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What happens when AI meets robotics?
By Pallab Ghosh, BBC News Researchers in Texas are developing robots that have minds of their own. The scientists are creating systems that can learn for themselves and be able to operate in the home, the workplace and even on the sports field. Read More
Fifty Years after Sci-Fi’s “2001,” Rethinking Our Relationship with AI
UT College of Natural Sciences News | Esther R Robards-Forbes   Read More
Ethical Foundations Class Introduces Ethical Thinking to Computer Science Students
Computers touch every part of our daily lives, from work to shopping to social media, and behind computer programs are human computer scientists making decisions. How do we make sure that these decisions don’t harm others? Read More
Four UTCS Professors Win NSF CAREER Award
Vijay Chidambaram, Scott Niekum, Simon Peter, and Eric Price
Four UTCS professors—Vijay Chidambaram, Scott Niekum, Simon Peter, and Eric Price —have won the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development award for 2018. Read More
Students Blend Science, Art and Communication to Design Games and Apps
Students showcase their games during Digital Demo Day. Photo by Jennifer Reel.
The UT Game and Mobile Media Applications (GAMMA) program was established six years ago upon a simple principle: humans like to play. GAMMA, a collaboration between the College of Natural Sciences, the College of Fine Arts and the Moody College of Communications, is an undergraduate certificate program that prepares students for careers in designing video games and mobile apps. As an interdisciplinary initiative that blends expertise from all three colleges, the certificate program gives students opportunities to apply both computing and creativity toward the production of apps and games that are useful and entertaining. Read More
UT Computer Science Graduate Program Among Top Ten in the U.S.
According to U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Graduate Schools report, UT’s computer science graduate program is among the top 10 best graduate programs for computer science in the country, as well as among the top 5 among public schools and the best in Texas. Read More
Two Ph.D. Students Awarded IBM Fellowships
Two computer science Ph.D. students, Rishab Goyal and Josiah Hanna, were selected for the highly-competitive 2018 IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Program. Read More
UT Computer Science Adding Ethics Courses to Curriculum
AUSTIN (KXAN) — At the University of Texas at Austin, computer science students are being asked to go beyond coding and engineering. Their department wants them to graduate with an understanding of ethics as well. Read More
Three UTCS Faculty Receive Google Research Awards
Three UTCS professors won a 2017 Google Faculty Research award, which is awarded to academic researchers in order to fund research proposals. Vijay Chidambaram received an award for systems research, Kristen Grauman received an award for machine perception research, and Işil Dillig received an award for security research. Read More
Women in Computer Science Hosts "Magical" All-Women Hackathon
Women in Computer Science student organization members
On Saturday, Women in Computer Science hosted WiCS Hacks, an all-women 12-hour hackathon sponsored by HomeAway, IBM and Bloomberg. This year, the theme of the hackathon was magic and featured categories such as educational technology, community impact, IBM Watson and “magical hacks.” Eighty people attended the event, and the projects were judged by faculty members. Read More

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