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AI Training with a Human Touch: UNC Computer Science contributes to Ego-Exo4D Project in partnership with Meta AI
November 30, 2023
UNC CS announces its participation in the Ego-Exo4D project, an innovative venture to revolutionize AI. An international consortium of 14 universities in partnership with Meta FAIR team will create a first-of-its-kind, l … Read more
HackNC & Carolina Data Challenge: Where code meets innovation
November 20, 2023
This fall, UNC Computer Science transformed into a hub of technological innovation and collaboration with two major student events: HackNC and the Carolina Data Challenge. These hackathons, led by student teams with depa … Read more
Bansal receives Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Young Alumnus Award
November 14, 2023 | College of Arts & Sciences
Professor Mohit Bansal earned the IIT Kanpur Young Alumnus Award, conferred annually to two alumni under 40 years old who have contributed significantly to achieve exemplary recognition and distinction in their careers. … Read more
From Sony to Google to UNC-Chapel Hill: UNC Computer Science Welcomes Dr. Richard Marks
November 1, 2023
In this exclusive interview, new professor Richard Marks reflects on the strategies he has developed over decades in the tech industry and offers a glimpse into the future of generative AI as well as what he hopes to bri … Read more
Researchers from Meta and UNC-Chapel Hill Introduce Branch-Solve-Merge: A Revolutionary Program Enhancing Large Language Models’ Performance in Complex Language Tasks
October 31, 2023 | Marktechpost
Branch-Solve-Merge (BSM) is a program for enhancing Large Language Models (LLMs) in complex natural language tasks. BSM includes branching, solving, and merging modules to plan, crack, and combine sub-tasks. Applied to L … Read more
Oliva given NSF grant to enhance machine learning extrapolation
October 17, 2023
Assistant Professor Junier Oliva received a two-year NSF grant to improve the ability of machine learning models to extrapolate beyond the scope of their training dataset. The project will hopefully enhance scientific ta … Read more
Sturton receives 2 NSF grants for hardware security verification
October 10, 2023
Associate Professor Cynthia Sturton received two NSF grants to bolster hardware security verification. Both projects represent multi-institutional collaborations with broad applications.
UNC CS introduces CS Career Connections on the Heels Engage Network
October 9, 2023
UNC Computer Science Department invites all alumni, current UNC students, faculty and staff to connect with each other through the new virtual networking community, CS Career Connections via Heels Engage.
Autonomous Medical Robot Successfully Steers Needles Through Living Tissue
September 20, 2023
A team of researchers and physicians led by Professor Ron Alterovitz has demonstrated, for the first time, a robotic needle capable of autonomously maneuvering through intricate lung tissue while avoiding obstacles and i … Read more
Utilizing AI and machine learning for drug discovery
September 14, 2023 | Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Junier Oliva and Alexander Tropsha received at two-year grant from the National Science Foundation for a new project, “Extrapolative Analyses for Reliable Machine Learning Driven Scientific Discovery”, the goal of which … Read more
Stanley receives $219k NIH grant to analyze relationship between stimulations and responses in immune cells
September 1, 2023
Assistant Professor Natalie Stanley received an NIH grant worth $219,366 to develop new, fully automated bioinformatics techniques to identify and characterize clinically predictive intracellular signal responses elicite … Read more
VisuaLab earns 2 Best Paper Honorable Mention awards at IEEE VIS
August 31, 2023
Members of UNC Computer Science’s VisuaLab received two Best Paper Honorable Mention awards from the 2023 IEEE Visualization Conference. Led by Danielle Szafir, the group undertakes research at the intersection of data s … Read more
Bayraktar draws on UNC experience in Turkey earthquake relief
August 25, 2023
After graduating in 2023, computer science alumna Rida Bayraktar traveled to Turkey to teach and mentor children and teens in refugee camps and to improve educational infrastructure with her non-profit organization Pink … Read more
UNC Computer Science introduces 7 new faculty members
August 21, 2023
The Department of Computer Science is excited to announce the addition of several new faculty members in 2023 and 2024. Six faculty members have already begun their work for the Fall 2023 semester, and another will join … Read more
2023 UNC-Intel REU cohort celebrates end of program with research presentations
August 18, 2023
The 2023 UNC-Intel Research Experience for Undergraduate Students wrapped up with a closing ceremony on July 28. The ceremony featured research presentations by each of the participating students and was attended by UNC … Read more
UNC-NLP advances state of the art at ACL 2023
July 30, 2023
The UNC Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning Group presented research at the annual meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) advancing the state of the art in natural language processing … Read more
Kwong joins UNC CS faculty as assistant professor
July 18, 2023
Andrew Kwong joined the department as an assistant professor, having recently completed a doctorate at the University of Michigan. Andrew’s primary research focus is in hardware security at the intersection of software, … Read more
UNC CS shares research, builds connections at WISC 2023
July 12, 2023
Researchers from UNC Computer Science took part in the 2023 Women in Security and Cryptography Workshop in Bochum, Germany, sharing knowledge via a keynote lecture and building professional connections with women from 11 … Read more
Unifying Vision and Language Models with Mohit Bansal [Podcast]
July 3, 2023 | TWIML AI Podcast with Sam Charrington
In a conversation with Professor Mohit Bansal, host Sam Charrington explores the concept of unification in AI models, highlighting the advantages of shared knowledge and efficiency.
