2021
Cybersecurity Postdoctoral Position Available
For more information and to apply, please see the posting at https://workforum.memphis.edu/postings/29249.
Upcoming Python / Data Science Workshops
The Department will host two Python workshops for professional audiences this fall:
Accelerating Coding in Python (Nov. 5-6) and Data Science & Machine Learning (Nov.
12-13). Both workshops will be held live (virtually) over two days, taught by one
of our computer science professors, and modeled after courses taught to CS majors
in our program. For more information and to register, please see http://goo.gl/E73PyL. Group rates are available.
CfIA Receives $2M Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Grant
The Center for Information Assurance (CfIA) at the University of Memphis will lead
a $2M research-based Cybersecurity Education Innovation project funded by the Department
of Defense’s National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) program.
Fall 2021 Faculty Accolades
Several Computer Science faculty were recognized by the UofM College of Arts and Sciences
during the annual meeting on Thursday, Aug. 19.
Prof. Shiva Receives DHS Funding
Prof. Sajjan Shiva has received funding for his project “Testing Requirements and Functionality of Machine
Learning Systems Especially in Cyber Resilient Approaches” from the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS), through the Air Force Institute of Technology’s (AFIT) Test
and Evaluation Center of Excellence.
Student Spotlight: Subash Poudyal
Read about Subash's exciting activities on the Student and Alumni Spotlights page!
Rhonda Smothers Receives Dean's Outstanding Employee Award
Administrative secretary Rhonda Smothers has received the Spring 2021 Dean's Outstanding
Employee Award from the UofM College of Arts and Sciences.
Alumnus Sidney D'Mello Leading $20M AI Institute
Alumnus Sidney D'Mello (PhD 2009) is leading the NSF-funded AI Institute for Student-AI
Teaming at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Mazharul Hossain, Subash Poudyal Awarded at Student Research Forum
PhD students Mazharul Hossain and Subash Poudyal were awarded first and second place,
respectively, in the Math and Computer Science category at the UofM's 33rd Annual
Student Research Forum.
Spring 2021 Newsletter
The Spring 2021 CS Newsletter is now available!
Prof. Huang Awarded Grants from Adobe
Prof. Xiaolei Huang has been awarded grants totaling $14k from Adobe to help with
his research.
New $300K NSF Grant for Computer Science Education
The Department has been awarded a new $299,333 grant from the National Science Foundation
for "Improving the Quality of Teaching Assistant Feedback to Undergraduate Students
in Introductory Computer Science Courses."
2020
Prof. Dasgupta Honored by Greater Memphis IT Council
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta, Hill Professor of Cybersecurity and director of the Center
for Information Assurance, was honored by the Greater Memphis IT Council at its annual
INNOVATE IT conference for his development of the patent for Adaptive Multi-Factor
Authentication.
Alumnus Recognized among Top Amazon AWS Engineers
Alumnus Steve Ash (PhD 2017) has been promoted to Principal Engineer at Amazon AWS,
which make up only the top fraction of AWS engineers. Congratulations!
Fall 2020 Python Data Science Workshops Going Virtual
Our Fall 2020 workshops on Data Science & Analytics in Python are going virtual.
Research Assistant Professor Position Available
The Center for Information Assurance is seeking a Research Assistant Professor.
Christos Papadopoulos Joins Department as Sparks Family Chair of Excellence
Dr. Christos Papadopoulos was recently appointed and joined the UofM in August as
the Sparks Family Chair of Excellence in the Department of Computer Science.
Alumnus Sarah Lee Named Director of USM Computing School
Alumnus Dr. Sarah Lee (PhD 2011) has been named director of the School of Computing
Sciences and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM).
Fall 2020 Faculty Accolades
Several Computer Science faculty are being recognized this fall by the UofM for their
achievements.
Profs. Venugopal and Rus Awarded $413K NSF Grant
Profs. Deepak Venugopal (PI) and Vasile Rus (Co-PI) have been awarded a new $413K
grant from the National Science Foundation entitled "Investigating Techniques that
Couple Markov Logic and Deep Learning with Applications to Discovering Strategies
to Improve STEM Learning."
