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@UTAustin is launching a new School of Computing in fall 2026! With Information and Statistics & Data Science, we’ll expand student opportunities, accelerate research, and strengthen pathways to high-impact careers and grad study.
Read more: utex.as/3OQFrIh
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We welcome Dr. Eunsol Choi into our Department as Assistant Professor of Natural Language Processing.
Dr. Choi was awarded the @facebook Research Fellowship in 2018 and she's working as a visiting research scientist at @GoogleAI.
👩👉 bit.ly/2NCQmlL
#TXCSGameChangers
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6 UTCS students were awarded the 2021 Aspire Award, an award that recognizes undergrads from underrepresented groups in the sciences. Congrats to Audra Collins, Chineye Emeghara, Edén Garza, Marissa Jenkins, Mikayla Moore and América Melany Quistiano! bit.ly/3eGvEAh
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Meet #TXCS and African and African diaspora studies double-major, Earl Potts! Recently, he created a black business directory app to support the black community in Austin. (1/4)
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Meet Audra Collins, a rising senior with #TXCS and also completing a Design Strategies certificate. She is currently a Software Engineer intern at Facebook and is serving as the President of the Association of Black Computer Scientists! (1/4)
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UTCS would like to congratulate @scottniekum, Chris Rossbach, and Etienne Vouga on their promotions to the rank of associate professor with tenure!
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This year, @usnews ranked @UTAustin 2nd worldwide and 1st in the U.S. for computer science! Read more here: ow.ly/2OOk30g9EcR
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As tech giants like @Microsoft are rushing to invest billions in the field, @UTAustin is launching a first of its kind program that will expand the artificial intelligence workforce across thr nation. To read this NYT article about our new program, visit nytimes.com/2023/01/26/techn…
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Congratulations to UT Computer Science professors Dr. Greg Durrett (@gregd_nlp) and Dr. Yuke Zhu (@yukez), who have earned the prestigious 2022 National Science Foundation’s CAREER award!
To learn more, visit bit.ly/3MUjD9i
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Further your education on your own terms. We are partnering with @edXOnline to bring our master’s in computer science program to you!
Same curriculum. Same faculty. Same degree. All online.
➡️Learn more: ow.ly/5eBr50jnajN
@UTAustin @TexasScience @utgradschool
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Congrats to the scientists that will advance the state of machine learning research in the NSF AI Institute for Foundations of Machine Learning, which will be directed by Adam Klivans & @AlexGDimakis @UTAustin.
Thread of the researchers changing the world at UT's IFML:
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#FeatureFriday “Growing up in an African household, my family would often teach me concepts they obtained through their childhood, in an effort to mold me into a resilient person. I take their struggles to heart..." ( (Ghaffar Balogun, UTCS Sophomore) bit.ly/2XvWCjs
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🎉 The best of luck to our UTCS students working on exciting internships this summer! If you are interested in sharing your internship experience with us, send us a direct message. We would love share your story!
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Meet first-generation student and #TXCS rising senior América Quistiano! She is currently interning with Microsoft for the second time this summer and also serves as the President of the Hispanic Association of Computer Scientists! (1/4)
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A brand new course is coming to the online Master of Computer Science program at UT! Dr. Greg Durrett will teach Natural Language Processing for the Spring 2021 semester.
Be sure to apply by the priority deadline for the online Master of CS program by September 15!
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Computer Science Professor Calvin Lin wears a face mask and throws up the #hookem horns sign in front of the Gates Dell Complex! #ProtectTexasTogether
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The Institute for Machine Learning has been selected by the NSF as the nation’s designated Institute for Foundations of Machine Learning and it is headquartered at UT’s newly launched Machine Learning Laboratory!
Here's a thread of the 4 different Research Thrusts:
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@UTAustin has officially established a new online learning master’s program in artificial intelligence (AI), with the potential to bring thousands of new students into the field. To read more, visit news.utexas.edu/2023/01/26/a…
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"Deep caring, creating community and humor help Alison Norman (@dr_alison_cs) raise all students to the same high standard in the difficult field of operating systems." 👏🤘
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UTCS professor @adityaakella, along with collaborators from @RiceCompSci & @uwcse, have received a $3M grant from @NSF to develop runtime programmable networks that respond to real-time changes rapidly, without interruption of service.
Visit bit.ly/3vTEXVs to read more!
