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Tapis Computing Platform Weaves Together Science Computing Tools
TACC, UT Austin, University of Hawaii start $3.9 million NSF awards for Tapis platform development
Monitoring Hurricanes for Better Life-Saving, Property-Preserving Decisions
New Grant to Help Align Information Science Curriculum With Serving the Public Good
Feliciano Giustino Uses Quantum Mechanics to Create New Materials
A UT Austin Spin-Out Beats the Odds, Turning Data into Knowledge
Good Systems: Designing AI Technologies that Benefit Society
UT launches third interdisciplinary grand challenge initiative to design AI technologies that benefit society
Statistician Abhra Sarkar Receives Mitchell Prize
Abhra Sarkar was awarded the 2018 Mitchell Prize for his research in animal vocalization modelling.
Diana Marculescu Named New Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Texas launches Frontera, fastest university supercomputer in the world
Leadership-class system at the Texas Advanced Computing Center will allow researchers to solve previously unsolvable problems.
Learning from Histria
For the sake of Texas and the world, a UT professor and his students want to learn as much as they can through a “keyhole” of history on the Black Sea.
Noninvasive Modeling Technology Aims to Better Assess Risk of Heart Attack
Oden Institute's private/public project for a new cardiovascular modeling technique receives NSF funding.
A Growth Mindset Intervention Can Change Students’ Grades if School Culture is Supportive
Boosting academic success does not have to derive from new teachers or curriculum; it can also come from changing students' attitudes about their abilities through a short online intervention.
Corwin Zigler Uses Statistics to Link Air Pollution to Health Impacts
Fine particulate air pollution from power plants, cars and other sources is one of the leading causes of disease burden globally, and Zigler's work helps environmental regulators interpret the evidence of causality in data on the effectiveness of clean air regulations.
Good Systems Grand Challenge Initiative Funds Seven iSchool Professors, Four Projects
The Good Systems Grand Challenge Initiative funds research projects that align artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with the needs and values of society.
Many Dallas-Fort Worth Area Faults Have the Potential to Host Earthquakes, New Study Finds
Computer Security Expert Named Simons Foundation Investigator
Brent Waters has been selected as a 2019 Simons Investigator in Theoretical Computer Science by the Simons Foundation.
UT Partners with SparkCognition to Host Data Mining and Analytics Competition
Two hundred and forty Texas Computer Science students participate in a data mining and analytics competition hosted by SparkCognition.
Planet Texas 2050: For a Better Tomorrow
By 2050, the population of Texas is expected to double from about 28 million today to 55 million. This would create an incredible strain on resources.
Advancing Curiosity Award to Support Interdisciplinary Research on Tackling Misinformation
Socially-responsible artificial intelligence (AI) involves designing AI technologies to create positive societal impacts.
Microsoft Research Partners with UT Austin, Texas iSchool for Microsoft Ability Initiative
New collaboration with Microsoft Research aims to design algorithms that promise to improve image captioning for people who are blind or with low vision.
AI can now defend itself against malicious messages hidden in speech
Text was considered relatively safe from adversarial attacks, because, whereas a malicious agent can make minute adjustments to an image or waveform of sound, it can’t alter a word by, say, 1%. But Prof. Alex Dimakis of Texas ECE and his collaborators have investigated a potential threat to text-comprehension AIs.
New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks
Computer scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have taught an artificial intelligence agent to understand its environment.
New Malware Detector Identifies Bugs By Monitoring Power Usage
Texas iSchool weclomes its first Harrington Faculty Fellow
New technology research may allow you to play games to keep your heart healthy
Nursing researchers, software developers and engineers at UT are collaborating to create a digital game aimed at helping heart failure patients manage their health.