News: Computer Science

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

Announcements

Meet the Scientists Who are New to the Faculty this Spring

More about the newest faces in the College.

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Department of Computer Science

Waters Named ACM Fellow by the Association for Computing Machinery

The award goes only to highly distinguished computer scientists representing the top 1% of ACM members. 

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Department of Computer Science

Shacham Receives NSF Grant for Cybersecurity Research

The National Science Foundation has awarded funding for a project focused on securing web browser operations led by Hovav Shacham

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Announcements

CNS Welcomes 16 New Faculty Members

See the new faces around the College of Natural Sciences.

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Department of Computer Science

Bill Press Named to President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

Bill Press will provide scientific perspective to the White House as a member of President Biden's PCAST

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Department of Computer Science

New Materials Could Lead to Computers That Work Like the Human Brain

An interdisciplinary team of researchers are working on a radically new kind of computer called a neuromorphic computer, inspired by the human brain.

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Accolades

Three Natural Sciences Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards

UT Austin assistant professors in the Department of Computer Science and Department of Chemistry have been selected for NSF CAREER awards.

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Department of Computer Science

Graduating Computer Science Student Leaders Look Back on Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

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Department of Computer Science

Aaronson Receives ACM Prize in Computing

The Association for Computing Machinery has awarded Scott Aaronson the 2020 ACM Prize in Computing for groundbreaking contributions to quantum computing.

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Texas Scientist

AI’s Inflection Point

Artificial intelligence research and education at UT Austin are taking off

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