Computer Science

Announcements

Meet the New Faculty Members in Natural Sciences

December 13, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

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Department of Computer Science

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

November 21, 2019 • by Marc Airhart

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.

Announcements

UT Austin Launches Institute to Harness the Data Revolution

November 6, 2019 • by Aaron Dubrow

$1.5M award from National Science Foundation to support cross-disciplinary machine learning and data science research

Features

Visualizing Science 2019: Revealing Hidden Splendor in Research

October 24, 2019 • by Staff Writer

A network of gut bacteria of tadpoles from nine ponds in East Texas. Each color is a pond, and each dot is a different species of bacteria.

UT News

Artificial Intelligence System Gives Fashion Advice

October 23, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

Two hands hold a smart phone which displays a manakin wearing fashionable clothes

Accolades

Meet the 2019 Hall of Honor Inductees

October 10, 2019 • by Cason Hunwick

Three College of Natural Sciences alumni were selected for induction into the college's 2019 Hall of Honor.

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Department of Computer Science

A UT Austin Spin-Out Beats the Odds, Turning Data into Knowledge

October 1, 2019 • by Marc Airhart

Juan Sequeda and his advisor, professor Daniel Miranker, invented a new way to transform key data into a form that is easier to analyze.

Juan Sequeda and Daniel Miranker launched Capsenta, a start-up based on their research at the University of Texas at Austin which was recently acquired by data.world.

Podcast

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

June 18, 2019 • by Marc Airhart

An artificial intelligence agent that can glance quickly at parts of a new environment and infer the full scene might be more effective on dangerous...

Silhouettes of a human and a robot looking at a painting in a museum

Accolades

Natural Sciences Faculty Win Awards for Teaching, Inspiring Students

June 5, 2019 • by Steven E. Franklin

Calvin Lin, David Hoffman, Peter Stone, Kate Biberdorf

Department of Computer Science

Computer Scientist Honored for Teaching Excellence

May 6, 2019 • by Staff Writer

Peter Stone, a professor of computer science at The University of Texas at Austin, has won the Minnie Stevens Piper Teaching Award, which celebrates outstanding...