Postdoctoral Position Available in Partnership with Green Mountain Technology
Green Mountain Technology has partnered with the University of Memphis to fund a postdoctoral
position in the field of computer science.
Prof. Lan Wang Leading $825K NSF-funded mGuard Project in Collaboration with MD2K
and UCLA
Professor and chair Lan Wang (PI) is leading the new mGuard project with co-PIs Prof.
Santosh Kumar and Prof. Lixia Zhang from UCLA. mGuard aims to address two major data
access challenges encountered by the NIH Center of Excellence for Mobile Sensor Data-to-Knowledge
(MD2K) in its pursuit to share mobile health (mHealth) data among researchers who
investigate a wide range of health and wellness issues.
New $5.9M Grant from NIH for AI-Based Mobile Health
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $5.9 million grant for establishing
the mHealth Center for Discovery, Optimization, and Translation of Temporally-Precise
Interventions (mDOT). mDOT will be headquartered at the MD2K Center of Excellence
at the University of Memphis, under the direction of Prof. Santosh Kumar.
Prof. Dasgupta Awarded New U.S. Patent
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta has been awarded U.S. Patent 10,671,747, entitled "Multi-user
permission strategy to access sensitive information."
New Cybersecurity Training Grant
A joint effort of Engineering Technology and Computer Science has been awarded a $318,000
grant from the Department of Defense to build a team consisting of students capable
of effectively conducting research studies in the area of cybersecurity, pairing a
variety of skills with organization and leadership to enhance research outcomes in
the ROTC program.
Soujanya Chatterjee Awarded at Student Research Forum
PhD student Soujanya Chatterjee received first place in the Math and Computer Science
category at the UofM's 32nd Annual Student Research Forum, which was held online this
year.
Spring 2020 Newsletter
The Spring 2020 CS Newsletter is now available!
Prof. Deepak Venugopal Receives Early Career Research Award
Prof. Deepak Venugopal has been selected as a recipient of the 2020 Early Career Research
Award from the UofM College of Arts and Sciences.
Alumnus Mahbub Rahman Receives Best Paper Award at IEEE PerCom
Mahbub Rahman, who completed his PhD at the UofM with Prof. Santosh Kumar in 2016,
has received the Industry Track Best Paper Award at IEEE PerCom 2020.
MD2K Researchers Launch App for Personal Tracking of Social Distancing
Researchers at the MD2K Center of Excellence, headquartered at the UofM and under
the direction of Computer Science Prof. Santosh Kumar, have announced the launch of
a free mobile app called mContain to help track social distancing during the COVID-19
outbreak with a goal to reduce community transmission.
New NSF Grant and CVPR Paper for Prof. Gao
Prof. Xing Gao has been awarded a new NSF grant and had a paper accepted to the prestigious
CVPR conference.
Prof. Dasgupta Featured on FOX13 Memphis
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta was featured on a recent FOX13 Memphis newscast on cybersecurity.
Prof. Watson Receives NSF CAREER Award
Prof. Thomas Watson has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation
for his project entitled "Structural Communication Complexity."
Profs. Rus and Fleming Co-PIs on $3.4M NSF Grant
Profs. Vasile Rus and Scott Fleming are co-PIs on a new $3.4M grant from the National
Science Foundation's Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program.
Department Seeks Chair of Excellence in Smart & Autonomous Systems
Please see the posting on CRA.
Memphis DATA Conference - March 26-27
The Memphis DATA Conference on data science will be held Thursday and Friday, March
26-27 at the FedEx Institute of Technology.
Department Receives $10K Grant from NCWIT
The Department has been awarded a $10K grant from the National Center for Women &
Information Technology to help recruit and retain female undergraduate students.
2019
Silicon Valley Startup Licenses Patent for Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication System
The University of Memphis Research Foundation has signed an agreement to license a
U.S. patent for an Adaptive Multi-factor Authentication System invented and developed
by a team led by Dr. Dipankar Dasgupta, professor of Computer Science and director
of the Center for Information Assurance.
