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UTCS Alum Awarded NSF EAPSI 2013 Fellowship

April 5, 2013

UTCS alum Paul Taele has been awarded a National Science Foundation East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (NSF EAPSI) fellowship for 2013. Paul will be carrying out research that focuses on enhancing creative computing tools for promoting better design thinking using sketch recognition techniques with Dr. Richard C. Davis at Singapore Management University in Singapore. ...
Tags: Alumni, Awards & Honors, Elaine Rich, Faculty, Michael Scott, Paul Taele, Research, Risto Miikkulainen, Undergraduate Program

Gates Opens Building, Talks Health

March 7, 2013

In a speech Wednesday to an audience of computer science students, Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, offered his vision of how the computing revolution will dramatically improve human well-being in the next few decades. ...
Tags: Alumni, Awards & Honors, Bill & Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Chandrajit Bajaj, Dell Computer Science Hall, Events, Faculty, Graduate Program, Industry Relations, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Research, Undergraduate Program

UTCS Alum Farnam Jahanian Returns as Distinguished Speaker

January 24, 2013

Farnam Jahanian, UTCS alum and leads the National Science Foundation Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), returned to campus as a distinguished speaker. Hosted by Professor Al Mok, Farnam's Postdoc Chair, the lecture was on "Innovating for Society: Realizing the Transformative Impact of Computing and Communication." ...
Tags: Alumni, Dell Distinguished Lecture Series, Events, Farnam Jahanian, National Science Foundation

Capital Campaign Update: The Next Chapter

December 19, 2012

In less than a month, the fences come down and UT Computer Science will be handed the keys to its new home—The Bill and Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex and Dell Computer Science Hall. [...] philanthropy’s importance has moved well beyond large capital projects like this one; it is now central to everything we do. ...
Tags: Alumni, Faculty, Graduate Program, Industry Relations, Undergraduate Program

Competing for Top Students: The Scholarship Challenge

December 13, 2012

Competition for top students is at an all-time high, and state support is at an all-time low. Some alumni are stepping in to fill the gap and challenging others to do the same. ...
Tags: Alumni, Turing, Undergraduate Students

Alumni in the News: Turing Scholars Graduate Mickey Ristroph Wins CTO of the Year

November 19, 2012

Mutual Mobile announced that Chief Technology Officer Mickey Ristroph has been honored by the 2012 Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) as Information Technologist and CTO of the Year. ...
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Microsoft's Craig Mundie Shares Insight to Packed House

November 8, 2012

On November 2, 2012 the Department of Computer Science hosted Craig Mundie, Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer. To a packed house of over 250, Mr. Mundie used the latest Microsoft products to demonstrate the exciting ways computing is extending human capabilities, and enabling us to better understand and improve our world. ...
Tags: Alumni, Craig Mundie, Events, Faculty, Graduate Students, Industry Relations, Microsoft, Undergraduate Students

UTCS Faculty, Alumnus, and Colleague Win Most Influential Paper from OOPSLA

October 30, 2012

Paper from McKinley, Berger, and Zorn has lasting influence. ...
Tags: Alumni, Awards & Honors, Faculty, Kathryn McKinley

Current and Past Ph.D. Students Win Awards

August 8, 2012

Two of UTCS's current and past Ph.D. students have won significant awards. ...
Tags: Alumni, Awards & Honors, Graduate Students, Matt Taylor, Peter Stone, Research, Siavash Mirarab, Tandy Warnow

UTCS Professors and Alum Win Best Paper Award

June 15, 2012

Don Fussell, Calvin Lin, 2010 UTCS Ph.D. graduate Paul Navratil, and Hank Childs of University of California, Davis won the Best Paper Award at the 12th Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization. ...
Tags: Alumni, Awards & Honors, Calvin Lin, Donald Fussell, Faculty, Hank Childs, Paul Navratil

Alum Arvind Narayanan to be Princeton Tenure-track Assistant Professor

June 14, 2012

UTCS alum Arvind Narayanan, who completed his Ph.D. in 2009, will be starting in the fall at Princeton as a tenure-track assistant professor. ...
Tags: Alumni, Arvind Narayanan, Faculty, Vitaly Shmatikov

Alumni in the News: Daniel Morris Speaking at Cloud Expo New York

May 16, 2012

UTCS Alum Daniel Morris is scheduled to speak at the Cloud Expo New York about "High Performance Database Hosting in the Cloud." He will explain why databases in the cloud are a reality and how attendees can benefit by implementing them. ...
Tags: Alumni, Industry Relations

Alumni in the News: Robert Felps Named Clearview's Vice President and General Manager for Central Texas

May 15, 2012

UTCS alum Robert Felps has been appointed as the corporate vice president responsible for Clearview International LLC’s Central Texas sales and operations. ...
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Alumni in the News: Eileen Boerger Named to the Software & Information Industry Association Software Division Board of Directors

May 9, 2012

UTCS alum Eileen Boerger has been elected to the Software & Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) Software Division Board of Directors to serve a two-year term. SIIA is the principal trade association and a leading voice for the software, digital content, ed-tech and financial information industries. ...
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Alumni Reconnect: Russ Gayle (BS 2003)

April 30, 2012

One of the challenges of working as a computer scientist and engineer at Sandia National Laboratories is to not be distracted by the breadth of innovative work that goes on. In any given week, I am exposed to topics and research in network and computer security, robotics, and exascale computing, to name a few. ...
Tags: 2012, Alumni, Industry Relations, News@UTCS, Newsletter, Russ Gayle, Sandia National Laboratories, Spring, Undergraduate Students

Alum Luay Nakhleh Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

April 12, 2012

2004 UTCS Ph.D. graduate Luay Nakhleh has been awarded a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship. ...
Tags: Alumni, Awards & Honors, Faculty, Guggenheim Fellowship

UTCS Alum Awarded NSF EAPSI Fellowship

March 31, 2012

UTCS alum Paul Taele has been awarded an NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) fellowship for 2012. Paul will carry out research in beyond-surface sketch recognition and interaction techniques in Taipei, Taiwan, with Dr. Mike Chen in the Mobile, Social & HCI Research Lab at National Taiwan University. ...
Tags: Alumni, Awards & Honors, NSF

Alumnus Receives NSF Grant for Early Career Development

February 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. ...
Tags: Alumni, Donald Porter, Graduate Students

First Annual (Re)Connect Event

February 7, 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. ...
Tags: Alumni, Events, Graduate Students, Industry Relations, Undergraduate Students

Alumni Reconnect: Who Wants a Brick?

January 25, 2012

As many of you know, Taylor Hall has been demolished to make way for the new Bill & Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex, due to open in December 2012. Original bricks from UTCS's old home, Taylor Hall, have been salvaged, mortar and all! ...
Tags: 2011, Alumni, Fall, News@UTCS, Newsletter
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