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Department of Computer Science News

The Department of Computer Science is nationally and internationally recognized for research in theoretical and experimental computer science. We are especially known in areas such as real-time algorithms, information retrieval, document analysis, parallel computing, language design, software engineering, computer science education, graphics, computational geometry, networking, information customization, cybermedia, and internet security.

Current Computer Science News

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UNLV History |

Faculty/staff donations to the annual holiday card tree fund have been providing scholarships for over 50 years.

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Campus News |

The Lee Business School and College of Engineering bring students the best of both disciplines in one degree.

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People |

Justin Negron's UNLV turnaround story starts with a visit to his advisor and ends with Senior Design Competition wins and a job offer.

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Campus News |

Steered by President Keith E. Whitfield and UNLV Alumni Association, the first-ever event drew the support of around 100 participants.

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Campus News |

Team Protégé wins Shark Tank-style competition for AI-powered speech feedback app.

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Business and Community |

With funding from governor's office, StepUp & StartUp program has matched 50 UNLV students with local tech companies. 

Computer Science In The News

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

A change in how you drive on the Las Vegas Strip is coming soon. Zoox, a company creating autonomous vehicles, plans to roll out a fully autonomous taxi, or robotaxi, next year. The company says while the public will not be driven in the robotaxi until next year, they are already testing these new robotaxis on the strip.

Las Vegas Review Journal

A federal lawsuit joined by eight states accusing a large real estate software company of helping apartment managers collude to raise rates has brought increased attention to heightened rental rates across the country.

Campus Safety

Swatting is the act of reporting fake threats to emergency responders to elicit a large law enforcement response. Many industries have repeatedly fallen victim to these calls, including K-12 schools. These false threats not only suck up and divert precious resources but they leave room for real dangers. 

Government Technology

Using over $3 million in grant funding from the NSF, the university will establish a new CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program to train cybersecurity professionals to work with AI and machine learning tools.

U.S. National Science Foundation

Awardees will dive into cutting-edge technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, hardware security and other interdisciplinary cybersecurity fields such as psychology and criminology. The projects undertaken by the scholarship recipients will be instrumental in shaping the future cybersecurity workforce and landscape.

KSNV-TV: News 3

These scholarships will help train the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.

Computer Science Experts

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Recent Computer Science Accomplishments

Kavita Batra (Medicine), Ravi Batra, Ying Guo (both Public Health), Mina Atin (Nursing), and Bryar Shareef (Computer Science) co-authored a paper titled "Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence: Digital Monoculturalism in a Robotic World," published in the Advances in Medicine, Psychology, and Public Health journal. Dr. Kavita Batra, an…
Hal Berghel (Computer Science) conducted an interview with noted computer security authority Bruce Schneier that will appear in the November issue of IEEE Computer. This interview focuses primarily on the issue of computer and networking security as it applies to artificial intelligence.
Yoohwan Kim, Juyeon Jo, Mehdi Abid (all Computer Science), and UNLV Cyber Clinic members Bianca Ionescu, Christian Rodriguez, and Arturo Roman (all Information Systems), were invited to attend the 2024 National Cybersecurity Education Colloquium (NCEC) and present on the UNLV Cybersecurity Clinic. The main goal of the event, which took place…
Hal Berghel (Computer Science) is co-author of a paper titled "Healthy Skepticism," published in the November 2024 issue of IEEE Computer. Berghel and his co-authors emphasize the criticality of healthy skepticism in the project design and implementation of computerized socio-technical systems.
Yoohwan Kim (Computer Science) was recently joined by five-time CIO and Mandiant (now part of Google Cloud) Practice Leader Kathy Cruz, and Executive Director for the Guinn Center for Policy Priorities Jill Tolles, for a "Cyber Resiliency in American Elections" panel discussion. The discussion focused on the roles of people, processes,…
Scholars working on research at the International Gaming Institute presented four posters at the 25th annual International Center for Responsible Gambling (ICRG) Conference on Sunday, October 6, 2024.  Samantha Wells (Learning & Technology) presented her work on using LLM-based chatbots for supporting responsible gambling education.…