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Please join us this Saturday, February 23rd for E-Day! The Computer Science department will have interactive demos for all ages in both the Davis Marksbury Building and the Ralph G Anderson building (rooms 102 and 103).
Former UK CS Grad Student Authors one of Hottest Journal Articles since 2008
Former UK CS graduate student James Bernsen's article has been one of the top 25 hottest articles of the journal in all quarters starting October 2008.
The most recent paper by Prof. Grzegorz "Greg" Wasilkowski, “On tractability of approximation in special function spaces,” is 2nd on the list of 25 Hottest Articles that appeared in Journal Of Complexity for the period from September to December 2012.
VisU Research Presentations Highlight Intercultural Collaboration
VisU, a yearly undergraduate research program developed by the Center for Visual and Virtual Environments, capped off its summer of research projects with a series of student presentations in the James F. Hardymon Theatre of the Davis Marksbury Building on Thursday, August 2. As in summers past, participants were a mixture of engineering and computer science majors from the University of Puerto Rico as well as local students. -- Kel Hahn
UK Takes Academic Supercomputing to Next Level
The University of Kentucky commemorated 25 years of academic supercomputing with the announcement of the most powerful supercomputer in the university’s history and the award of a $1 million “cyber infrastructure” grant from the National Science Foundation.
Computer Science Alumni Pitch Mobile App at MLB Trade Show
“We bring the game from the field into the stands!” That is the tag line for a new application named “Crowded,” developed by the Lexington-based mobile application studio Stadionaut. Stadionaut is led in part by Scott Wagner, who graduated with a B.S. in computer science in May 2012 and Evan Leach, who earned a B.S. in animal science from the College of Agriculture in December 2011.
The Future of Computer Science: An Interview with Ken Calvert and Jim Griffioen
Computer science is a dynamic field where, as Ken Calvert, Ph.D. and chair of the Department of Computer Science, states, “The only way to stay on the leading edge is to invent everything.” Consider that 10 years ago, Facebook, Twitter and iPhones didn’t exist and iPods and digital internet were just coming into play.
UK Teams Participate in IEEE Programming Competition
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) student branch participated in the global IEEE Xtreme 24-Hour Programming Competition on October 21-22. Eight UK teams of three students each competed in the event and one UK team placed 31st out of over 1,500 teams.
Outstanding Staff Awards Presented
For the third year, the University of Kentucky Staff Senate has hosted an event to recognize some of the best of the best. This year, Hussamuddin Nasir--staff employee in the Computer Science department--was among the 30 award winners.
UK Hosts Regional Programming Contest
On Saturday, November 3, the University of Kentucky hosted the Mid-Central Regionals of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest. Over 150 teams competed at several satellite sites. Four teams representing UK competed in the event, finishing in the top seven locally and in the Mid-Central region’s top 10.
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Roughly five years ago, computer science professor Judy Goldsmith sent an email to the Cognitive Science mailing list wondering if anyone would be interested in working on a grant proposal around the topic of decision making. The level of interest—and where it was coming from—surprised her. read more
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