Assistant Professor Position Available
Please see the posting on CRA.
Prof. Rus Receives $2.58M Grant to Begin Learner Data Institute
Led by William Dunavant Prof. Vasile Rus with co-PI Prof. Deepak Venugopal, this NSF-funded
project will lay the foundation for a future Learner Data Institute (LDI). Its mission
will be to harness the data revolution to further our understanding of how people
learn, how to improve adaptive instructional systems (AISs), and how to improve the
learning ecosystem's effectiveness and cost-efficiency as well as the learners’ and
instructors' engagement and satisfaction while learning with technology.
Map901 Project Featured on GCN
The Map901 project was featured in GCN this week for its potential impact on first
responders' safety and efficiency. The project involves the use of light detection
and ranging (LiDAR) technology to map building interiors.
Prof. Dasgupta Visits UK Universities
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta gave an invited talk on his adaptive multi-factor authentication
(A-MFA) research at the University of Oxford on a recent visit to the UK.
Summer 2019 Camps
The Department will offer two camps this summer for pre-college students.
Student Spotlight: Ryan Wickman
Read about Ryan's exciting activities on the Student and Alumni Spotlights page!
Summer 2019 Newsletter
The Summer 2019 CS Newsletter is now available!
Prof. Lan Wang Receives Distinguished Research Award
Prof. Lan Wang, department chair, has been selected to receive the 2019 Alumni Association
Distinguished Research Award in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics.
Undergraduates Compete in 2019 CCSC Mid-South Programming Contest
Five undergraduate students participated in the 2019 CCSC Mid-South Programming Contest
held on April 12 at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock.
2019 CS Research Symposium and Career Day
The 15th Annual Computer Science Research Symposium and Career Day was held on Friday,
April 12 in the Michael D. Rose Theatre.
Sayma Akther Wins 1st Place at Student Research Forum
Doctoral student Sayma Akther took 1st place in the Math and Computer Science category
at the UofM's 31st Annual Student Research Forum held on March 25.
Mid-South Student Hackathon
The inaugural Mid-South Student Hackathon was held on March 8-9 at the FedEx Institute
of Technology.
Prof. Wang Awarded NIST Grant for City of Memphis Project
Prof. Lan Wang is on a team that was awarded a $418k grant from the Public Safety
Communications Research Division of NIST to work with the City of Memphis to map building
interiors for first responders.
2018
Assistant Professor Position Available (Supported by IIS)
The Department is seeking candidates for an Assistant Professor position beginning
Fall 2019. The candidate's research will be jointly supported by the Department of
Computer Science and the Institute of Intelligent Systems (IIS).
ACM Student Chapter Receives Support from IP
The Department's ACM student chapter has received a $300 gift from the University
of Memphis Ambassadors program at International Paper.
Paper Accepted at AAAI 2019
Graduate student Maminur Islam has had a paper accepted to AAAI 2019, a premier conference
for AI.
Undergraduates Win StartCo Event
Undergraduates Kareem Dasilva and Brandon Ellis were on a team that placed 1st among
five teams at the StartCo 48 Hours Launch Competition on Sunday, Nov. 11.
Undergraduates Place 1st at ACM ICPC Local Site
A team of three Computer Science undergraduates participated in the ACM International
Collegiate Programming Contest on Nov. 3, placing 1st at the local site.
MD2K Awarded $2M in Grants from NSF and NIH
The Center of Excellence for Mobile Sensor Data-to-Knowledge (MD2K), now in its fifth
year, has landed two grants totaling $2 million that will enable the center to enhance
its software infrastructure, and also join the effort to curb opioid abuse.
Multiple Assistant Professor Positions Available
The Department is seeking candidates for multiple Assistant Professor positions beginning
Fall 2019.
Fifth Annual MD2K Meeting
The fifth annual meeting for the NIH-funded MD2K Center of Excellence was held at
the FedEx Institute of Technology and Shelby Farms Park on Oct. 1-2.
