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When it comes to the technology industry, women are an endangered species. The number of women entering computer science and information technology fields is dramatically lower than their male counterparts, and the figure is shrinking. Take a ride up the corporate ladder, and the numbers get even smaller. Read More
Two of UTCS's current and past Ph.D. students have won significant awards. Read More
UT President Bill Powers gives praise to Brent Waters of the College of Natural Sciences for receiving a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Mathematician Alessio Figalli also gets a shout-out. Read More
President Obama Honors Brent Waters
AUSTIN, Texas — Computer scientist Brent Waters was honored at the White House this week with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the United States government for science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. Read More
The Economist speaks with Dr. Peter Stone about how making sporting robots can aid in using them for rescue missions. Read More
Forbes reports on research done at UT, with colleagues in China and Taiwan, to create a nano laser device. Read More
By David Maly, The Daily Texan, 7/18/2012 Read More
Brent Waters Wins Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Assistant Professor Brent Waters has earned a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for his research in cryptography and computer security from President Barack Obama. Read More
By Katie Thompson, the Career Design Center Elynn Lee is a Software Development Engineering (SDE) intern at Amazon on the Kindle Reader Framework team. This is her second internship, her first one being at Facebook in Palo Alto, California. She is simultaneously doing research on a SRC-URO fellowship in Computational Epidemiology. Read More
Sporting robots are still slow. But their inventors are making rapid strides Read More