03/03/2023 -
A methodology developed by UT professors will allow the cost of verifying computations to be reduced by batching many separate arguments together.
Brent Waters, a computer science professor and a co-author of the paper, was inspired to find a more efficient way to verify computations by refining techniques that had already come out over a decade ago.
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01/20/2022 -
The Association for Computing Machinery, the primary professional organization in the field of computer science, has named Brent Waters as an ACM Fellow. The award goes only to highly distinguished computer scientists representing the top 1% of ACM members.
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06/19/2019 -
Marc G Airhart | College of Natural Sciences
Computer scientist Brent Waters of The University of Texas at Austin has been selected as a 2019 Simons Investigator in Theoretical Computer Science by the Simons Foundation, for his work in cryptography and computer security.
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04/27/2016 -
2015 Recipients Made Contributions in Areas Including Artificial Intelligence, Software Systems and Encryption
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09/17/2015 -
WIRED Magazine | KEVIN HARTNETT | 09.13.15
IN JULY 2013 a pair of studies set the cryptography world on fire. They were posted within days of one another to an online archive where researchers share their work, and together they described a powerful new method for hiding the secrets inside software programs.
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08/01/2012 -
AUSTIN, Texas — Computer scientist Brent Waters was honored at the White House this week with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the United States government for science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
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11/14/2011 -
Assistant Professor Brent Waters has won a Packard Fellowship. Only sixteen Packard Fellowships were awarded this year across all of science and engineering.
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09/09/2011 -
Faculty at the The University of Texas at Austin Department of Computer Science (UTCS) are at the forefront of the digital revolution. Congratulations to the following faculty on their recent achievements.
Chandra Bajaj
Moncrief Grand Challenge Faculty award
Mike Dahlin
CNS Teaching Excellence Award
Inderjit Dhillon
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08/10/2011 -
For his work on the foundations of a new way of encrypting data, Brent Waters from the University of Texas in Austin has been elected as one of this year's...
Encrypting Data in the Cloud Brings Win for Texas | By Nicolas Zeitler | Aug 10, 2011 3:20 PM
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08/05/2011 -
Microsoft Research has selected Assistant Professor Brent Waters as one of eight Microsoft Research Faculty Fellows of 2011.
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