial challenges and self-doubt when tasked with teaching a programming language he had yet to master, Mitra embraced the opportunity, learning alongside his students and fostering a culture of shared discovery.
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04/18/2024 -
UT Computer Science Professor Kristen Grauman is among the eleven faculty members at The University of Texas at Austin who have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), including prominent figures in artificial intelligence from the university’s Department of
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04/09/2024 -
The 2024-2025 rankings tout computer science at The University of Texas at Austin as among the seven best nationally.
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02/29/2024 -
On Sat, February 24, 2024, the UT Programming Team competed in the ICPC South Central USA Regional Competition. As a result, one team will advance to the ICPC North America Championship on Monday, May 27, 2024.
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01/22/2024 -
The National Academy of Sciences will honor University of Texas at Austin computer scientist David Zuckerman with the Michael and Sheila Held Prize at its annual meeting on April 28.
Given annually since 2018, the Held Prize recognizes “outstanding, innovative, creative and influential research in the areas of combinatorial and discrete optimization, or related parts of computer science.”
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