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Remembering Department Founder Dr. Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
November 18, 2022
The Department of Computer Science mourns the loss of its founder, Dr. Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., a pioneer in the field of computer science and a tremendous colleague and friend to so many. Dr. Brooks passed away on Nove … Read more

Announcement: Apply to the Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity
November 1, 2022
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity is pleased to announce the availability of postdoctoral research appointments for a period of two years. The purpose of … Read more

Chaturvedi, Srivastava receive Amazon Research Awards
October 24, 2022
Assistant professors Snigdha Chaturvedi and Shashank Srivastava were both among 51 award recipients for the fall 2021 and winter 2022 Amazon Research Awards, which featured awardees from 37 universities in eight countrie … Read more

Student highlight: summer 2022 internships
October 19, 2022
At the conclusion of the 2021-2022 academic year, students departed campus for jobs and internship opportunities across the globe. UNC Computer Science students are highly recruited by top tech companies, considered to b … Read more

UNC CS hosts Research Experience for Undergraduate Students (REU) in partnership with Intel
October 19, 2022
UNC Computer Science, in partnership with Intel, hosted its first Research Experience for Undergraduate Students (REU) from June – July 2022. Led by the efforts of Associate Professor Cynthia Sturton, the REU provided op … Read more

UNC CS begins new chapter under Department Chair Chakraborty
October 7, 2022
The fall semester of the 2022-2023 academic year is the first in a new chapter for the UNC Department of Computer Science. William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor Samarjit Chakraborty was appointed department chair … Read more

UNC CS adds 3 new faculty members for 2022-2023
October 5, 2022
New faculty members Benjamin Berg, Sayeed Ghani, and Roni Sengupta bring experience in both research and teaching and contribute to the department’s mission of maintaining academic excellence in an inclusive environment.

Bertasius Awarded Sony Faculty Innovation Award
September 26, 2022
Assistant Professor Gedas Bertasius has been conferred a 2021 Sony Faculty Innovation Award in Information Technology. With this award, Bertasius will fund a project aimed at leveraging multimodal information to improve … Read more

Research UNCovered: Snigdha Chaturvedi
July 28, 2022
Snigdha Chaturvedi is an assistant professor who studies natural language processing — how computers understand human languages. Endeavors recently spoke with Chaturvedi to learn what inspired her to pursue her field, ho … Read more

Department Commencement ceremony honors largest graduating class
June 19, 2022
Honoring the largest graduating class in department history, the Class of 2022 gathered in Carmichael Arena amongst family, friends and loved ones on May 8th, 2022 for the traditional department commencement ceremony.

Raffel receives NSF CAREER Award
April 21, 2022
Assistant Professor Colin Raffel has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Raffel’s five-year grant, worth more than $535,700, is titled “Collaborative, Co … Read more

Chakraborty elected to IEEE Fellows Class of 2022
April 21, 2022
William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor Samarjit Chakraborty was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for 2022. Chakraborty was recognized for contributions to system-lev … Read more

Alumnus Levoy elected to National Academy of Engineering
March 17, 2022
UNC Computer Science alumnus Marc Levoy (Ph.D. ‘89) was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Membership to the Academy is considered one of the highest professional honors for an engineer.

2022 Tanner Awards for Graduate Teaching Assistants [Kaki Ryan and Aaron Smith recognized]
March 11, 2022
Graduate teaching assistants Kaki Ryan and Aaron Smith were recognized with Tanner Awards. Since 1990, UNC-Chapel Hill has given Tanner Awards to recognize excellence in the teaching of undergraduates by graduate teachin … Read more

Coding for community
February 23, 2022
The Tar Heels behind Carolina’s Black in Technology student organization are working to increase the representation of Black students in computer science and create an inclusive ecosystem for students to thrive.

