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UT Programming Team from left to right: Trung Dang (coach) and teammates Aaryan Prakash, Mark Wen, and Dylan Smith.
On Mon, 26 May 2025, the UT Programming Team competed in the International Collegiate Programming Contest North America Championship (NAC) in Orlando, FL, hosted by the University of Central Florida. Read More
From left to right: Ph.D. student Song Hang Chai, post-doctoral researcher Hyunsu Chae, professor David Pan and assistant professor Sensen Li.
A UT Austin-led research team is developing AI-assisted tools to dramatically accelerate and simplify the design of radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs)—a foundational technology for next-gen communications, radar, and autonomous systems. Supported by a $9.6M award from Natcast, the project includes UT Computer Science professor Adam Klivans and aims to expand access to RFIC design while advancing U.S. leadership in semiconductor innovation. Read Article
Aerial image showing different types of land use, including farming, forest and housing.
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Cognizant AI Labs have developed an AI-driven system that leverages 175 years of global land use and carbon storage data to generate optimal environmental policy strategies. The AI model, backed by Project Resilience and AI for Good, balances complex trade-offs to maximize carbon storage, minimize economic disruption, and improve everyday life. Read Article
Alan Baade, Prasann Singhal, and Jimmy Xin, CS students named Dean's Honored Scholars. Photos of students against an orange block and an abstract background.
As part of an annual tradition, the College of Natural Sciences recognized a select number of graduates from across the college with its highest undergraduate honor. Nominated by faculty, three Computer Science graduating seniors were named as part of the Dean's Honored Graduates.  Read More
Peter Stone standing in the Gates Dell Complex in a blue button down shirt, arms crossed and smiling at camera.
Peter Stone, Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin and Chief Scientist at Sony AI, has received the ACM - AAAI Allen Newell Award for his pioneering work in artificial intelligence. His research has transformed how autonomous agents learn from experience, collaborate in teams, and adapt across tasks—contributions that have shaped the fields of reinforcement learning, multiagent systems, and intelligent robotics. Read Article
Students studying on the 3rd floor atrium bridge with Computing Across Disci
Computing Across Disciplines is a three-part series on cross-campus programs combining computer science with other fields of study at UT Austin. In our final installment, we’re highlighting a program designed for students who excel in computer science and have a passion for business. Read More
Jiaheng Hu in a blue and gray shirt against a gray background with "Jiaheng Hu Awarded 2025 Two Sigma PhD Fellowship" in a san serif font to his left.
Third-year doctoral student, Jiaheng Hu is one of two recipients selected for a Ph.D. fellowship with Two Sigma, a New York-based hedge fund dedicated to research and development in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Read More
Swarat Chaudhuri
Swarat Chaudhuri will design AI systems that can discover new mathematical concepts. Read More
Student working on robotic assistive arms, wearing he device.
Computing Across Disciplines is a three-part series on cross-campus programs combining computer science with other fields of study at UT Austin. In this second installment, we’re highlighting a program designed for students interested in robotics. It’s part of a growing number of options that support interdisciplinary education and reflect how today’s students want to study CS in context. Read More
Raghu Meka, a 2011 doctoral graduate, was awarded with one of the highest research awards by the IEEE Computer Society, an organization under IEEE that works to improve computer technology for humanity. Read More