BDPA Students Attend National Conference
Nine students from the Memphis chapter of Black Data Processing Associates qualified
to attend the annual BDPA National Conference in New Orleans in August.
PhD Student Featured on News Channel 3
PhD student Jamal Mosakheil was interviewed on News Channel 3 on how to avoid the
growing number of phishing emails.
CfIA to Host Mid-South Cybersecurity Summit
The Center for Information Assurance will host the 11th Annual Mid-South Cybersecurity
Summit at the FedEx Institute of Technology on Friday, Oct. 5.
CS Faculty Honored at CAS Meeting
Four CS faculty were recognized at the College of Arts and Sciences faculty meeting
on Thursday, Aug. 23.
Best Student Paper Nomination at FLAIRS-31
PhD student Nabin Maharjan has a paper nominated for the Best Student Paper Award
at the 31st International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference
(FLAIRS-31).
MD2K Organizes mHealth Tech Showcase at NIH
The MD2K Center for Excellence, under the direction of Prof. Santosh Kumar, organized
a well-attended mHealth Technology Showcase at the National Institutes of Health campus
on June 4.
Amazon Alexa Blog Post by Alumnus Steve Ash
Steve Ash (PhD 2017, MS 2012) cowrote a recent Amazon Alexa blog post about the work
he's doing as a senior machine learning engineer in the Amazon Web Services AI organization.
July Talks by Prof. Dasgupta
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta gave several invited talks in July.
Profs. Rus and Fleming Awarded $759K NSF Grant
Profs. Vasile Rus and Scott Fleming have been awarded a three-year, $759,136 grant
from the National Science Foundation.
Prof. Dasgupta Gives Invited Talk at MIT Workshop
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta was a guest speaker on June 27 at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology's 2018 Professional Development Summer Workshop on Applied Cybersecurity.
Prof. Dasgupta on WMC Action News 5
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta, director of the Center for Information Assurance, was interviewed
on WMC Action News 5 about the upcoming Cyber Ambassadors Tech Camp.
Profs. Watson and Daigle Receive Early Career Research Award
Profs. Thomas Watson and Bernie Daigle, Jr., have been selected as recipients of the
2018 Early Career Research Award from the U of M College of Arts and Sciences.
2018 Summer Camps
The Department will offer two week-long day camps for pre-college students this summer.
Students Accepted to 2018 CRA-Women Grad Cohort Workshop
Six Computer Science PhD students were accepted to the 2018 CRA-Women Grad Cohort
Workshop.
Prof. Dasgupta Interviewed on WREG
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta, director of the Center for Information Assurance, was interviewed
on WREG News Channel 3 about the recent TNReady testing issues.
U of M Team Wins DoE Cyber Defense Competition
A team of U of M undergraduates took first place in the Department of Energy Cyber
Defense Competition held at Oak Ridge National Lab on April 6-7.
Upcoming Data Science Workshops
The Department will hold three series of workshops on using Python for data analytics,
data science, and machine learning this year.
14th Annual CS Research Day
Computer Science faculty and students gathered on Friday, March 23 in the University
Center Memphis Room to view presentations and posters from 18 participants in a variety
of exciting research areas.
Austin Henley Accepts Tenure-Track Position at UT Knoxville
Doctoral student Austin Henley has accepted a tenure-track faculty position at the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Spring 2018 Newsletter
The Spring 2018 CS Newsletter is now available!
New U.S. Patent by Prof. Dasgupta
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 9,912,657 for an "Adaptive
multi-factor authentication system."
Former APCS Student Receives Sedgwick MVP Award
Former M.S. Applied Computer Science student Charles Lancaster, Jr. has received the
2017 Sedgwick Most Valued Performer Award.
CfIA Hosts Meeting for Raymond James Executive
Kishen Sridharan, an executive from Raymond James, visited the U of M on Feb. 23 to
meet with cybersecurity faculty, staff, and students.
New StudyInternational Editorial
StudyInternational.com has published a new editorial on the Department.
