Computer Science News

- - Entrepreneur Sanju Bansal calls Innovation Campus a 'crucial ingredient' for Virginia
    At the State of the University event, President Tim Sands called Bansal a long-time supporter and partner of Virginia Tech in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area.
- - Lockheed Martin on campus Sept. 4 and 5 to recruit students
    Lockheed Martin will be at the Inn at Virginia Tech on Sept. 4 and 5 to recruit a variety of engineering and business majors, including computer science, aerospace engineering, computer programming, software development, finance, and accounting.
- - Davon Woodard heads to South Africa for first phase of research on social networks in minority communities
    The Ph.D. student and National Science Foundation research trainee in the multidisciplinary UrbComp program, administered through the Discovery Analytics Center, will compare online and offline social networks to provide urban planners and local leaders with insights and expanded tools to increase the voice and visibility of historically marginalized citizens.
- - Search committee for Fralin Life Sciences Institute director announced
    Stefan Duma, executive director of Virginia Tech’s Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science, will chair the search committee.
- - Danfeng ‘Daphne’ Yao reappointed CACI Faculty Fellow of Computer Science
    A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2010, Yao has made significant contributions to the field of cybersecurity.
- - Chromosome structure inspires intricate works of art
    Virginia Tech professors of entomology, computer science, and art are uncovering scientific solutions using an innovative mix of computational modeling and artistic vision.
- - Tanushree Mitra among first to receive research grant providing access to Facebook data
    The assistant professor of computer science and a faculty member at the Discovery Analytics Center is also one of only two women to receive the Social Media and Democracy Research Grant. Mitra and her team will study how misinformation and other problematic content spread on the platform.
- - Hybrid Electric Vehicle Team places second in first year of EcoCAR Mobility Challenge
    The team will receive a 2019 Chevy Blazer in August 2019, which they will modify to incorporate their designs from year one.
- - Na Meng receives NSF CAREER award to improve the programming environment
    Meng’s project, titled “Data-Driven Debugging of Complex Program Changes,” will span five years with the goals of increasing programmer productivity and improving software reliability.
- - Hokies are finalists in NASA contest to design space helmets of the future
    Seven Hokies spanning a variety of majors - and dubbed the HokieNauts - are among the 12 finalists in a national NASA-sponsored competition to design informational digital displays to fit inside an astronaut’s helmet.
- - Dimitrios Nikolopoulos named John W. Hancock Professor of Engineering
    Nikolopoulos will rejoin the Department of Computer Science later this summer. He brings to Virginia Tech a world-class record of scholarship, teaching, service, and outreach, most recently serving as a professor of high performance and distributed computing at Queen's University Belfast.
- - In memoriam: Lawrence Sewell, computer engineer who designed, built Math Emporium computer system
    Sewell, a retired Virginia Tech computer engineer, designed and built the Math Emporium’s massive core computer system that encompasses online textbooks, practice problems, asynchronous tests and quizzes, and assignments for more than 8,000 math students annually.

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