Computer Science News

- - Software platform engages communities in school rezoning decisions
    An online interactive platform developed at the Discovery Analytics Center uses data analytics and machine learning to help stakeholders better understand school rezoning plans and potential effects on the community. Users can also share comments and concerns about proposed plans, propose changes to boundaries, and even create their own plans.
- - Virginia Tech leaders hold first Blacksburg town hall on Innovation Campus
- - Testing the water: Virginia Tech team launches system to predict water conditions
    A team at Virginia Tech is making it possible for water utility managers, such as the Western Virginia Water Authority in Roanoke, to predict water quality conditions - 16 days before they occur.
- - Virginia Tech researchers receive NSF grant to study the honey bee gut microbiome
    Researchers Lisa Belden, David Haak, T.M. Murali, and Richard Fell from Virginia Tech and Jenifer Walke from Eastern Washington University are collaborating to study the critical role of the honey bee gut microbiome in health and defense against parasites using a systems biology framework.
- - Blacksburg growth to fuel Innovation Campus
    The university’s new Innovation Campus in Alexandria — also part of the higher education package — will be fueled by growth in Blacksburg as well as at other universities around the state and beyond.
- - Anuj Karpatne appointed assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science
    A primary focus of Karpatne’s research aims to advance the novel paradigm of theory-guided data science, where machine learning methods are deeply integrated with scientific knowledge, or theories, that underlie real-world phenomena in physical and life sciences.
- - Researcher releases facial recognition software to identify Civil War soldiers
    Kurt Luther, Virginia Tech assistant professor of computer science, has developed a free software platform that uses crowdsourcing to significantly increase the ability of algorithms to identify faces in photos.
- - Tunnel Vision: Immersive technology brings the tunnels of Vauquois, France, to Blacksburg
    During receptions on Feb. 13 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. and Feb. 27 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on the fourth floor of Newman Library, visitors will explore virtual and physical replicas of WWI tunnels in The Vauquois Experience exhibit.
- - Blockchain boot camp prepares students for work with emerging software platforms
    Students at Virginia Tech will have a unique opportunity to get hands-on experience with blockchain this month.
- - Professor will use new machine learning techniques to decrease deaths resulting from traumatic brain injury
    Chandan Reddy, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and faculty at the Discovery Analytics Center, has received a National Science Foundation grant to use new machine learning techniques for computational models to predict short- and long-term outcomes, categorize traumatic brain injury patients, and provide interventions tailored to a specific patient injury.
- - Jin-Hee Cho appointed associate professor in Department of Computer Science
    Her research is focused on cybersecurity, decision-making, and network science.
- - Students create rideshare app for designated driving
    This year at least seven Virginia Tech organizations have used Drop A Pin, an app created by Matt Sanford and Greg Smith that aims to make designated driving safer.

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