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At UT Austin, the Deep Proteins group is revolutionizing protein design for healthcare using AI! Co-led by @aiproteins and Adam Klivans, this team combines machine learning and biochemistry to enhance protein stability and efficiency. Read the story here: bit.ly/3LYatJK
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🏅 UTCS senior, Kiana Alcala, is this year's recipient of the Service and Leadership Distinction by the College of Natural Sciences. This award is given to less than 5% of graduating seniors at @UTAustin. Congratulations, Kiana! We are proud of you.
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#FeatureFriday
It’s amazing to see our student organizations remain a community despite the circumstances. This week, we are featuring @texasHACS passing the Loteria, just like their t-shirt design!
We thank them for all their work and this great video!
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Dr. Norman, TXCS Associate Professor of Instruction, received a @TexasConnect2 UT Shoutout for going above and beyond to support CS students and faculty during the devastation of COVID-19.
Thank you, @dr_alison_cs, for all your support and contributions! bit.ly/3ebUOVn
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Today we celebrate UTCS Sophomore, Chineye Emeghara, who aims to use computer science to improve lives around the world.
Learn more about her story: ow.ly/Z3LM50laVKc
#WomenScienceDay #WomenInScience
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It is our honor to welcome Dr. Yuke Zhu (@yukez) as Assistant Professor of Robotics at #TXCS.
Dr. Zhu’s research has earned him several awards and nominations, including the Best Conference Paper Award at ICRA 2019.
👨👉 bit.ly/2NCQmlL
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#TXCS is delighted to welcome Dr. James Bornholt as Assistant Professor of Programming Languages, Systems, and Formal Methods. Dr. Bornholt has worked @amazon and was financially funded through a PhD fellowship from @facebook. #TXCSGameChangers
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We would like to give a big congratulations 🎉to Hovav Shacham (@hovav) on a new @NSF grant to make web browsers more secure against hackers.
Read more about his accomplishment here: cs.utexas.edu/news/2021/shac…
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TXCS is deeply committed to addressing the lack of diversity in our field. We are aware of the potential to encode bias into ML-based systems like GRADE, which is why we have phased out our reliance on GRADE and are no longer using it as part of our graduate admissions process.
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The 6th floor of the GDC always offers spectacular views, but today’s was burning orange 🤟🏽 #ThankfulThursday #HookEm
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"My name is Mikayla Moore and I am a third year CS major with a minor in information studies. I am interning at @Google in San Francisco as a software engineering intern. I am working on the Google Hire team..." bit.ly/2LFGAkh
#UTCSInterns
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TXCS supports #ShutDownSTEM (shutdownstem.com) and we ask our academic community to spend time today thinking about ways to "eradicate anti-Black racism in academia and STEM." We will be shutting down our social media for the remainder of the day as we do the same.
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Effective immediately, we are waiving the GRE requirement for all applicants to our programs for the spring 2021, fall 2021, and spring 2022 semesters.
You may still submit official GRE scores for consideration, but are not required to do so.
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"During my internship I was able to speak to a room of full time @microsoft employees and explain what extents were in respect to storage in Azure. Glad I took OS this spring! Shout out to @dr_alison_cs and her TAs for being great teachers!" (UTCS Junior, @audraantoinette)
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Texas Computer Science professor Scott Aaronson has been named as a 2019 Association for Computing Machinery (@TheOfficialACM) Fellow. ACM is the world’s largest computing society and is dedicated to advancing the field. Congratulations! 👏🏼
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#StudentOrgShoutout
The Hispanic Association of Computer Scientists empowers and encourages Hispanic and Latinx students in computer science and the tech industry by providing opportunities through community-building events, mentorship, and academic and career development.(1/2)
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The @LonghornStartup Fund supports aspiring entrepreneurs who are building scalable technology companies while getting real course credit for working on their startups. Help support these students by giving to UTCS during #UT40for40: ow.ly/VibK30jiPv2
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UT Alum and UTCS Prof. Dr. Chand John creates CS-based comics on technical concepts and topics of diversity and inclusion. He also leads and advises diversity initiatives within UTCS to create a more inclusive and accessible community for UT and beyond!
