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Human-Focused NLP: How Chaturvedi is Improving AI’s Understanding of Human Language
December 10, 2024
Imagine a world where AI can understand human emotions as well as a close friend. This is the vision driving Associate Professor Snigdha Chaturvedi’s research in natural language processing. Her goal is to align large la … Read more
Coding meets creativity for December graduate Ajay Gandecha
December 9, 2024 | College of Arts & Sciences
Computer science major Ajay Gandecha has brought a keen eye for design, accessibility and user experience to his student teaching and app creation.
Wan receives 2024 Google PhD Fellowship
November 25, 2024
Doctoral student David Wan was awarded a 2024 Google PhD Fellowship in natural language processing. The fellowship covers up to three years of tuition and fees, plus a stipend to be used for living expenses, travel, and … Read more
Demir wins Best Oral Presentation at MICCAI WBIR 2024
October 31, 2024
Doctoral student Basar Demir won the Best Oral Presentation award at the 2024 Workshop for Biomedical Image Registration (WBIR), held during the MICCAI conference. Demir presented an approach to train a generalizable dee … Read more
CS-led collaboration receives nearly $4 million for ML research to diagnose lupus earlier
October 29, 2024
A research collaboration led by Professor Marc Niethammer and involving researchers from the Department of Computer Science and the School of Medicine received an NIH grant worth slightly less than $4 million to use mach … Read more
Robotics work heralds ‘discovery factories’
October 25, 2024 | UNC Communications
Carolina scientists define lab automation and create AI that enables a robot to work beside humans.
Speeding Up Scientific Progress Using Robots and AI in Laboratories
October 23, 2024
Researchers from UNC, including Distinguished Professor Ron Alterovitz and doctoral student Angelos Angelopoulos, describe how to transform science labs into automated factories of discovery by integrating robotic automa … Read more
Robot Reboot
October 9, 2024 | UNC Research
Lilly Nekervis is working with Computer Science researchers to modify a robot dog to be a guide dog for people with visual impairments.
Chatbot informs women about HIV prevention
September 30, 2024 | UNC Communications
Developed by a team of Carolina researchers including Computer Science’s Shashank Srivastava, ShesPrEPared uses artificial intelligence to help women find their best option for HIV prevention.
UNC CS has 11 computer vision and machine learning publications accepted by ECCV 2024
September 30, 2024
UNC CS researchers had 11 publications accepted by the 2024 European Conference on Computer Vision, a biennial conference covering computer vision and machine learning. The papers came from the research groups of seven d … Read more
Planning for Student Success
September 24, 2024
Director of Career Services Stephanie Johnson and Student Experience Manager Azubeze Uzoma are two staff members at the heart of the department’s initiatives to make sure its grads are not only technically skilled, but a … Read more
UNC Computer Science introduces UNC CS Career Network via Heels Engage
September 16, 2024
UNC Computer Science Department invites all alumni, current UNC students, faculty and staff to connect with each other through the new virtual networking community, UNC CS Career Network via Heels Engage.
UNC real-time systems researchers receive multiple awards at ECRTS
August 23, 2024
Members of the UNC Real-Time Systems Group were awarded two Outstanding Paper awards and a Best Presentation award at the 36th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS) in Lille, France.
2024 UNC-Intel REU celebrates a summer of research and personal development
August 15, 2024
The 2024 UNC-Intel Research Experience for Undergraduate Students brought 10 rising juniors to Chapel Hill to explore research projects in fields related to computer security. Students were guided by mentors from both UN … Read more
UNC CS announces new chair, 7 new faculty additions for 60th year
August 7, 2024
UNC Computer Science is excited to announce a new department chair and several additions to the faculty ahead of its 60th academic year.
Szafir’s AI research tested at Mars Desert Research Station
July 31, 2024
Artificial intelligence research supervised by Associate Professor Daniel Szafir was evaluated at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah. The study involved an autonomous robot navigating the Mars-like terrain to asses … Read more
Tar Heel engineers unlock science behind swimming
July 26, 2024
A new collaboration between the Departments of Computer Science, Applied and Computational Mathematics, and Exercise and Sport Science and USA Swimming seeks to tackle fundamental questions on swimmer performance and lev … Read more
Cho earns Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship
June 25, 2024
Doctoral student Jaemin Cho received a prestigious Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship. Cho was one of only nine selected for the 2023-2024 cohort.
Berg receives 2 NSF grants to optimize resource allocation
June 21, 2024
Assistant Professor Benjamin Berg received two grants from the National Science Foundation to help computers better allocate resources to database queries and machine learning jobs. The grants total $1.8 million, of whic … Read more
UNC-Intel REU welcomes 2024 cohort, program grown to support 10 students
June 20, 2024
The 2024 cohort of the UNC-Intel Research Experience for Undergraduate Students Program will explore the possibilities of research in an academic setting, with support from industry mentors at Intel. The third cohort has … Read more
Alterovitz, Bansal appointed to distinguished professorships
June 10, 2024
UNC-Chapel Hill conferred distinguished professorships on computer science professors Ron Alterovitz and Mohit Bansal, taking effect July 1, 2024. Distinguished professorships are among the highest honors that the univer … Read more
UNC Computer Science presents 14 papers at ICLR 2024
May 24, 2024
UNC CS personnel had 14 papers accepted by the 2024 International Conference on Learning Representations. Five of the papers were selected for spotlight posters, and the submissions came from six different research group … Read more
UNC Computer Science celebrates Class of 2024
May 17, 2024
The Department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill honored its nearly 500 new graduates with a weekend filled with celebration and Tar Heel spirit. The festivities culminated in a depar … Read more
IEEE Micro Top Picks recognizes paper co-authored by UNC CS researchers
May 16, 2024
A paper co-authored by doctoral student Jaehyun Han, professor Donald Porter, and former undergraduate students Ibrahim Nael Mubarek and Nirjhar Mukherjee has been recognized as one of the IEEE Micro Top Picks from compu … Read more
Mendoza receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
April 25, 2024
CS major Christine Mendoza received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, which provides three years of financial support, including a $37,000 annual stipend and $16,000 cost-of-education allowance. Mendoza was one of onl … Read more
Blueprints for Preservation
April 23, 2024 | UNC Research
Religious studies professor Lauren Leve is collaborating with computer scientist Jim Mahaney and Kathmandu locals to document the Swayambjunath, or “Swayambhu,” temple. Today, the team has conducted more than 30 intervie … Read more
Protecting Your Texts
April 17, 2024 | UNC Research
Computer scientist Saba Eskandarian is dedicated to deciphering the problems that come along with online messaging. He studies secure communication systems and applies his knowledge of cryptography — the technique of pro … Read more
Stanley receives $400k NIH grant to study brains affected by Alzheimer’s disease
April 16, 2024
Natalie Stanley received an NIH grant to revolutionize diagnostic and predictive capabilities for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The grant will provide $414,486 in direct and indirect funding over two years.
A new era of AI
April 15, 2024 | Carolina Arts & Sciences Magazine
Carolina Arts & Sciences Magazine published a round-up of AI research at UNC, featuring CS faculty members Junier Oliva and Gedas Bertasius.
Niethammer awarded $3.3 million NIH grant to identify genetic markers of osteoarthritis
April 11, 2024
Professor Marc Niethammer received an NIH grant to develop a new framework that combines imaging and genetics to advance research for the treatment of osteoarthritis. The project, funded by $3,326,488 over five years, ai … Read more