06/07/2004 - In 2002, Defense Advances Research Projects Agency (DARPA) created a funding contest to build the world's fastest and most productive supercomputer. IBM submitted a proposal in partnership with the TRIPS project, which is led by Professors Doug Burger and Steve Keckler of the University of Texas Computer Sciences Department in Austin, Texas. Read more
05/18/2004 - Professor Simon Lam receives the 2004 ACM SIGCOMM Award The annual ACM SIGCOMM Award recognizes lifetime contribution to the field of communication networks. Professor Lam will accept the award at the 2004 ACM SIGCOMM conference in Portland, Oregon, on August 31, 2004. As the 2004 award recipient, he will deliver the conference's keynote address. Read more
04/13/2004 - Professor David Zuckerman has been awarded a Guggenheim fellowship to conduct his research on "Randomness and Computation." Read more
03/31/2004 - The citation reads: For ground-breaking analysis of technology scaling for high-performance processors that sheds new light on the methods required to maintain performance improvement trends in computer architecture, and on the design implications for future high-performance processors and systems. -ACM Past winners of the award include: Read more
07/12/2003 - PADUA, Italy — Dr. Peter Stone, assistant professor of computer sciences, and his student team won first place in a computer-simulated soccer competition at RoboCup 2003 in Italy. Read more
06/15/2003 - RESULTS! Assistant Professor Peter Stone and his team of students are headed to Padua, Italy, for the 2003 RoboCup. Read more
06/01/2003 - Nell B. Dale with coauthor, John Lewis, received honorable mention and a $3,000 prize for their book, Computer Sciences Illuminated published by Jones and Bartlett. These annual awards are made to UT faculty and staff members who have, in the preceding academic year, published the best books. A committee of scholars appointed by the UT Vice President for Research judges the competition. She is the only two-time winner in the competition. Read more
05/03/2003 - On Friday, May 2, 2003, the sixth annual College of Natural Sciences Honors and Awards Banquet was held recognizing outstanding advising, outreach, and teaching excellence. Our department was fortunate to have Pat Horne, Stephanie Shaffer, Doug Burger, and Calvin Lin recognized for outstanding accomplishments. Read more
09/27/2002 - The paper "Generating Product-Lines of Product-Families" by Don Batory, Roberto Lopez-Herrejon, and Jean-Phillipe Martin won a best paper award at ASE 2002. Read more
08/06/2002 - Professor Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, a noted pioneer of the science and industry of computing, died after a long struggle with cancer on 6 August 2002 at his home in Nuenen, the Netherlands. Read more

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