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According to the 2018 @usnews Best Global Universities report, @UTAustin ranks 2nd worldwide for computer science! ow.ly/nzUo30g9C6S
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UT Computer Science is standing strong among the top 10 best computer science graduate programs in the nation, coming in at No. 9 in U.S News & World Report’s 2023 report.🤘
Visit bit.ly/3tYhh21 to read more about our new ranking.
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UTCS is dedicated to redefining higher education and recruiting the strongest faculty the field of CS has to offer. We are proud to welcome 6 new faculty members into our world-class academic community, ensuring that we will continue to be leaders in the field for years to come.
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A @UTAustin ISSS group placed 2nd in the regional Collegiate Penetration Testing Contest (CPTC) for cybersecurity back in October! This was UT's first year participating in CPTC at the regional level. Congratulations to the team! 🎉🏆
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#UTCompSci students and faculty are invited to a @Google Tech Talk with Google Senior Fellow & SVP of Google Research, Jeff Dean. "Deep Learning to Solve Challenging Problems", is this Wednesday Oct 21, 1:00pm - 1:45pm CST!
RSVP for the Talk and Q&A: bit.ly/2Szyf2U
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Alumni Zaib & Amir Husain gifted UT $5M to launch the Machine Learning Laboratory—a permanent base for campus-wide AI research, including @NSF's IFML. Their gift will support faculty, students, & groundbreaking work in AI & tech innovation centered there.
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Dr. Peter Stone, is the first UTCS professor to receive the Minnie Stevens Piper Teaching Award, which he won this year! This award recognizes professors for their outstanding academic, scientific, and scholarly achievement and dedication to teaching. Congratulations! 🎉🏆
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UTCS senior, Turing Scholar and co-founder of @utcsabcs Jacqueline Gibson earned a President's Leadership Award from @TexasExes for her leadership. Congrats, Jacqueline! Read more about her accomplishments here: ow.ly/vRiZ30jOYRl
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Check out our most recent #FeatureFriday post, to learn about @Ayotaytayy's story! You can find it on our Instagram (@utcompsci), and Facebook page!
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Texas Computer Science professor, Dr. Hovav Shacham, has been presented with the ACM, Association for Computing Machinery CCS (@acm_ccs) Test-of-Time Award, for the second time since 2017. Congratulations! 🏆
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CNS selected <1% of the #UT21grad class to be Dean's Honored Graduates. Of that selection, 4 UTCS grads were chosen! Congratulations to James Dong, Marissa Elise Chabella Jenkins, Niklas Lauffer, and Nivedhitha Selvaraj on earning this amazing recognition! bit.ly/3i08NSd
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A message from Don Fussell, Chair of #TXCS:
“Graduation is a time to take pride in your accomplishments, and that's true more than ever this year. Remember that wherever you go from here you will always be part of the UTCS family.”
#Congratulations #UTGrad20 #CNSGrad20
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Congratulations to all 7 winners from our CS community. The corrected article can be found here: bit.ly/3ofZyi4
6 UTCS students were awarded the 2021 Aspire Award, an award that recognizes undergrads from underrepresented groups in the sciences. Congrats to Audra Collins, Chineye Emeghara, Edén Garza, Marissa Jenkins, Mikayla Moore and América Melany Quistiano! bit.ly/3eGvEAh
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Get to know Dr. Alison Norman (@dr_alison_cs) in today’s #FacultySpotlight! Learn in the thread below about how she unintentionally found a passion for computer science, her favorite (and least favorite) things about being a professor, and advice she has for students.
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We are proud to announce that we will offer machine learning as the 1st course in our new online Master of Computer Science program in partnership w/ @edXOnline . The course will be co-taught by recognized ML experts Dr. Adam Klivans and Dr. Qiang Liu. ow.ly/fUwN30nhybr
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Three UTCS professors - @vj_chidambaram, Simon Peter and Eric Price - have won the @NSF Faculty Early Career Development award this year. Congrats! ow.ly/vlnK30iN3sb
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We are excited to announce that Joydeep Biswas will be joining @UTCompSci as Assistant Professor of Robotics. Joydeep is an expert in localization and long-term autonomy. Welcome to UTCS! 🤘🏽
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#FeatureFriday "Every night I would come home exhausted, covered in grime, and anxiously count down the days when I would finally be able to attend UT." (Levi Villarreal, UTCS Sophomore)
For full story: instagram.com/p/Bvmf3ryFnao/…
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We're taking a top ten computer science master's degree online--and we're doing it for $10,000.
