Thomas Dodson, computer science and computer engineering senior, received Honorable Mention in the Computing Research Association’s (CRA) Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award competition for 2012. This award program recognizes undergraduate students in North American colleges and universities who show outstanding research potential in an area of computing research. Dodson was recognized for his research work [...]
Six teams from the University of Kentucky IEEE Student Branch competed against over 1,400 teams worldwide in the 24-hour IEEEXtreme Programming Competition 5.0 on October 21-22, 2011. IEEEXtreme is an innovative global online competition in which a team of IEEE Student Branch members compete in a 24-hour time span to test their collective coding [...]
The University of Kentucky’s Davis Marksbury building, part of the UK College of Engineering’s “Digital Village,” was formally dedicated today with a ribbon cutting ceremony and public tour of the building.
Computer science professors James Griffioen and Ken Calvert have received a National Science Foundation grant worth nearly $700,000 to “develop a new architectural design for the Internet of the near future.” Their work is part of a $2 million joint project with the University of Massachusetts, North Carolina State University and the Renaissance Computing Institute [...]
Google’s top search engineer and University of Kentucky alumnus Matt Cutts, explains Google’s decision to revamp its search algorithm to penalize “content farms,” websites that focus on getting high search rankings to lure traffic that produces ad revenue but offer low-quality information.
Mihail has been selected as the first-ever Halcomb Fellow in Medicine and Engineering. He will be awarded up to $50,000 toward developing an interactive decision aid for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. View Full Article
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 10, 2011) — Wired.com recently sat down for a Q&A with Google’s top search engineers, Amit Singhal and University of Kentucky alumnus Matt Cutts, at the 2011 TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference. Full article
If the UK Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments’ new-fangled visual projection screen technology is the star of the show, it is one that is admirably careful not to upstage other elements of the production. http://www.kentucky.com/2011/01/29/1615815/review-uk-operas-porgy-and-bess.html#storylink=misearch
The UK CS department continued to reach out to high school students during the annual STLP State Championship Programming Contest and the Game Design Boot Camp. During the STLP contest high school and middle school students were introduced to programming basics and learned the fundamentals of game design, basic game-development techniques, and necessary programming skills [...]
Five students and faculty members were honored at the College of Engineering awards banquet. From left to right: Xuwei Liang – recipient of the Curtz Award; Shi Tan-Kwan, ACM/UPE Senior of the Year; Devin Cook, ACM/UPE Outstanding Teaching Assistant; Scott A. Southerland, recipient of the Outstanding Academic Performance Award; and Dr. Ken Calvert, ACM/UPE Outstanding [...]
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