News: Computer Science

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

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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Research

Artificial Intelligence Trained to Draw Inspiration From Images, Not Copy Them

Researchers are using corrupted data to help generative AI models avoid the misuse of images under copyright.

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Research

To Optimize Guide-Dog Robots, First Listen to the Visually Impaired

Guide-dog users and trainers can provide insight into features that make robotic helpers useful in the real world.

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Texas Undergraduate College

Computer Science and Mathematics Dual Major Receives Goldwater Scholarship

Luisa Mao of The University of Texas at Austin is among a select group of undergraduates to be awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.

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Defense Research Advancement

Computer Science Professor Trains AI Through Game Theory

Computer scientists Ryan Farrel and Chandrajit Bajaj will test a novel reinforcement learning approach.

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Department of Computer Science

Transforming Human-Robot Interaction Through Mood-Inducing Music

UT’s Elad Liebman and Peter Stone consider robots that understand not only our commands but also our emotional states.

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Accolades

Celebrating the 2024 College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Honored Graduates

Meet the graduating seniors being recognized for excellence in research, academics and improving the community.

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Announcements

11 Faculty Members Elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Jaquelin Dudley, Kristen Grauman, Arlen Johnson, Daniel Leahy, Xiaoqin “Elaine” Li and Tanya Paull receive major honor from AAAS.

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Announcements

U.S. News Ranks UT Austin Computer Science Among Best in Graduate Program Rankings

The 2024-2025 rankings tout computer science at The University of Texas at Austin as among the seven best nationally.

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