UGAHacks9 an astounding success! Last month, UGAHacks9 was held from February 9th-11th at the Miller Learning Center and the result was a resounding success! Around 600 students attended the event that was essentially a 48-hour programming sleepover. Students were able to join the event in various size groups and compete with each other to program the Best Overall Hack. While the main tournament was going on there were also other additions to the whole two days such as: programming workshops, video game competitions, free food available and the opportunity to meet and connect with mentors. Read more about UGAHacks9 an astounding success!
Excellent Outcomes for School of Computing Graduating Students in 2023 Our career center has collected and shared data for computer science and data science majors in 2023. Our students have been very successful, with job placement across top employers like Google, Amazon, Apple, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Palantir technologies, and the Big 4 consulting firms. Equally important is the large number of students staying in Georgia fueling tech growth in the state. Read more about Excellent Outcomes for School of Computing Graduating Students in 2023
Three New Promotions within SoC Faculty The School of Computing would like to congratulate and welcome three faculty members who were recently promoted this past month. Read more about Three New Promotions within SoC Faculty
SoC Students awarded with the Presidential Award of Excellence Two of our own students from the School of Computing, Morgan Elizabeth Riley and Matthew Robert Jue has been selected for the Presidential Award of Excellence! This prestigious award is handed to undergraduate students in their final year of study who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, heavy extracurricular involvement, and participated in service/involvement with their respective school or college. Both of these students are 2 out of 46 students who have been selected for the award; that is only 0.6% of students in all of UGA! Read more about SoC Students awarded with the Presidential Award of Excellence
SoC Students win 1st and 3rd at ICPC On Saturday, February 24th, UGA competed in the annual International Competitive Programming Contest (ICPC), which is the oldest and largest programming contest in the world. The competition was held at the College of Charleston, one of the sites for the Big South region. The five-hour competition consists of teams of up to three members trying to solve sets of coding problems of varying difficulties. Read more about SoC Students win 1st and 3rd at ICPC
SoC Professor aiding in research to deploy GeoAI to the world Our very own School of Computing Professor and Associate Director Dr. Lakshmish Ramaswamy with help from Assistant Professor Dr. In Kee Kim and Professor Dr. Suchendra Bhandarkar working with colleagues within the University of Georgia on a new tool to aid first-responders from Climate Change called GeoAI. Read more about SoC Professor aiding in research to deploy GeoAI to the world
Dr Wenwen Wang receives 600K NSF grant. This project by Dr. Wang aims to develop innovative techniques to advance dynamic binary translation--a fundamental technology that powers a wide range of essential applications. With these techniques, dynamic binary translation systems will be considerably modernized to keep up with the rapid evolution of computer software and hardware. This project will also assemble a series of teaching and mentoring activities to advocate a diverse and inclusive environment for computer science education. Read more about Dr Wenwen Wang receives 600K NSF grant.
Prof. Doshi becomes the newest Senior Member of the Association for the Advancement of AI The School of Computing would like to congratulate Professor Prashant Doshi on becoming the newest Senior Member of the Association for the Advancement of AI (AAAI). The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) is the premier scientific society which are dedicated to advancing the scientific understanding of the mechanisms and intelligent behavior in machines. Read more about Prof. Doshi becomes the newest Senior Member of the Association for the Advancement of AI
Congratulations to the team lead by Dr. Perdisci for their 2023 Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grant on Deep Fakes Our very own School of Computing (SoC) Professor Perdisci (PI) is leading a multi-college team (which also includes Jin Sun (co-PI) and Le Guan (co-PI) from SoC) that won the 2023 Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grant titled: "Socio-Technical Solutions for Countering AI - Generated Deep Fakes". Read more about Congratulations to the team lead by Dr. Perdisci for their 2023 Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grant on Deep Fakes
Congratulations to Colton Karaffa and Wilber Clonts for being the Winners of CodeHub's Fall '23 Project Track! These students created a social media app for sharing audio files using a combination of React.js, Firebase, and Express.js! Users can sign up, post, follow, and react to other user's posts. Repository can be found here. Check out CodeHub. Read more about Congratulations to Colton Karaffa and Wilber Clonts for being the Winners of CodeHub's Fall '23 Project Track!