Breaking cross-modal boundaries in multimodal AI: Introducing CoDi, composable diffusion for any-to-any generation
July 1, 2023 | Microsoft Research Blog
In a recent paper: “Any-to-Any Generation via Composable Diffusion,” Microsoft Azure Cognitive Service Research and UNC NLP present CoDi, a novel generative model capable of processing and simultaneously generating conte … Read more
UNC CS shares cutting-edge computer vision research at CVPR 2023
June 28, 2023
UNC Computer Science research groups led by Mohit Bansal, Gedas Bertasius, and Marc Niethammer presented several papers and contributed to workshops at CVPR 2023. Here is a roundup of their papers, which used deep learni … Read more
Beyond the Binary: Bayraktar (’23) breaks stereotypes and inspires change
June 21, 2023
While many 2023 grads are preparing for their next steps in industry or academia, Rida Bayraktar is digging deeper into work she started as an undergraduate by bringing STEM education programs and infrastructure to earth … Read more
Supporting the LGBTQ+ Community in Tech
June 13, 2023
June marks the month-long celebration of LGBTQ+ pride and community. UNC CS honors Pride Month and supports LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and staff by sharing campus, local, and national resources and highlighting the histor … Read more
Eskandarian receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award
June 12, 2023
The National Science Foundation granted Assistant Professor Saba Eskandarian its Faculty Early Career Development Award to study the longstanding challenge of how to combat abuse while safeguarding user privacy on privat … Read more
UNC-Intel REU welcomes 2023 cohort, shaping the future of computer science research
June 8, 2023
UNC CS is excited to welcome the 2023 cohort of the UNC-Intel REU Program, which is designed to foster the next generation of computer science researchers through valuable hands-on experience, industry connections, and a … Read more
UNC Computer Science celebrates more than 500 graduates in largest ever commencement
May 16, 2023
More than 2,500 family members, friends, and loved ones gathered at Carmichael Arena to celebrate computer science graduates from winter 2022, spring 2023, and summer 2023. With 510 total graduates across all degree prog … Read more
A bubbling innovation for kids with visual impairment
May 9, 2023 | Gillings School of Global Public Health
Partnering with Anitha Muthukumaran, a researcher from the University of Northern Colorado, and educational accessibility consultant Diane Brauner, students from App Team Carolina developed Bubbly, a free CVI literacy ap … Read more
Brei awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
April 21, 2023
Graduate student Anneliese Brei was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship for 2023. The fellowship will provide a $37,000 stipend and $12,000 cost of education allowance each year for t … Read more
VIDEO: Can AI kill the greenscreen? [Assistant Professor Roni Sengupta interviewed]
April 18, 2023 | Vox
Vox’s Phil Edwards set out to understand why greenscreens are still so common in video despite the advancements in AI. Roni Sengupta helps explain the challenges.
UNC CS DEI Ambassadors celebrate partnership with Hillside High School
April 3, 2023
Earlier this spring, students from Hillside High School in Durham visited Sitterson Hall to celebrate the completion of a semester-long partnership with UNC Computer Science. Fifteen high school students participated in … Read more