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.
12/17/2024 - The Robot Perception and Learning Lab launched DexMimicGen, a new data generation system to improve training for humanoid robots. It builds on the lab’s earlier system, MimicGen, to predict humanoid autonomous robot movements from a small set of human demonstrations.
12/03/2024 - From data analysis, code writing, summarizing scientific literature and even designing experiments, researchers across disciplines are using AI tools to aid in their research.Adam Klivans, a professor of computer science and Alex Dimakis, a computer and electrical engineering professor, co-direct the Machine Learning Lab and the Institute for Foundations of Machine Learning. Together with Marc Airhart and Casey Boyle discuss how artificial intelligence plays an increasingly important role in the latest scientific discoveries.
12/03/2024 - Artificial intelligence integration into the workforce brings many questions. From impacts on workers and consumers alike, what would increasing AI in the workplace look like? Maytal Saar-Tsechansky, a professor in the McCombs School of Business with experience developing AI algorithms for improved decision-making and achieving business and personal goals, and Samantha Shorey, an assistant communications professor, join Marc Airhart and Casey Boyle to dig deeper into the increasing use of AI in the workplace.
12/03/2024 - Artificial intelligence could revolutionize education by providing students with easy access to an affordable tutor and supporter. However, what happens if these AI tools provide inaccurate information or reduce students' need for the critical thinking that drives genuine learning? And if AI chatbots can teach everything, what’s the value of a college education?
12/03/2024 - Co-hosts Marc Airhart and Casey Boyle talk with CS Professor Peter Stone to distinguish what is and is not artificial intelligence. Stone, also director of Texas Robotics, executive director of Sony AI America, works on the 100 Year Study on AI and is part of UT’s Good Systems initiative. Airhart, Boyle, and Stone talk about ethical AI use and what is the best way of thinking about it in this artificial intelligence primer.
12/03/2024 - A new podcast, made in collaboration with the College of Natural Sciences and the College of Liberal Arts, will answer the burning questions in all things artificial intelligence. Guests from across campus will engage in conversations with co-hosts Marc Airhart, a science communicator for CNS and Casey Boyle, associate rhetoric professor and Digital Writing and Research Lab Director.
11/19/2024 - Mina Huh, a computer science Ph.D. student at UT Austin, has been awarded a Google Ph.D. Fellowship, the company announced on November 14.
05/03/2017 - Last weekend, UT robot soccer team Austin Villa won the 2017 RoboCup U.S. Open competition hosted by the University of Miami. Four teams competed in the Standard Platform League, including the UT Austin Villa team as well as a mixed team called Team USA made up of robots from UT and the University of Pennsylvania. Austin Villa won every match with a combined score of 32-2; Team USA scored both goals against Austin Villa.