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UNC real-time systems researchers receive multiple awards at ECRTS
August 23, 2024
Members of the UNC Real-Time Systems Group were awarded two Outstanding Paper awards and a Best Presentation award at the 36th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS) in Lille, France.
UNC CS announces new chair, 7 new faculty additions for 60th year
August 7, 2024
UNC Computer Science is excited to announce a new department chair and several additions to the faculty ahead of its 60th academic year.
Szafir’s AI research tested at Mars Desert Research Station
July 31, 2024
Artificial intelligence research supervised by Associate Professor Daniel Szafir was evaluated at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah. The study involved an autonomous robot navigating the Mars-like terrain to asses … Read more
Tar Heel engineers unlock science behind swimming
July 26, 2024
A new collaboration between the Departments of Computer Science, Applied and Computational Mathematics, and Exercise and Sport Science and USA Swimming seeks to tackle fundamental questions on swimmer performance and lev … Read more
Cho earns Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship
June 25, 2024
Doctoral student Jaemin Cho received a prestigious Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship. Cho was one of only nine selected for the 2023-2024 cohort.
Berg receives 2 NSF grants to optimize resource allocation
June 21, 2024
Assistant Professor Benjamin Berg received two grants from the National Science Foundation to help computers better allocate resources to database queries and machine learning jobs. The grants total $1.8 million, of whic … Read more
UNC-Intel REU welcomes 2024 cohort, program grown to support 10 students
June 20, 2024
The 2024 cohort of the UNC-Intel Research Experience for Undergraduate Students Program will explore the possibilities of research in an academic setting, with support from industry mentors at Intel. The third cohort has … Read more
Alterovitz, Bansal appointed to distinguished professorships
June 10, 2024
UNC-Chapel Hill conferred distinguished professorships on computer science professors Ron Alterovitz and Mohit Bansal, taking effect July 1, 2024. Distinguished professorships are among the highest honors that the univer … Read more
UNC Computer Science presents 14 papers at ICLR 2024
May 24, 2024
UNC CS personnel had 14 papers accepted by the 2024 International Conference on Learning Representations. Five of the papers were selected for spotlight posters, and the submissions came from six different research group … Read more
UNC Computer Science celebrates Class of 2024
May 17, 2024
The Department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill honored its nearly 500 new graduates with a weekend filled with celebration and Tar Heel spirit. The festivities culminated in a depar … Read more
IEEE Micro Top Picks recognizes paper co-authored by UNC CS researchers
May 16, 2024
A paper co-authored by doctoral student Jaehyun Han, professor Donald Porter, and former undergraduate students Ibrahim Nael Mubarek and Nirjhar Mukherjee has been recognized as one of the IEEE Micro Top Picks from compu … Read more
Mendoza receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
April 25, 2024
CS major Christine Mendoza received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, which provides three years of financial support, including a $37,000 annual stipend and $16,000 cost-of-education allowance. Mendoza was one of onl … Read more
Blueprints for Preservation
April 23, 2024 | UNC Research
Religious studies professor Lauren Leve is collaborating with computer scientist Jim Mahaney and Kathmandu locals to document the Swayambjunath, or “Swayambhu,” temple. Today, the team has conducted more than 30 intervie … Read more
Protecting Your Texts
April 17, 2024 | UNC Research
Computer scientist Saba Eskandarian is dedicated to deciphering the problems that come along with online messaging. He studies secure communication systems and applies his knowledge of cryptography — the technique of pro … Read more
Stanley receives $400k NIH grant to study brains affected by Alzheimer’s disease
April 16, 2024
Natalie Stanley received an NIH grant to revolutionize diagnostic and predictive capabilities for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The grant will provide $414,486 in direct and indirect funding over two years.
A new era of AI
April 15, 2024 | Carolina Arts & Sciences Magazine
Carolina Arts & Sciences Magazine published a round-up of AI research at UNC, featuring CS faculty members Junier Oliva and Gedas Bertasius.
