Faculty

04/01/2026 - A recent study found that a third of teenagers are choosing AI companions over humans for serious conversations, and a quarter have shared personal information with these platforms.

01/20/2026 - Kristen Grauman, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Computer Science, was awarded the prestigious 2026 Hill Prize in Artificial Intelligence for her research on understanding models that help people gain physical and procedural skills. Her research highlights a key step in helping these systems support people through their everyday activities.

12/15/2025 - Adam Klivans, a professor of computer science at the University of Texas at Austin, has received the 20-Year Test of Time Award at the 66th Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS 2025), one of the field’s most prestigious conferences. The award honors research published two decades ago that has continued to shape the direction of computer science.

08/15/2025 - 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.

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 su

07/01/2025 - 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. 

04/15/2025 - Swarat Chaudhuri will design AI systems that can discover new mathematical concepts.

03/28/2025 - E. Allen Emerson, a beloved and long-serving member of the faculty in Computer Science at UT Austin and a renowned Computer Scientist, passed away in October of 2024. In this one-day memorial seminar, we will share memories of Allen, reflect on the seminal influence of his ideas in logic and computing, and celebrate his life and work.

03/18/2025 - Assistant Professor Yuke Zhu has been named one of five IEEE’s Early Career Award winners for “groundbreaking contributions” in embodied artificial intelligence and robot learning.

02/25/2025 - Dr. Volkan Isler is a hands-on researcher. His work would often bring him to the same cropland his lab’s vehicles would test on. From wheat and corn to apples and oranges, Isler would take his Robotics, Sensing and Networks lab, formerly at the University of Minnesota, out on the fields. With a research army, uniformed in blue jeans and hoodies, Isler led his lab in advancements in autonomous robots for environmental monitoring and agricultural robotics.