CS News Briefs

Read the latest news briefs from and about students and faculty in the UVA Computer Science Department.

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    UVA Cyber Defense Team Scores Mid-Atlantic Three-peat

    UVA Cyber Team is on the way to the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in April, going for a 4th win!

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    Prof. Aidong Zhang Honored with Distinguished Researcher Award

    Congratulations to Professor Aidong Zhang on being honored with the Distinguished Researcher Award in February at the 6th annual Research Achievement Awards event.

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    CS Student Wins Fall 2024 Link Lab Distinguished Student Research Award

    Kayla Boggess, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science, has earned the UVA Link Lab's Distinguished Research Award! 

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    CS Student Receives Google Ph.D. Fellowship

    Erzhen Hu, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science, is the recipient of a Google Ph.D. fellowship in Human-Computer Interaction. 

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    Prof. Kevin Skadron Earns Engineering School's Distinguished Faculty Award

    Congratulations to Kevin Skadron, for receiving this year's Distinguished Faculty Award from UVA Engineering! 

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    CAREER Award: Foundational Principles for Harnessing Provenance Analytics for Advanced Enterprise Security

    Assistant Professor Wajih Ul Hassan's CAREER award aims to counter Advanced Persistent Threats and enhance enterprise security with automated techniques, and educational initiatives. 

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    CS Faculty Earned Outstanding Dissertation Award

    Congratulations to Professor Yu Meng for receiving the ACM SIGKDD 2024 Dissertation Award!

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  • End-of-Year 2023-2024 Computer Science Awards

    The 2023-2024 CS Department Awards were announced in a ceremony on May 1st to honor the success and accomplishments this year.

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  • 2023 CS Research Symposium Highlights

    On October 3, 2023, the Computer Science Graduate Student Group (CSGSG) held their annual research symposium in Rice Hall. The event included a mix of talks from faculty and students, as well as two breakout poster sessions where graduate students presented their research. Awards were given at the conclusion of the event based for “Faculty's Choice” and “Student's Choice” from the two poster sessions. (Read on to find the results!)Nakshatra Yalagach, Leadership Co-Rep with the CSGSG, provided insight to the event goals and outcomes.

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  • CS Department End of Year Award Recipients 2022-2023

    During a ceremony on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, the recipients of our department end-of-year awards were announced and presented with certificates. We congratulate these undergraduate and graduate student for their tremendous work and efforts this year!

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