Fall 2017 Software Engineering Showcase
At the end of last fall semester, undergraduate students in Dr. James Yu's Software
Engineering class displayed their semester projects.
Invited Talks by Prof. Shiva
Prof. Sajjan Shiva recently gave two invited international talks.
Best Paper Award at ICISS 2017
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta received a Best Paper (Honorable Mention) award at ICISS 2017,
the 13th International Conference on Information Systems Security held Dec. 16-20
at IIT Bombay.
Winter 2017-18 Newsletter
The Winter 2017-18 CS Newsletter is now available!
2017
Recent Publications from Prof. Dasgupta
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta has recently had three research papers accepted or published
in leading journals.
Data Science in Python Workshop
We will host a Data Science & Analytics in Python workshop from Dec. 8-10.
Instructor Position Available
The Department is seeking candidates for an Instructor position.
Paper and Tutorial Accepted at AAAI-18
Prof. Deepak Venugopal's lab had a paper and tutorial accepted at AAAI-18, the 32nd
Conference on Artificial Intelligence sponsored by the Association for the Advancement
of Artificial Intelligence.
Undergraduates Compete in ACM Programming Contest
Our undergraduate student team Memphoes placed placed 5th out of 14 teams at the UT
Martin site of the ACM Mid-Central USA Programming Contest 2017 on Nov. 4.
Student Team Wins Regional Cyber Defense Competition
A team of students from the Center for Information Assurance won 1st place in the
CANSec Student Cyber-Defense Competition on Oct. 29 at the Missouri University of
Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri.
10th Annual Mid-South Cyber Security Summit
The Center for Information Assurance hosted the 10th annual Mid-South Cyber Security
Summit at the FedEx Institute of Technology on Oct. 12.
UofM to Host MD2K Meeting on Oct. 24-25
The fourth annual meeting for the NIH-funded MD2K Center of Excellence will be held
at the FedEx Institute of Technology on Oct. 24-25.
CS Department Ranked Nationally
The Department was ranked 80th in the nation among 173 doctoral computer science programs,
according to a recent study.
CfIA Receives New Cyber Security Education Grant
The Center for Information Assurance has been awarded a $206K CAE Cyber Security Workforce
Education Grant to develop interactive, hands-on exercises to integrate into cyber
security curricula.
New Text on User Authentication by Prof. Dasgupta
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta has had a new textbook entitled Advances in User Authentication published through Springer-Verlag.
Prof. Dasgupta Gives Keynote Talk in Poland
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta gave the keynote talk at MMM-ACNS 2017, the 7th International
Conference on Mathematical Methods, Models, and Architectures for Computer Network
Security.
Prof. Santosh Kumar Is Co-Editor of New mHealth Text
Prof. Santosh Kumar together with two MD2K investigators (Prof. Jim Rehg from Georgia
Tech and Prof. Susan Murphy from University of Michigan) are editors of Mobile Health: Sensors, Analytic Methods, and Applications, a textbook on mHealth released recently by Springer.
MD2K Receives $13.8M IARPA Contract
Under the direction of Prof. Santosh Kumar, the MD2K Center of Excellence has received
a new $13.8M contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA).
Prof. Venugopal Has Paper Accepted at IJCAI
Prof. Deepak Venugopal has had a paper accepted at IJCAI 2017, the International Joint
Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
Tigers Tech Expedition
Our ACM student chapter held a 5-weekend "Tigers Tech Expedition" camp in April and
May for middle-schoolers, mostly from Orange Mound and Binghampton.
Prof. Watson Has Paper Accepted at FOCS
Prof. Thomas Watson has had a paper accepted at FOCS 2017, the 58th Annual IEEE Symposium
on Foundations of Computer Science.
2017 Creative Game Design Camp
We hosted our third annual Creative Game Design Camp for high school students from
July 10-14.
2017 GenCyber Boot Camps
The Center for Information Assurance held two successful cyber security boot camps
for middle- and high-school students this June.
Stan Franklin Featured on NBC News
Professor Emeritus Stan Franklin was featured in a recent artificial intelligence
article on NBC News.
