Jayadev Misra and Mani Chandy Win Harry H. Goode Memorial Award
06/27/2017 - UT Computer Science's Professor Emeritus Jayadev Misra and Caltech's Mani Chandi have won the 2017 Harry H.
Research
Quantum Computing Might Be Here Sooner Than You Think
06/14/2017 - From Bloomberg Markets | by Jon Asmundsson Teams at startups, universities, government labs, and companies like IBM are racing to build computers that could potentially solve some problems that are now intractable.
Doing the Math for Better Encryption
05/02/2017 - From SIGNAL Magazine: A breakthrough formula for generating random numbers may be the key to cybersecurity. They do not necessarily match the hero stereotype, but computer scientists improving methods of generating random numbers just may save the day when it comes to cybersecurity.
UT Computer Science Researchers Win TACAS Best Paper Award
04/28/2017 - UT Computer Science postdoctoral researcher Valentin Wustholz, Ph.D.
The Unreasonable Ineffectiveness of Machine Learning in Computer Systems Research
04/06/2017 - In 1960, the physicist Eugene Wigner wrote a famous essay titled “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences” in which he explored the question of why mathematics is so remarkably useful in the natural sciences.
Peter Stone Interviewed About Future of Self-Driving Cars
09/22/2016 - By David Holley, Xconomy
New Faculty 2016-17
09/19/2016 - 2016-17 marks the beginning of another outstanding year for UT Computer Science, with the addition of six new faculty in the fields of quantum computing, computer vision, natural language processing, and theory. This builds upon the very successful 2015-16 academic year, when UT Computer Science recruited four new assistant professors in systems and robotics, ensuring a vibrant future for computer science education and research at The University of Texas at Austin.
Experts Forecast the Changes Artificial Intelligence Could Bring by 2030
09/01/2016 - Original article: CNS News | By Marc AirhartA panel of academic and industrial thinkers has looked ahead to 2030 to forecast how advances in artificial intelligence (AI) might affect life in a typical North American city — in areas diverse as transportation, healthcare and education — and spur discussion of how to ensure the safe, fair and beneficial development of these rapidly emerging technologies.
Q&A with Peter Stone: Where is Artificial Intelligence Headed?
09/01/2016 - Source: CNS News | By Marc Airhart
Why is CGI in the Movies Still So Hard?
06/17/2016 - College of Natural Sciences | Point of Discovery As the summer movie season kicks into high gear, we talk with a scientist about some of the challenges in simulating the way everyday objects behave on the big screen through computer generated imagery (CGI). Etienne Vouga's computer simulations have helped bring to life a wizard's hair in The Hobbit and clothing in Tangled.