Computer Science
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Chris Chase to Explain Internet Traffic at the 2016 BYU Honored Alumni Lecture
BYU alumnus Chris Chase will speak at the Honored Alumni Lecture for the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
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Computer Science: More than a Code
Dr. Frank Jones has found that a degree in computer science can apply to any field of study, and he’s helping others discover that, too.
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Computer Science Alumnus Takes Top Prize
BYU’s research in machine learning is starting to receive recognition on the world stage.
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Email Privacy: Finding the Balance Between Secure and Usable
When BYU Computer Science Professor Kent Seamons explains email security, he often uses an analogy: Sending an email is more similar to sending a postcard than a letter in a sealed envelope—as the email transaction happens, other people may gain access to the information.
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Alumna Transitions from Club to Corporation
After graduating in computer science in 2014, Christine Kendall Unsicker stepped off the BYU campus and into the programming world, and began her career in web development at Lucid Software.
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Using Nature to Nurture Robots
Robots aren’t one-size-fits-every-situation. There isn’t one super machine that can complete any task or solve any problem, despite what Siri and Watson might lead you to believe. And sometimes, depending on the task, it’s much better to have a bunch of simple, inexpensive robots rather than one brilliant, expensive robot.
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How These Mormon Women Became Some of the Best Cybersecurity Hackers in the U.S.
Sarah Cunha and Laura Wilkinson, two seniors at Brigham Young University, didn’t make it to graduation this year.
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Computer Science Alumnus Develops Resonating Language
From online graphics to ways for technology to communicate using vibrations, BYU alumnus Kesler Tanner has made significant contributions to computer science.
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CS and Home Security: Computer Science Alumnus’ Business Continues to Grow
BYU computer science alumnus Wade Anderson had always wanted to be an entrepreneur, so when he got to college he didn’t waste any time.
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Big Data Is Actually a Big Deal
Imagine working on important projects for major companies such as Adobe, FamilySearch, and Qualtrics as an undergraduate student. That’s what students do for their final projects in Dr. Quinn Snell and Dr. Christophe Giraud-Carrier’s Big Data Science and Capstone course in BYU’s computer science department.
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BYU Mobile App Winner Makes Keeping a Journal Easier than Ever
Keeping a journal is not a strength for some (OK, most) people. Micah Wilson wants to make it easy for those people to chronicle the most important parts of life.
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BYU’s Cybersecurity Team Wins Regional Competition
This month the group of eight information technology students blew away their opponents at a regional Cyber Defense Competition in Denver. Their four female students also happened to account for two-thirds of the women in the entire competition.
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From the TI 99-4a to Artificial Intelligence
Dr. David Wingate loved programming even when computers didn’t have disks and he couldn’t save any of the code he had painstakingly entered.
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BYU Researchers Improve Genome Assembly, Stumble upon Signatures for Genetic Disorders
Researchers at BYU have developed a new method for human genome assembly and inadvertently discovered a new way to identify elusive markers for several common genetic disorders.
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BYU Computer Science Alumna Invests in Tech Startups
It’s been said that an education is an investment. That certainly holds true for Tatyana Gray, a BYU computer science alumna who has seen her programming skills pay significant dividends.
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Next Generation SWAT Teams May Include Robots After BYU Grad’s Work
BYU computer science graduate student Daqing Yi has developed an algorithm that could lead to robots working on SWAT teams.
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NASA Takes Flight with BYU Student’s Work
Computer Science undergrad Andrew Wallace has some ideas for managing congested national air space, and NASA likes what they’ve seen so far from him.
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