Prof. Venugopal Awarded Gift from Adobe Research
Prof. Deepak Venugopal has been awarded funding from Adobe Research Labs.
Instructor Position Available
Applications are invited for an instructor position beginning Fall 2017.
CfIA Featured on Local 24 News
The Center for Information Assurance was featured on two recent Local 24 News stories
about cyber security.
Lyndsey Rush Wins Dean's Outstanding Employee Award
Administrative secretary Lyndsey Rush has received the 2017 Dean's Outstanding Employee
Award from the College of Arts and Sciences.
2017 DoD Information Assurance Scholarship Program
The Department of Defense is seeking rising junior and senior undergraduate (third
and fourth year) and graduate/doctoral students who are interested in full-ride scholarships
for concentrated studies in information assurance.
Prof. Daigle Receives ARL Grant
Prof. Bernie J. Daigle, Jr., affiliate faculty with the Biology Department, has been
awarded a $485K research grant from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory.
CS Students Win at University Research Forum
Five Computer Science students received awards at the UofM's 29th Annual Student Research
Forum held on March 27.
Malasri Receives Teaching Award
Instructor Kriangsiri Malasri has been selected as a recipient of the 2017 Alumni
Association Distinguished Teaching Award.
Tigers Tech Expedition
Alumnus Herve Aniglo and community partner Meka Egwuekwe were featured on WREG News
Channel 3 this week speaking about the upcoming Tigers Tech Expedition camp.
CAST and DRONES Research Cluster Grants
Several CS faculty have received research grants under the CAST and DRONES Research
Clusters at the UofM.
Interdisciplinary Innovations Awards
Profs. Dipankar Dasgupta and Lan Wang have received two Interdisciplinary Innovations
Awards from the UofM Division of Research and Innovation.
Online Cyber Security Course Featured on WMC Action News 5
Carolyn Butler from the Center for Information Assurance was recently featured on
WMC Action News 5 to talk about an upcoming free online course.
2017 CS Research Day Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the oral and poster presentations at the 13th Annual
Computer Science Research Day.
NSA Codebreaker Challenge Featured on WMC Action News 5
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta, director of the Center for Information Assurance, and undergraduate
student Berkeley Willis were featured on WMC Action News 5 to talk about our recent
strong showing in the 2016 NSA Codebreaker Challenge.
New Grants for Profs. Watson and Venugopal
Prof. Thomas Watson and Prof. Deepak Venugopal have been awarded new research grants.
Winter 2017 Newsletter
The Winter 2017 Newsletter is now available.
Prof. Dasgupta Featured on Interview with David Fogel
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta was recently featured in an interview with Dr. David Fogel,
past president of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society and current co-general
chair of IEEE SSCI 2017.
Spring 2017 New Faculty
The Department is pleased to welcome Dr. Kan Yang as a tenure-track Assistant Professor.
Student Team Places in NSA Codebreaker Challenge
A team of students from the Center for Information Assurance placed 11th nationwide
in the 2016 NSA Codebreaker Challenge.
Prof. Wang Receives U.S. Patent
Department chair Prof. Lan Wang has been awarded a U.S. patent for her work on a new
Forwarding Information Base (FIB) aggregation algorithm.
Xiaoshan Cai Awarded Amazon Subterranean Delivery Patent
Alumnus Xiaoshan Cai (BS 2010) has been awarded a U.S. patent for his work at Amazon
on a subterranean delivery system.
Students Accepted to 2017 CRA-Women Grad Cohort Workshop
Several Computer Science graduate students have been accepted to the 2017 CRA-Women
Grad Cohort Workshop.
2016
Kareem Dasilva Wins 2016 BDPA App Showcase
Undergraduate student Kareem Dasilva won the 2016 National BDPA Mobile App Showcase.
Paper Accepted at ACM CHI 2017
PhD student Austin Henley, Prof. Scott Fleming, and BS/MS alumna Maria Luong have
had a paper accepted at ACM CHI 2017.
