News: Computer Science

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

Accolades

Computer Science Professor Earns Industry Award

Kristen Grauman, a professor in the Department of Computer Science, has been awarded the Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award by the Institute of Electrical...

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Accolades

Three Faculty Members Awarded Sloan Fellowships

Congratulations to Greg Durrett, Sam Raskin and Hang Ren.

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Accolades

Pingali Receives Prestigious Parallel Computing Award

The IEEE Computer Society has selected Keshav Pingali to receive the 2023 IEEE CS Charles Babbage Award.

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Accolades

Three in Texas Science Elected Fellows of AAAS

Scott Aaronson, Catherine Calder and Claus Wilke are now fellows of the world’s largest general scientific society.

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Accolades

AAAI Selects UT Professor of Computer Science as a Fellow

The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) has selected Risto Miikkulainen as one of 11 fellows for 2023.

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UT News

AI Master’s Program Launches With Ability to Serve Thousands

UT Austin is establishing a new online master’s program in artificial intelligence with the potential to bring thousands of new students into the field.

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UT News

Can Robots and Humans Co-exist in Public? UT Campus Study Will Offer Answers

Autonomous robots will soon rove the buildings and streets of The University of Texas at Austin campus.

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Research

Seven Natural Sciences Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards

Learn about faculty members from UT Austin's College of Natural Sciences who have been awarded CAREER Awards from the National Science Foundation.

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Research

Computer Science Professor Looks to Improve Accessible Technologies

Learn more about Amy Pavel's contributions to computer science and her decision to join UT Austin.

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Announcements

UT Austin Leads in New Summary of Top “Degrees of the Future”

A new report releases what the nation’s best degrees of the future are.

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