News: Computer Science

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

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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Accolades

UT Austin Professors Named ACM Fellows by the Association for Computing Machinery

Peter Stone and Lizy Kurian John “have demonstrated excellence across many disciplines of computing,” said ACM President Gabriele Kotsis.

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Announcements

The College Welcomed New Faculty in 2020

See the new faces at the College of Natural Sciences.

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Features

Tech Startup Powered by Two Computer Science Professors Teams Up with Intel

Katana Graph specializes in graph computing and analyzing enormous data sets.

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Podcast

Artificial Intelligence Revs Up Evolution’s Clock

When Risto Miikkulainen and Padmini Rajagopalan simulated hyenas forming mobs to steal prey from lions, they found something surprising.

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