2017-18 Scholarship Applications Now Open
Scholarship applications for the 2017-18 academic year are now open through the Tiger
Scholarship Manager system.
MD2K Featured as Cover Story on MIT Technology Review
The MD2K project is currently featured as a top story on MIT Technology Review.
Prof. Dasgupta Featured on FOX13 Memphis
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta, director of the Center for Information Assurance, was featured
on a Nov. 22 FOX13 Memphis news story about cell phone privacy concerns.
CfIA Student Highlights 2016
Undergraduate and graduate students in the Center for Information Assurance have achieved
several notable successes in 2016.
igniteCS Grant from Google
Undergraduates Herve Aniglo and Kareem Dasilva have received a $10K grant from Google's
igniteCS program to hold a drone programming camp starting in April 2017.
Tennessee Higher Education Commission Grant
The Department will be involved in a $75K 2017 Improving Teacher Quality grant from
the Tennessee Higher Education Commission to develop online CS education modules for
middle school students.
FSE 2016 Paper Receives ACM SIGSOFT Award
PhD student Austin Henley and Prof. Scott Fleming are authors on a paper that received
the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award (DPA) at FSE 2016.
Department Hosts Python Data Science Workshop
From Oct. 14-16, the Department hosted a workshop on Python programming for data science.
UofM Will Share $3M DHS/FEMA Cyber Security Grant
The National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium (NCPC), of which the UofM's Center
for Information Assurance (CfIA) is a core member, has been awarded a $3M grant from
DHS/FEMA to develop and deliver cyber security training as part of the Continuing
Training Grants (CTG) program.
Two Papers Accepted at COLING 2016
Prof. Deepak Venugopal has had two papers accepted at COLING 2016, one of the premier
conferences on natural language processing.
UofM to Lead $4M NSF Cyberinfrastructure Project
Prof. Santosh Kumar is the PI on a new $4M data cyberinfrastructure grant from NSF.
Honorable Mention at ACM UbiComp 2016
PhD student Nazir Saleheen received an Honorable Mention at ACM UbiComp 2016.
Best Paper Award at VL/HCC 2016
PhD student Austin Henley and Prof. Scott Fleming won the Best Paper Award at VL/HCC
2016.
CS Faculty Recognized at UofM General Faculty Meeting
Three Computer Science faculty were recognized at the UofM general faculty meeting
held on August 18.
Fall 2016 New Faculty
The Department is welcoming three new faculty members for the Fall 2016 semester.
Papers Accepted at CHI, FSE, ICML, UAI, UbiComp
The Department's students and faculty have had papers accepted at several top-tier
conferences this year.
Names in the News: Prof. Santosh Kumar
Prof. Santosh Kumar has had his work with the mHealth Systems Lab featured in several
recent news articles.
Prof. Dasgupta on WMC Action News 5
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta was featured on a WMC Action News 5 segment this morning,
publicizing the upcoming GenCyber Boot Camp for middle-school students.
Spring 2016 CS Newsletter
The Spring 2016 CS Newsletter is now available!
2016 Summer Camps
The Department will be hosting several activities this summer for middle and high
school students.
Prof. Lu Receives Early Career Research Award
Prof. Zhuo Lu has been selected as a recipient of the 2016 Early Career Research Award
from the UofM College of Arts and Sciences.
Strengthening Communities Grant with CodeCrew
The Department has been awarded a Strengthening Communities Initiative capacity building
grant with community partner CodeCrew to develop a game design curriculum for high
school students.
Undergraduate Herve Aniglo Wins AMIS techUp! Competition
Undergraduate student Herve Aniglo won the Association for Management Information
Systems (AMIS) 1st Annual techUP! Competition, held on April 9 at the UofM's Fogelman
College of Business and Economics.
Instructor Position Available
The Department is seeking applicants for an Instructor of Computer Science position.
The instructor will teach undergraduate/graduate courses, participate in curriculum
development and improvement, and advise students.
2016 CS Research Day
Congratulations to the winners of the oral and poster presentations at the 12th Annual
Computer Science Research Day.