Leading the next generation of computer scientists [profile of CS major Nihar Vaidya]
February 7, 2022 | UNC Communications
Vaidya is a Chancellor’s Science Scholar majoring in computer science with a minor in neuroscience. He founded a Carolina chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery and has contributed to the work of researchers … Read more

Meet Briana Scurry, New Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Coordinator
February 1, 2022
The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Coordinator leads department efforts in assessing current DEI practices and implementing initiatives. Tasked with developing a department vision, goals, and plan within the departmen … Read more

Zhang awarded 2021-2022 Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship
January 31, 2022
Doctoral student Shiyue Zhang was awarded a 2021-2022 Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship in natural language processing. The fellowship covers up to three years of tuition and fees, plus a stipend to be used for liv … Read more

Chakraborty earns 2021 ACM TECS Best Paper Award
December 21, 2021
Professor Samarjit Chakraborty was awarded the ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS) 2021 Best Paper Award for his paper, “Energy Modeling for the Bluetooth Low Energy Protocol,” which appeared in the jou … Read more

Hase receives 2021 Google PhD Fellowship in NLP
December 3, 2021
Doctoral student Peter Hase was awarded a 2021 Google PhD Fellowship in natural language processing. The fellowship covers up to three years of tuition and fees, plus a stipend to be used for living expenses, travel, and … Read more

Islam (Ph.D. 2021) named in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 – Science
December 1, 2021
Doctoral alumna Bashima Islam, 28, is engineering the next generation of internet of things devices to operate without batteries. She is developing intermittently powered devices using solar energy and radio frequency, a … Read more

The Sanctity of Cherokee [Bansal and Zhang work to help revitalize the Cherokee language]
November 15, 2021
As a result of systemic oppression, there are fewer than 200 native Cherokee speakers in North Carolina. To keep the language alive and pass it to the next generation, UNC-Chapel Hill researcher and Eastern Band Cherokee … Read more

UNC-Chapel Hill Inducts 223 students into Phi Beta Kappa [26 computer science majors inducted]
November 2, 2021 | UNC News
Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most honored college honorary society, has inducted 223 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students as new members. Among them were 26 computer science majors.

UNC CS – Focused on Making an Impact
October 20, 2021
The past 18 months have been a testament to the dedication and determination of the students, staff and faculty here at UNC Computer Science. Read the department’s retrospective Fall 2021 Impact Report, featuring stories … Read more

At long last, UNC CS celebrates Class of 2020 in Chapel Hill
October 15, 2021
Seventeen months after taking their final exams as Tar Heels, the Class of 2020 was welcomed back to Chapel Hill for a long-awaited send-off. The Department of Computer Science honored its graduates with two events over … Read more

Making products that people want
October 4, 2021 | Innovate Carolina
One of the best kept secrets on campus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill might be the Product Management Club (PM Club). Not your traditional student organization, the PM Club gives student innovators an … Read more

Inno 5 under 25: UNC student uses her passion for STEM to empower young women
September 27, 2021 | Triangle Inno
Prior to high school, Rida Bayraktar says she had no interest in STEM fields. Turns out that wasn’t because she didn’t like it. At the time, she thought it was for men and hadn’t had any exposure to the subjects. But wit … Read more

UNC CS Welcomes New Faculty Cohort
August 5, 2021
The 2021/22 academic year brings a prestigious group of faculty instructors and researchers to the Department of Computer Science. “We are proud to welcome another exceptional cohort to UNC Computer Science, adding to ou … Read more

Carolina joins new NSF institute to enhance artificial intelligence tools for a more equitable, inclusive classroom experience
July 29, 2021 | UNC News
The institute launched today with a five-year, $20 million grant from the NSF, bringing together leading researchers and education experts from Carolina, lead partner North Carolina State University, Indiana University, … Read more

Fu wins Best Paper Finalist Award at RSS 2021
July 27, 2021
Computer science doctoral student Mengyu Fu was awarded a Best Paper Finalist Award at the Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, one of the top research conferences in the field of robotics. The paper was co-authored … Read more