UTCS News

2011

Explore UT 2011

March 7, 2011

Explore UT, a campus community engagement event held each March, invites the public to experience UT. Thousands of people explored the UTCS program, discovering the fun of computer science, engaging in artificial intelligence, software programming, gaming, graphics and visualization, and chatting with academic advisers. ...

Tags: Events, Explore UT, Explore UTCS, Outreach

Sol LeWitt Sculpture to Grace Gates Computer Science Complex

March 4, 2011

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Tags: College & Campus, Computer Science, Main Page

GradFest Open House 2011

February 25, 2011

The Department of Computer Science hosted prospective Ph.D. students at GradFest 2011, a two-day exploration of UTCS research, resources, and community. Over 20 admitted students attended panel discussions, toured labs, and met with faculty one-on-one. Current graduate students hosted the out-of-towners in their own homes for a real look at life as a UTCS grad student. ...

Tags: Events, GradFest, Graduate Students

Computing Classroom in Flawn Academic Center Brings Advanced Scientific Computation and Statistics to Students

February 24, 2011

AUSTIN, Texas — A new computing classroom and learning laboratory in The University of Texas at Austin’s Flawn Academic Center is changing the way that statistics and scientific computing are taught at the university. ...

Tags: College & Campus, Computer Science, Main Page, News Releases, Statistics

The Jeopardy Challenge!

February 16, 2011

Watson, named after IBM founder Thomas J. Watson, is the world’s most advanced question-answer system. It uses breakthrough analytics to understand what is being asked, analyze massive amounts of data, and provide the best answer based on the evidence it finds. A core team of 25 IBM programmers developed the system and software. They downloaded information from books, movie scripts, encyclopedias, textbooks, news archives, the complete works of Shakespeare and the Bible to Watson’s brain chip, a Power7 processor—primarily designed in Austin. ...

Tags: Events

Three Cheers for Watson

February 14, 2011

Count computer scientists Bruce Porter, Ray Mooney and Ken Barker among those cheering for the machine in the Jeopardy! Challenge, which pits two human Jeopardy! champions against Watson, a computer built by IBM Corp. ...

Tags: Research

2011 UTCS University Interscholastic League Contest

February 12, 2011

On Saturday, February 12th, the Computer Science department hosted 158 students from 32 different high schools at the 2nd annual UTCS University Interscholastic League (UIL) Contest. Teams from all over the state traveled to compete in the open format contest. In addition to local Austin area schools, there were entries from Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Waller, Weslaco, Ozona and Palacios. ...

Tags: Events, Outreach, UIL, University Interscholastic League

IBM to collaborate with universities on Watson's QA tech

February 11, 2011

IBM and eight universities from around the world will collaborate on developing the company's Watson supercomputer and the question-answering technology behind it. The University of Texas at Austin Department of Computer Science which will collaborate on automated reasoning and common sense. ...

Tags: Automated Reasoning, Bruce Porter, Faculty, IBM, In the News, Industry Relations, Kenneth Barker, Machine Reading, Ray Mooney, Research, Watson

Three cheers for Watson

February 11, 2011

Tags: Automated Reasoning, Bruce Porter, Faculty, IBM, In the News, Industry Relations, Kenneth Barker, Machine Reading, Press Release, Ray Mooney, Watson

2011 Scholarship Lunch

February 2, 2011

The Department of Computer Science (CS) recognized scholarship recipients, scholarship donors, and Friends of Computer Science (FoCS) members with a Scholarship Luncheon at the Alumni Center on February 2, 2011. ...

Tags: Donors, Events, FoCS, Graduate Students, Outreach, Scholarships, Undergraduate Students

Recent Faculty Awards

January 19, 2011

Faculty at the The University of Texas at Austin Department of Computer Science (UTCS) are at the forefront of the digital revolution. Recently, they have been awarded four ACM Fellows, three IEEE Fellows, a Vice Chair position on the President's Council and a Best Paper Award. ...

Tags: Awards & Honors, Chandrajit Bajaj, Doug Burger, Faculty, Kathryn McKinley, Lorenzo Alvisi, Michael Dahlin, Ray Mooney, Stephen Keckler, William Press

Securing the Cloud

January 18, 2011

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Tags: Internet, Research, Security

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