It’s time to rethink graduate education.
We’re offering top-ranked Master’s degree programs that will challenge you and help you grow in your career for a fraction of what an average Master’s degree costs.
Start exploring: fal.cn/SEFF
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Congratulations to #TXCS Professor Kristen Grauman on being named a finalist for the 2020 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists!
Read more about her achievement @ bit.ly/2V65lck!
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Three UTCS professors - Kristen Grauman, Isil Dillig and @vj_chidambaram - received Google Faculty Research awards this year for their research. Congrats! Learn more here: ow.ly/5NXZ30iN3DM
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Welcome back #Longhorns! 🤟🏽 We’re glad to have you here.
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Join us for the next AI Talk, "Unified and Efficient Multimodal Pretraining Across Vision and Language", with Mohit Bansal (@mohitban47)! Come out to GDC 6.302 or tune in via Zoom this Friday (10/28) at 11am.
Visit cs.utexas.edu/events for details.
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Congratulations to UTCS graduate student, Ruohan Gao, who recently received the 2019 Google Ph.D. Fellowship Award for his research in Machine Perception, Speech Technology and Computer Vision. Ruohan is one of over 50 recipients announced this year. 👏🎉
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#StudentOrgShoutout
The Association of Black Computer Scientists’ mission is to provide mentorship, networking, and growth opportunities to Black students pursuing a career in tech.
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Congratulations to UTCS professor Kristen Grauman on being elected as a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (@AAAI)! 🎉 It is an honor to have you as part of our faculty!
To read more: ow.ly/sw4x50m7xeo
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“Our objective is to make sure that students have access to one of the most in-demand degrees in the modern economy,” said Don Fussell, chair of the Department of Computer Science.
We’re proud to announce Master’s Degrees on edX -- a disruptive approach to online graduate-level learning.
Top-ranked programs, online and flexible to fit your life. Best of all? They're a fraction of the cost of most other degree programs.
Read on: fal.cn/SENs
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Congratulations to #TXCS junior Rosaleen Xiong and her team on winning the President’s Award for Global Learning, one of UT Austin’s most prestigious grants!
Learn more about how they are using mobile applications to address inequalities in India @ bit.ly/2TqdK9L!
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Congratulations to these UTCS students who were awarded last night for their outstanding leadership! 🎉
Jacqueline Gibson received the Deans Choice Award, and Chineye Emeghara recieved the Inspire Award. 🏆
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UTCS is beyond excited to wish a well-deserved congratulations to our 2021 graduates! We can't wait to see the adventures that await you ahead. You deserve it! #classof2021
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Congratulations to UTCS professor Kristen Grauman, who was awarded the 2018 J.K. Aggarwal Prize for her research in computer vision! Read more about her work and the award here: cs.utexas.edu/news/2018/kris…
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Join @tferriss, @BobMetcalfe, Mark McClain, @JoshuaBaer, @mellieprice and teams of student entrepreneurs from @LonghornStartup for Demo Day on May 3rd!
Longhorn Startup Lab Presents Demo Day! May 3rd from 5-9. Featuring 13 student startup pitches, @sailpoint CEO Mark McClain, @tferriss, and @BobMetcalfe! Register here: eventbrite.com/e/longhorn-st…
Also, make sure to register for Longhorn Startup Seminar! longhornstartup.com
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🎓🎉Congratulations to the Class of 2019! We can't wait to see how our UTCS graduates will change the world! #UTGrad19
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Congratulations to Scott Aaronson, winner of the 2020 ACM Award in Computing, for groundbreaking contributions to quantum computing! ⚛️
Visit bit.ly/3dgglxf to learn more about Aaronson's contributions and this award! 🎉
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Through their teamwork and leadership, recent UTCS grads América Quistiano and Audra Collins greatly impacted their community and created a space for future underrepresented UTCS students to thrive together.
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🎉 Congratulations to UTCS assistant professors, Qiang Liu and Philipp Krähenbühl, who were recently selected for the @NSF CAREER Award! This is the most prestigious distinction for early-career faculty. We are proud of you! 🤘
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UTCS researchers, Alexander Huth and Shailee Jain, believe that a simple mental command will soon be enough to access and interact with technology.
