Undergraduate Students

02/12/2025 - In a recent interview with TechGuide.org, UT Austin Computer Science Professor Peter Stone shares insights on how undergraduates can secure research opportunities in AI. As the founder of the Learning Agents Research Group and Director of Texas Robotics, he emphasizes the value of interdisciplinary skills, hands-on research, and continuous learning. Listen to the full conversation to explore AI career paths, research strategies, and actionable steps for breaking into the field.

01/02/2025 - Four undergraduate computer science researchers were recognized by the Computer Research Association in the 2025 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award — the largest recognition of the department’s undergraduate research yet.

10/01/2024 - Computer Science and Mathematics senior Alan Baade really enjoys spending hours on problems.Especially the particularly hard ones, he said. Spending 40 hours on one equation with a small break for sleep somewhere in the middle is rewarding to him.“I think it's because you can tell at the end of this you are going to understand the material,” Baade said.  “You're going to understand computers.”

09/30/2024 - On Thu, Sep 19, 2024, the UT Programming Team competed at the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) 2023-24 48th World Finals hosted by the Kazakhstan Competitive Programming Federation in Astana, Kazakhstan.

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.

05/03/2024 - Meet the graduating Computer Science seniors being recognized for excellence in research, academics, and improving the community.

03/20/2024 - From large language models to brain-machine interfaces, students work with faculty on cutting-edge research.

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.

11/15/2023 - Academia can be opaque from the outside to folks who wonder what being a professor is like. This can be a hurdle for aspiring graduate students, who are interested in the role, but are anxious about all the different things that are required as a professor. Vijay Chidambaram, Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin, has authored a book, "The CS Assistant Professor Handbook: Essential know-how for new and aspiring computer science professors", to tackle this challenge.

08/15/2023 - For the past two decades, The University of Texas at Austin's Computer Science Academies have been at the forefront of providing pre-collegiate computer science education. Starting with the inception of First Bytes, a summer camp aimed at high school women, the program has undergone a remarkable evolution, expanding opportunities to diverse students from across Texas and the United States substantially.