News: Computer Science
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
UT News
Power of DNA to Store Information Gets an Upgrade
Researchers stored a copy of the Wizard of Oz - in Esperanto - in DNA using a revolutionary new technique.
![Artists image of DNA helix in purple, yellow and green with letters GTAC and 01 binary in the background](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/dna-data-storage-1400px-1200x800-c-default.jpeg)
Texas Science Students Serve the Community During the Pandemic
Undergraduates in public health, neuroscience and computer science found ways amidst the pandemic to help out their communities and fellow classmates.
![A composite portrait of 6 students with the words "Serving the Community"](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/students-helping-final-2400x1350.jpg)
The Next 50 Years: An A.I. Designed to Make Life Better
Artificial intelligence is becoming more and more a part of our daily lives. But will AI have mostly positive or negative impacts on society?
![Illustration of a robot walking through a cloud of symbols for money, driving, housekeeping and health care float by](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/50years-stone-2400x1350.jpg)
Joydeep Biswas Builds Robots to Navigate the Real World
Joydeep Biswas leads the Autonomous Mobile Robotics Laboratory (AMRL) at UT
![Robotic car](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/robotic_car.jpeg)
The Texas Scientist
20/20 Foresight
So what will the next 50 years bring? Absent a crystal ball, your best bet would be to ask a scientist.
![Illustration by David Steadman.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/feature-next-fifty-years.jpeg)
UT News
New Sandboxing Approach in Web Browser Increases Security
A powerful new approach to securing web browsers, using a tool called WebAssembly, is getting its first real-world application in the Firefox browser.
![Hovav Shacham, professor of computer science at UT Austin.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/shacham_hovav700.jpeg)
12 Ways Texas Science Innovators Made the Most of this Year
Here are a handful of ways that members of our science and mathematics community brandished their entrepreneurial spirit this year.
![3 Students wearing t-shirts celebrating 1,000+ patents jump for joy in front of the UT Austin tower](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/technology_commercialization_courtesy_of_betsy_merrick.jpeg)
Department of Computer Science
Building Industry Bridges: Computer Scientist Tackles New Role for Sony, While Leading at UT
Peter Stone, professor and head of Texas Robotics, will lead the newly established Sony AI in the United States.
![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.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/stone_peter700.jpeg)
UT Austin Launches Institute to Harness the Data Revolution
$1.5M award from National Science Foundation to support cross-disciplinary machine learning and data science research
![Headshots of four scientists](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/tripods2400x1600.png)