Three faculty members of the College of Arts & Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Fellows are recognized for their research; teaching; services to professional societies; administration in academia, … Read more
You’ve probably heard us say this countless times: GPT-3, the gargantuan AI that spews uncannily human-like language, is a marvel. It’s also largely a mirage. You can tell with a simple trick: Ask it the color of sheep, and it will suggest “black” as … Read more
WFAE | By Greg Barnes | North Carolina Health News Published October 31, 2020 at 8:51 AM EDT This story originally appeared in North Carolina Health News. About a quarter of a million people in North Carolina have now downloaded a … Read more
When classes at UNC shifted fully online, so did events, such as corporate recruiting and annual hackathons. In October, UNC Computer Science student leaders and staff worked together to hold two popular hackathons, Carolina Data Challenge and HackNC, all-online for … Read more
Each year, over 1,000 students in COMP 110: Introduction to Programming are introduced to computer science by Teaching Professor and UNC CS alumnus Kris Jordan and his team of 45 enthusiastic Undergraduate Teaching Assistants (UTAs). Jordan and his dedicated UTA … Read more
Continuous health monitoring is the future of healthcare, and wearable technology is helping to lead the charge by collecting useful baseline data between check-ups and detecting changes that are early signs of illness. Wearable devices can even help detect signs … Read more
A guiding research principle of the Department of Computer Science is the idea, put forth by founder Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., that a computer scientist is a toolsmith, creating resources that enhance the work of others. Sometimes, researchers are surprised … Read more
When UNC moved to remote instruction in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so much changed for the Class of 2020 and their peers. Today, as we continue to navigate this unprecedented situation and try to recreate the campus … Read more
Carolina’s faculty, researchers and scientists continue to tear down silos and build bridges by sharing data. Silos from years past have rapidly disappeared from the University’s academic landscape over the past decade. Increasingly, through interdisciplinary collaborations, researchers across campus have … Read more
The cardboard box has been sitting in Maya’s house in Ohio for months. The box, no bigger than a hardcover novel, contains six plastic tubes — one for Maya, one for her husband, Mark, and one for each of their … Read more
