News: Computer Science

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Department of Computer Science

Computer Scientist Honored for Teaching Excellence

Peter Stone, a professor of computer science at The University of Texas at Austin, has won the Minnie Stevens Piper Teaching Award, which celebrates outstanding...

Peter Stone

Podcast

A Machine That Understands Language Like a Human

Alex Huth is trying to build an intelligent computer system that can predict the patterns of brain activity in a human listening to someone speaking.

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Department of Computer Science

Professor Lili Qiu Named ACM Fellow

Lili Qiu, a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science, was recently named an Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) fellow.

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UT News

Computer Science Online Master’s Degree Planned for Fall Launch from UT Austin

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Announcements

CNS Welcomes New Faculty As Fall Semester Begins

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Podcast

When Will We Have Quantum Computers?

Scott Aaronson believes in the next few years, someone may achieve something called quantum supremacy—the first demonstration of a quantum computer doing something faster than...

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