The UNC Department of Computer Science celebrated its summer 2018, winter 2018, and spring 2019 graduates with an annual ceremony in Carmichael Arena. With 335 graduates, the 2019 event was the largest to date. The department recognized 16 doctor of … Read more
Researchers from the UNC Department of Computer Science took first place at F1TENTH, an autonomous RC car race held during Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet-of-Things (CPS-IoT) Week 2019 in Montreal, Canada. The F1TENTH competition requires students to design, build, and test … Read more
As a computer science student in the 1970s, Henry Fuchs tried to explain the benefits of affordable, personal computers to others at his school. Most were not convinced –– they saw no need for this technology in their day-to-day life. … Read more
Computer science doctoral student Darryl Hannan has been selected as a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship for 2019. This is a nationwide fellowship that supports outstanding graduate students in various STEM disciplines who are pursuing advanced research-based degrees … Read more
In 2018, the public was made aware of a flaw in many common computer processors that makes computer hardware vulnerable even when it is running secure software. Multiple attacks exploited this vulnerability, with ominous names like Spectre, Meltdown and Foreshadow. … Read more
Last year, a self-driven car struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona. The woman’s family is now suing Arizona and the city of Tempe for negligence. But, in an article published on April 5 in the journal Trends in Cognitive … Read more
Anna Truelove entered first year at UNC feeling lost and confused. Now as a junior, she’s helping to guide and support women in technology. Truelove is a member of the planning committee that’s organizing Women in Tech Week 2019, a … Read more
More than 300 women and non-binary students met in Chapel Hill for Pearl Hacks, a 24-hour hackathon facilitated by the UNC Department of Computer Science. The event was held from February 16 to 17 at the Gillings School of Global … Read more
Augmented reality is changing the way people view, connect to, and interact with the world. At the forefront of this revolution is Jingwen Dai, co-founder and CTO at Ximmerse, a leader in the field of low-cost augmented reality technology. Ximmerse, which … Read more
Computer science doctoral student Ramakanth Pasunuru, who works with assistant professor Mohit Bansal in the UNC-NLP group, received the prestigious 2019 Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship for his work in natural language generation and machine learning. Pasunuru was one of only … Read more
