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Computer Scientist Developing Intersections of the Future With Fully Autonomous Vehicles

Peter Stone rides in Marvin, the autonomous car designed by he and his students. Photo by Wyatt McSpadden.

02/20/2012 - Intersections of the future will not need stop lights or stop signs, but will look like a somewhat chaotic flow of driverless, autonomous cars slipping past one another as they are managed by a virtual traffic controller, says computer scientist Peter Stone. Read More

It’s a Seller’s Market for Tech Workers in Austin

02/17/2012 - A boom in software development means full employment and high salaries for Austin technology workers. Computer programmers who can build video games or mobile phone apps are especially in demand. Read More

Grauman and Walfish Named 2012 Sloan Research Fellows

02/15/2012 - Congratulations to Associate Professor Kristen Grauman and Michael Walfish! Both were recently awarded Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows. Read More

Alumnus Receives NSF Grant for Early Career Development

02/15/2012 - UTCS alumnus Dr. Donald Porter has been selected to receive the prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award, an award that recognizes promising young faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholar through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of both education and research. Read More

2012 CNS Career Fair & Startup Village

02/08/2012 - 91% of employers at the 2012 CNS Career Fair were seeking computer science students and alumni. The Career Fair also debuted "Startup Village" this year, a partnership between UTCS, UT CNS and the startup community. Read More

First Annual (Re)Connect Event

02/07/2012 - (Re)Connect, an evening networking reception, brought together UTCS alumni, select UTCS students and FoCS partners on February 1, 2012 for an energetic and effective recruiting, mentoring and networking opportunity at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. Read More

2012 Scholarship Lunch

02/06/2012 - UTCS recognized scholarship recipients, scholarship donors, and Friends of Computer Science (FoCS) partners with a Scholarship Luncheon at the Alumni Center on February 1, 2012. Read More

Intersections of the Future: Using Fully Autonomous Vehicles

02/06/2012 - The future looks like this: You are sitting in the backseat of the car drinking coffee and reading the news on your tablet. Read More

Students Start-Up for Credit

02/01/2012 - Alejandro Weibel, Dakota Gordon, Ian Beckcom and Andrew Miller formed Homeroom, a company that runs an online learning management system, as part of the 1 Semester Startup class. Photo by Elizabeth Dillon. Daily Texan staff. By Jody Serrano, Daily Texan, 11/2/2011 Read More

Research Could Lower Device Energy Use

01/30/2012 - TechJournal South reports on computer scientist Kathryn McKinley’s creation of power profiles for microprocessors. Read More