The UKy-blue competitive programming team was one of the Mid-Central Regional winners at the competition held November 2, 2019. Only six schools advanced from the region.
In August 2019, computer science assistant professor Tingting Yu received a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation in the amount of approximately $500,000. The project involves collaboration between University of Kentucky and Stevens Institute of Technology, and the goal is to improve the quality of modern software systems. Yu researches the broad field of software engineering, which largely boils down to creating better software. The goal of her research is to engineer techniques that help developers create more dependable, secure and user-friendly software systems.
Shin has been working on research projects related to machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI).
When students come to the University of Kentucky, they discover many opportunities that ignite their passion. For three UK students, that opportunity was undergraduate research.
The grant will explore how intelligent interactive narratives can be used to provide effective, realistic training for police officers.
Two faculty positions are open, both with start dates of August 2020.
Using cutting-edge technology, Seales is creating a comprehensive catalog of Herculaneum papyri.
James Griffioen, computer science professor and director of the UK Center for Computational Sciences, will be on the new Kentucky Research Computing team.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
– Mark Twain
In September 2018, we announced the largest faculty hiring initiative in the college’s history. One year later, we have welcomed over 20 new faculty members to the college.