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UA Students Highlight Research, Creativity during Annual Conference    /  UA News

More than 450 undergraduate students at The University of Alabama are highlighting their research and creative projects during the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference March 28-30.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: March 26, 2018    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

Computer science professor named BSSw Fellow

Dr. Jeffrey Carver, a professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, has been named as one of the four inaugural fellows of the Better Scientific Software (BSSw) project,…


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: March 5, 2018    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Faculty and Staff    /    Features:     

UA student technology advances outside of research    /  Crimson White

Four students on campus have come together to create an accessible combination of technology and sports to improve players’ softball and baseball game, originally thanks to the UA Emerging Scholars…


Source: Crimson White    /    Published: February 19, 2018    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Computer Science, In The News, Outreach, Research, Students    /    Features:     

Four robots that aim to teach your kids to code    /  Associated Press

You’ve seen apps and toys that promise to teach your child to code. Now enter the robots. At the CES electronics show in January, coding robots came out in force. One…


Source: Associated Press    /    Published: February 14, 2018    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach    /    Features:     

2014 Bremen HS Grad Credits Bremen Staff for His Success    /  Oak Forest Patch

Jake Zarobsky, a 2014 graduate of Bremen High School, is currently a graduate student at the University of Alabama studying computer science. He developed a software program that is being…


Source: Oak Forest Patch    /    Published: December 23, 2017    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, In The News, Research, Students   

Computer Science Students Take Home First Place at HackATL    /  UA News

A team of College of Engineering students took home first place in a recent business competition.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: December 8, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Students, UA News   

Students Help Salvation Army With Innovative Software    /  UA News

By Adam Jones With the millions of letters he receives each year, let’s hope old Saint Nick has something this nifty. A senior project by three computer science students at […]


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: December 1, 2017    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Outreach, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

UA to help expand computer science education    /  Fox 6 (Birmingham)

These teachers were at the University of Alabama for the 2017 Alabama Teachers Computer Science Summit, learning about how to bring a new advanced placement computer science course into classrooms. Statistics…


Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham)    /    Published: November 2, 2017    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Events, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach    /    Features:     

At Vanderbilt hackathon, coding rockstars create apps both practical and preposterous    /  The Tennesseean

Ever wonder just how many Cokes a Vanderbilt University tuition is worth? Well, there’s an app for that … Emily Huynh tapped the keyboard on her computer demonstrating what she called…


Source: The Tennesseean    /    Published: October 26, 2017    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Events, In The News, Students   

UA’s Impact on Computer Science in K-12 Continues with Google’s Help    /  UA News

More than 70 high school teachers from across Alabama will participate in a two-day computer science workshop Oct. 27-28 at The University of Alabama.


Author: David Miller    /    Published: October 24, 2017    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Events, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, UA News    /    Features:     

In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s College of Engineering has more than 5,800 students and more than 150 faculty. In recent years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater, Hollings, Portz, Boren, Mitchell and Truman scholars.