Click below for full article:
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Virtualization, an elective course taught by Professor Vijay Chidambaram, is coming to the MSCO program this Fall. Students interested in virtualization tech can expect a comprehensive education gaining skills incredibly valuable to the field of CS. bit.ly/2PUflpA
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Congratulations to UTCS Professor, Lili Qiu, was recently recognized as an ACM (Association for Computer Machinery) fellow!
She is now one of the top 1% of ACM members, as a result of her accomplishments in computing and IT.
To learn more 👇 ow.ly/mg6v50jUUXk
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#FeatureFriday
Meet Amelia Nickerson, an incoming freshman in the Texas Honors Computer Science and Business program and Forty Acres Scholar! Amelia is an alum of the First Bytes camps and is also the founder of Code Chicks, a program that teaches young girls how to code! (1/4)
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We have been ranked the 6th CS program in the world by Center for World-Class Universities! In the world, people! ow.ly/AsnEV
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🎉 Congratulations to UTCS Associate Professor, @dr_alison_cs, whose dedication to her students, exemplary teaching performance, and passion for innovation earned her the 2019 Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award! Well deserved, Dr. Norman!
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We are almost half way into our first week of First Bytes! Our female camp attendees have been busy learning about programming, robotics, and coding through hands-on activities and lectures! #UTCSCamps2019
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#whatstartshere 🤘🐂
Read about how a #UTCS PhD student is changing the evolution of database applications @ bit.ly/2usYiR2
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#FeatureFriday
Meet #UTCS senior and President of @texaswics, Karishma Patel! Her favorite part of UTCS is the community that WiCS builds. “Anytime I doubt myself, I know that I always have a group to lean on and support me.”
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For #PrideMonth, UTCS will highlight individuals and organizations from the LBGTQ+ community who have made a lasting impact in the world of CS!
Today we remember Alan Turing, also known as the “father” of theoretical computing science and AI.
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We proudly welcome Dr. Joydeep Biswas as Assistant Professor of Artificial Intelligence at #TXCS.
His award-winning expertise with autonomous mobile robots is backed up by an impressive track record from @UMassAmherst & @CarnegieMellon. #TXCSGameChangers
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Today we remember Dr. Evelyn Boyd Granville, one of the first African American women to receive a doctoral degree in mathematics, who did groundbreaking work in computer programming, celestial mechanics and trajectory calculations. bit.ly/3oGj31F
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#FeatureFriday “My hard work ethic is fueled by trying to be the best role model for my older brother, who has autism..." (Chanakya Remani, UTCS Sophomore)
Full story: bit.ly/2lOeI1I
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Thrilled to be partnering with edX again to offer our new online master's in artificial intelligence!
This is major⚡: We’re building on our partnership with @UTAustin this spring and launching a new, online Master of Science degree in Artificial Intelligence – disruptively priced at $10K in tuition. Applications for the program open in June 2023. 👉 twou.co/UT-AI
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Natural Language Processing, a course taught by Dr. Greg Durrett, has been added to the online Master of Data Science program at UT! bit.ly/39Ci0vp
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A VR game designed by UTCS student @Callie_Ko to help social anxiety won awards at the 2017 @G4HUtah! Learn more: ow.ly/Nd9W30aZ0Dl
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Texas CS alumna Barbara Jones realized early in her career she was, “always the only woman, most of the time. And all of the time the only Black woman on the tech team.”
She now has her own IT company built with diversity in mind.
Read more here!: ow.ly/m11z50Bs0oZ
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As a researcher in the field of computer vision, UTCS professor Kristen Grauman trains artificially-intelligent systems "see" and "understand" what they're looking at, as well as helping these systems make decisions about where to look. Learn more here: ow.ly/xRQ330lkUl4
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In celebration of Black History Month, UTCS will honor black pioneers in the world of CS. Visit our Facebook page to read today's post as we remember Katherine Johnson, the "human computer" who's calculations made NASA's early space missions possible. bit.ly/36wQiyn
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At Texas Computer Science we're redefining higher education!
This year, we're proud to welcome 8 new faculty members, launch 2 new academic programs and #Frontera, the fastest university supercomputer in the world. What a year! #TXCSGameChangers
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The winners of the Visualizing Science contest were announced today! Congratulations to Etienne Vouga, Qixing Huang, Jiacheng Zhuo, and Joshua Vekhter from #TXCS, who received the Interdisciplinary Award for their collaboration with Luisa Fandino from @UTAustinFashion.
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