Niethammer awarded $3.3 million NIH grant to identify genetic markers of osteoarthritis
April 11, 2024
Professor Marc Niethammer received an NIH grant to develop a new framework that combines imaging and genetics to advance research for the treatment of osteoarthritis. The project, funded by $3,326,488 over five years, ai … Read more
Localizing and Editing Knowledge in LLMs with Peter Hase [Podcast]
April 8, 2024 | TWIML AI Podcast with Sam Charrington
Doctoral student Peter Hase joined host Sam Charrington to discuss “scalable oversight,” the importance of developing a deeper understanding of how large neural networks make decisions, how matrices are probed by interpr … Read more
Sengupta receives NIH Trailblazer Award to revolutionize endoscopy using computer vision
April 4, 2024
Assistant Professor Roni Sengupta was recognized with the NIH NIBIB Trailblazer R21 Award. The award will provide roughly $580,000 in total funding to develop a 3D modeling system that can revolutionize endoscopy by prov … Read more
The Faces of AI
February 26, 2024 | UNC Endeavors
Roni Sengupta develops AI to modify images and works to make this technology more accessible to everyday creators.
Multimodal AI built with Tar Heel research
February 21, 2024 | UNC Communications
Working with a team at Microsoft Research, Carolina computer science professor Mohit Bansal and his student Zineng Tang, a Microsoft intern, created the CoDi AI system — a model capable of generating any combination of o … Read more
Human Stories in AI: Rick Marks
February 19, 2024 | StatQuest with Josh Starmer
As part of the StatQuest series on Statistics and Machine Learning, Josh Starmer interviews Rick Marks, a professor in the School of Data Science and Society and Department of Computer Science and former director of Goog … Read more
UNC Computer Science Doctoral Student Tony Qin wins first place in US Army Reserve Polyglot Games
February 18, 2024
Tony Qin, a second-year doctoral student in the Department of Computer Science, shares his fusion experience of academic excellence and military commitment. As he navigates the landscape of computer science and military … Read more
Computer science team uses AR to treat Parkinson’s
February 16, 2024 | UNC Communications
Since September 2022, Henry Fuchs, Danielle Szafir and others have collaborated with medical researchers at Carolina on the multifaceted Parkinson’s Project. Their PD-Insighter software combines graphics and data visuali … Read more
Pearl Hacks celebrates 10 years of inclusive tech
February 9, 2024 | UNC Communications
Pearl Hacks is celebrating a decade of empowering women and gender-nonconforming individuals in the world of tech. The student-led group hosts its annual hackathon Feb. 24-25 with the goal of honoring its past and paving … Read more
UNC CS’s impactful contributions at NeurIPS 2023
January 23, 2024
UNC Computer Science researchers made a splash at the 2023 Conference and Workshop on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS). Current and future UNC CS personnel had 14 papers accepted.
The next generation of robotic surgery is emerging: but is it better than a human? [Prof. Ron Alterovitz interviewed]
January 19, 2024 | Nature Medicine
High financial costs and limited evidence restrict the adoption of robotic surgery, but new uses for robots and attempts to assess efficacy could widen access.
UNC CS presents computer vision research at WACV 2024
December 18, 2023
UNC CS researchers had two publications accepted at WACV 2023, one of which was selected for an oral presentation, a distinction reserved for the top 2.6 percent of papers at the conference.
Community connections drive career [CS major Pramit Thapa featured by UNC]
December 14, 2023 | UNC Communications
Winter graduate Pramit Thapa hopes to use his computer science experience to give back to the Nepalese community.
From Reality to Virtual Reality: Digitally Preserving Nepal’s Ancient Swayambhu Temple
December 5, 2023
Perched atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, the ancient Swayambhu Temple proudly reflects Nepal’s rich cultural tapestry. In a groundbreaking initiative this past October, Religious Studies Professor Lauren Leve and Com … Read more