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‘No Girls on the Software Team’
UVA Engineering Career Development Director's Novel Research Sheds Light on Decisions Women Make After College About Careers in Computer Science
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CAREER Award: Long-Lived Things for the Internet of Things
For the internet of things to reach its maximal benefit, all those connected devices have to keep up with the times.
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In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Toby Berger
Toby Berger, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering, passed away on May 25, 2022. He was 81 years old.
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UVA Computer Science Ph.D. Student Earns $5,000 Reward from Google for Finding Bug
Tamjid Al Rahat, a student in assistant professor Yuan Tian’s research group, found a high-severity flaw in Google’s OAuth client library for Java.
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Be Wary of Optimistic Forecasts for Safety of Autonomous Vehicles
Peter D. Norton puts the brakes on expectations that autonomous vehicles can deliver better-than-human safety – and says history is on his side.
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World’s First Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center Will Be at UVA
The $8 million investment will generate clinical trials and other research that will directly benefit patients.
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UVA Awards Outstanding Teachers, Citing Empathy, Technology and Collaboration
Assistant professors Shannon Barker and Nada Basit have received All-University Teaching Awards. Barker and Basit are being honored for demonstrating exceptional creativity, passion and compassion, especially during a period when students still feel the aftershocks of the pandemic.
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Scientists Transform Beating Heart Stem Cells Into Brain Cells
By turning off a single gene, University of Virginia researchers and their collaborators caused stem cells already becoming heart cells to change course and become future brain cells.
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CAREER Award: Teaching Machines the Art of Human Decision-Making
Li’s models will generate deeper insights into observational data to help people make better decisions.
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Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Student Wins UVA’s Inaugural Bhakta Rath Research Award
Tori Vigil is the first recipient of a new University award recognizing excellence in public impact research in areas anticipating future needs of the nation.
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Washington Post: The Power of Opportunity
Chenelle Williams, a fourth-year computer science student, mentors transfer students and has already lined up an internship with Amazon. Williams, on track to graduate in December 2022, is earning her bachelor's at UVA after transferring from a community college.
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UVA Engineering Professor earns John T. Casteen III Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Leadership Award
Garrick Louis, an associate professor in the departments of Engineering Systems and Environment and Engineering & Society, was recognized for his work on Grounds and in the community.