Three Natural Sciences Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards
Three faculty members from the College of Natural Sciences have received distinguished Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards from the National Science Foundation.
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Kristen Grauman Named Finalist in 2021 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists
University of Texas at Austin computer science researcher Kristen Grauman was selected as a finalist for the 2021 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists.
Natural Sciences Students Show Off Communication Skills in Video Competition
The Texas Student Research Showdown, a competition open to undergraduate researchers at UT Austin across all disciplines and majors, featured a number of winning entries from College of Natural Sciences and Freshman Research Initiative students this year. For this contest, students submit a two minute YouTube video to effectively communicate their research projects while competing for recognition and cash prizes worth up to $2,500.
See 22 Ways UT Researchers Apply DNA, Genomics to Understanding Life
In honor of National DNA Day, we take a look at the myriad ways that researchers in the College of Natural Sciences use deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and genomic information to fight disease, improve agriculture and illuminate the wonders of the natural world.
Nomadic Computing Speeds Up Big Data Analytics
How do Netflix or Facebook know which movies you might like or who you might want to be friends with?
Here's a hint: It starts with a few trillion data points and involves some complicated math and a lot of smart computer programming.
Supercomputing Helps Deepen Understanding of Life
Making sense out of unprecedented quantities of digital information is the focus of today's Big Data in Biology Symposium at The University of Texas.
New Statistical Method Helps Reveal Timing of Key Events in Plant Evolution
Using a host of methodologies, including a new statistical method developed at The University of Texas at Austin, an international collaboration of researchers have completed a large-scale DNA study that reveals important details about key transitions in the evolution of plant life on our planet.
Silent Ebola Infections Could Be Key to Controlling Outbreak
In a letter published in the Lancet medical journal on October 14, Steve Bellan and Lauren Ancel Meyers, speculate that Ebola may be silently immunizing large numbers of people who never fal ill or infect others. If so, they might bolster front-line health care responses to the ongoing outbreak. Learn more in our press release.
University of Texas at Austin Unveils Cognitive Computing Course Based on IBM Watson
The University of Texas at Austin's Department of Computer Science is partnering with IBM to launch a new cognitive computing course titled “Automated Question Answering” that gives students unprecedented access to one of IBM’s most prized innovations: Watson. The University of Texas at Austin is one of seven universities offering the new course this fall.
Boiling Down the Stories That Wearable Cameras Are Telling
The race is on to develop tools to help sift through the vast quantities of video that are being produced by wearable camera technology like Google Glass and Looxcie.
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