News: Computer Science

Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin

Podcast

How AI is Accelerating Discovery

AI is transforming how scientists design cancer drugs and vaccines, study star formation and understand the brain.

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Announcements

Building Industry Bridges: Computer Scientist Peter Stone Tackles New Role for Sony, While Leading at UT

Peter Stone of UT computer science leads Sony AI in the U.S. and is now its chief scientist and deputy president.

Peter Stone has been tapped by Sony Corp. to head up the U.S. branch of its new global artificial intelligence research division, called Sony AI.

Features

In Robot Soccer and More, UT Students Best the Competition in Eindhoven

Among hundreds of teams from around the world competing at RoboCup 2024, UT researchers and their robots shine.

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Accolades

Computer Scientist Keshav Pingali Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Programing Languages

Pingali has received the Programming Languages Achievement Award by the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN).

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Department of Computer Science

Transforming Video Accessibility Through Artificial Intelligence

UT researchers developed an AI technology that empowers users with visual impairments to engage with digital media.

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Podcast

Rise of the LLMs

Greg Durrett tackles your burning questions about large language models.

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Podcast

What is AI, Anyway?

What do we even mean when we say “artificial intelligence”? And how do we make sure it’s safe and useful? Here, with all the answers...

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Podcast

“AI for the Rest of Us” Brings Expert Conversations on Artificial Intelligence to UT Community

For the Year of AI, University experts and guests offer up key lessons about AI across disciplines.

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Announcements

NSF Funded Expedition Project Uses AI to Rethink Computer Operating Systems

Aditya Akella leads the project that aims to boost performance of OSes and help enable assistant robots, autonomous vehicles and smart cities.

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Department of Computer Science

Computer Scientist Honored for Teaching Excellence

Professor Calvin Lin has won the prestigious Minnie Stevens Piper Teaching Award.

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