News from Computer Science
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Virginia Tech and Amazon establish machine learning research partnership , articleThe Amazon - Virginia Tech Initiative for Efficient and Robust Machine Learning will include machine learning-focused research projects, doctoral student fellowships, community outreach, and an establishment of a shared advisory board.
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Scientists partner on multi-university grant to establish a field of ‘imageomics’ , articleThe new institute will create a new frontier of biological information using vast stores of existing image data to characterize and discover patterns or biological traits of organisms and gain insights into how function follows form in all areas of biology.
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Virginia Tech team selected as finalist in Alexa Prize SimBot Challenge to advance next-generation virtual assistants , articleWant breakfast delivered to your room? The SimBot being developed at the Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics should be able to understand the intention of a task and any instructions or feedback it receives from a user, interpret the environment, and predict and take the correct action to complete it.
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Inventor spotlight: Daphne Yao, professor, computer science , articleYao's research focuses on cybersecurity and AI digital health. She uses machine learning to make security decisions in complex situations.
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Virginia Tech’s sesquicentennial highlights the intersections of science and the humanities , article“The Virginia Tech Sesquicentennial provides us with a great opportunity to consider the importance of the liberal arts more broadly in a technology-inflected university,” said Laura Belmonte, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. “The traditional separations across disciplines are more and more giving way to creative explorations that braid together insights from all approaches.”
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Master of Engineering student spotlight: Boeing Scholar Rachel Litscher , articleRachel Litscher is a web developer who just dipped her toes into management this past summer. Her future in the tech world is bright. For that, she credits a decision made in the spring of 2019.
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Corps of Cadets scholarship funds help cadets focus on their futures , articleCadet Nick DiNonno’s cyber study could be considered a full-time job because of the time commitment involved. His academics, Corps of Cadets duties, and other responsibilities round out one busy schedule. That's why his Emerging Leader Scholarship is critical to his education.
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Virginia Tech places five faculty on Highly Cited Researchers 2021 list , articleCompiled by Clarivate, a global company that provides data and maintains the Web of Science, the annual list identified 6,600 researchers from across the globe who demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade.
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Are contact tracing apps tracking me? Not at all, say Virginia Tech researchers , articleCommonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) researchers from Virginia Tech investigated the security of digital contact tracing technology. Their findings offer reassurance to those leery of privacy risks.
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Virginia Tech programs secure top placements in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Online Programs rankings , articleThe university’s online master’s degree in information technology moves up to No. 3 as the nation’s top-ranked program and retains its No. 1 position for veterans in U.S. News & World Report 2022 rankings, while online graduate programs in engineering maintain a top 20 placement.
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Virginia Tech receives $2.8 million grant from the Department of Defense; Stephanie Travis named director of Senior Military College Cyber Institute , articleThe grant will be allocated toward supporting scholarships for students interested in careers focused on cybersecurity and critical foreign languages, and supporting experiential learning opportunities.
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Virginia Tech performs mission-critical computing research for National Science Foundation , articleVirginia Tech, University of Pittsburgh, Brigham Young University, and the University of Florida will meet next week virtually to discuss future synergies as part of the National Science Foundation's Center for Space, High-Performance, and Resilient Computing.
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