05/03/2010 -
AUSTIN, Texas — Tandy Warnow, professor of computer science at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded a Guggenheim fellowship for developing algorithms that enable an accounting of 3.5 billion years of evolutionary relationships.
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02/23/2010 -
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin is part of a $25 million, multi-university center established by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that will study evolution in action in natural and virtual settings.
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02/10/2010 -
Professor Lorenzo Alvisi, the Department of Computer Science, has been named the recipient of the Graduate School's Outstanding Graduate Adviser Award for 2010, in recognition of his exemplary service as a Graduate Adviser. Graduate Advisers provide an invaluable service to the university and its community of students, faculty, and staff, and this award is one of the few opportunities available to recognize these individuals.
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01/07/2010 -
AUSTIN, Texas - In recognition of their contributions to the field of computer science, Doug Burger and Stephen Keckler will receive a 2010 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award from The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST).
The award honors outstanding young Texas researchers in medicine, engineering, science and technology innovation.
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12/04/2009 -
Association of Computing Machinery Fellow
On Friday, December 4th, 2009, Dr. Dale was selected as Fellow of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) for her distinguished service to the ACM and impact on computing education, a high honor in the field of computer science. An official induction ceremony will be held at the ACM Awards Banquet on June 26, 2010, in San Francisco.
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12/04/2009 -
On Friday, December 4th, 2009, Dr. Chandrajit Bajaj was selected as Fellow of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), a high honor in the field of computer science.
The ACM Fellows designation is bestowed upon association members who have distinguished themselves with outstanding technical and professional achievements in the field of information technology. A total of 47 fellows were named this year out of 68,000 members.
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10/28/2009 -
The Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan (ENS Cachan), France, awarded Professor Jayadev Misra the Doctor Honoris Causa degree in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of computer science. Professor Misra will travel to ENS Cachan for a ceremony to receive his award.
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10/16/2009 -
With so much information being shared online these days, it’s critical that much of it remains private and anonymous. We trust, for example, that social networking sites such as Facebook remove personally identifiable information when they share our preferences and desires with advertisers.
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09/29/2009 -
From: The University of Texas at Austin News| Digital Security Program
AUSTIN, Texas — University of Texas at Austin scientists have shown that they can break "Vanish," a program that promised to self-destruct computer data, such as emails and photographs, and thereby protect a person's privacy.
There is no way to permanently delete any material posted or sent through the Internet, and this leaves people's information vulnerable to breaches in privacy.
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