08/18/2025 - Prof. Peter Stone is a luminary in the Department of Computer Science, where he has been a faculty member for 23 years. Over the course of his tenure, he has been a firsthand witness to the rapid evolution of computer science research and education. This experience informs his vision for the department as one of continued growth, a strong community of partnership, and a commitment to ensuring our next generation is prepared to lead in a future shaped by emerging technologies.Read More
07/29/2025 - Big news from UTCS: With renewed funding from the National Science Foundation, IFML researchers are expanding their work to make AI more accurate, reliable, and ready for the real world. This critical research will strengthen how AI systems function — and accelerate progress in science, technology, and workforce innovation.Read Article
07/23/2025 - Daehyeok Kim, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin, has received a 2025 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for his project “Toward Programmable NICs as Multi‑Tenant Cloud Resources.” The award provides $622,738 over five years to suRead More
07/02/2025 - Işıl Dillig, a professor in the Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin, earned the 2025 Robin Milner Young Researcher Award from ACM SIGPLAN. Read More
06/11/2025 - David Zuckerman, professor of computer science at The University of Texas at Austin, and Eshan Chattopadhyay, now an associate professor at Cornell University, have been awarded the 2025 Gödel Prize—one of the most prestigious accolades in theoretical computer science.Read More
05/30/2025 - On Mon, 26 May 2025, the UT Programming Team competed in the International Collegiate Programming Contest North America Championship (NAC) in Orlando, FL, hosted by the University of Central Florida.Read More
05/28/2025 - A UT Austin-led research team is developing AI-assisted tools to dramatically accelerate and simplify the design of radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs)—a foundational technology for next-gen communications, radar, and autonomous systems. Supported by a $9.6M award from Natcast, the project includes UT Computer Science professor Adam Klivans and aims to expand access to RFIC design while advancing U.S. leadership in semiconductor innovation.
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05/20/2025 - Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Cognizant AI Lab have developed an AI-driven system that leverages 175 years of global land use and carbon storage data to generate optimal environmental policy strategies. The AI model, backed by Project Resilience and AI for Good, balances complex trade-offs to maximize carbon storage, minimize economic disruption, and improve everyday life.Read Article
05/06/2025 - As part of an annual tradition, the College of Natural Sciences recognized a select number of graduates from across the college with its highest undergraduate honor. Nominated by faculty, three Computer Science graduating seniors were named as part of the Dean's Honored Graduates. Read More
05/01/2025 - Peter Stone, Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin and Chief Scientist at Sony AI, has received the ACM - AAAI Allen Newell Award for his pioneering work in artificial intelligence. His research has transformed how autonomous agents learn from experience, collaborate in teams, and adapt across tasks—contributions that have shaped the fields of reinforcement learning, multiagent systems, and intelligent robotics.Read Article