CS Students Win at University Research Forum
Computer Science students have continued the tradition of doing very well in this
year's University Research Forum, winning both 1st and 2nd place in the Math and Computer
Science poster session.
Undergraduate Student Success in Cyber Security Research
The Center for Information Assurance (CfIA) at the University of Memphis, under the
leadership of Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta, is at the forefront of cyber security research,
education, and outreach in the state of Tennessee and the Mid-South region.
Research Assistant Professor Position Available
The Department has an opening for a non-tenure track Research Assistant Professor
with responsibilities for conducting research and developing research proposals in
the area of information assurance and cyber security and also engaging in collaborative
efforts.
Prof. Dasgupta Featured on FOX13 Memphis
Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta, director of the Center for Information Assurance, was featured
on a Feb. 19 FOX13 Memphis news story about security threats in mobile software.
Intel Visiting Campus on Feb. 26
Intel Corp. will be visiting campus on Feb. 26 to interview candidates for internship
positions. Positions are available at bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels.
Fall 2015 CS Newsletter
The Fall 2015 CS Newsletter is now available!
2015
Prof. Rus Wins Best Paper Award at ICSLE 2015
Prof. Vasile Rus and postdoc Dr. Dan Stefanescu won the Best Paper Award at the 2nd
International Conference on Smart Learning Environments (ICSLE 2015) for their paper
entitled "Towards Non-Intrusive Assessment in Dialogue-based Intelligent Tutoring
Systems."
Outreach Events Attract Local Students
The Department recently held several large outreach events for local students: a reception
for newly-admitted freshmen, the annual CS Open House, a 100 Girls of Code workshop,
and an Hour of Code event.
CS Faculty Awarded CAST Cyber Security Grants
Several CS faculty have received research grants from the FedEx Institute of Technology's
Cluster to Advance cyber Security and Testing (CAST), an interdisciplinary group of
campus experts on cyber security and systems testing.
CfIA Receives Cyber Security Training Grant from FEMA
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a 2015 Continuing Training
Grant of $3 million for cyber security training to the National Cybersecurity Preparedness
Consortium (NCPC). The project will be led by the University of Arkansas Criminal
Justice Institute; the University of Memphis Center for Information Assurance (CfIA)
will collaborate on the project as a core member of the consortium.
Student Team Wins 2nd Place at Cyber Defense Competition
A team of four Computer Science students recently won second place in the prestigious
CANSec Cyber Defense Competition, held in Little Rock on Oct. 24.
Undergraduates Win NSBE Hackathon
Undergraduate students Herve Aniglo and Kareem Dasilva received 1st place in the first
annual hackathon at the National Society of Black Engineers Region 3 Fall Regional
Conference.
CS Alumnus Tim Whitehorn to Speak at Entrepreneurs Lunch
Tim Whitehorn, an alumnus of the Department's undergraduate program, will speak at
the Crews Center for Entrepreneurship's lunch on Wed., Oct. 28.
CS Names in the News
Prof. Santosh Kumar and alumnus Dr. Sidney D'Mello were recently featured in online
news articles.
mHealth Lab Has Three Papers Accepted at UbiComp
The Mobile Health Systems Lab has had three full papers accepted to this year's prestigious
ACM UbiComp conference.
Prof. Kumar Named Chair of Excellence
Prof. Santosh Kumar has been named the Lillian & Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence in
Computer Science. Authorized by the Tennessee General Assembly in March, this is the
first state-endowed chair of excellence in computer science to be established in Tennessee.
Over $1.8M in New Grants for 2015
The Department has about $1.87 million in new grant funding for the 2015 academic
year.
CS Team Wins SemEval-2015 Semantic Textual Similarity Competition
A team from Prof. Vasile Rus's Language and Information Processing Lab has won the
semantic textual similarity competition at SemEval-2015, the premier forum for semantic
evaluation.
Creative Game Design Camp Attracts Local High School Students
The Department held its first Creative Game Design Camp from June 1-5.
UofM Partners with 100 Girls of Code
The UofM has become an official chapter of 100 Girls of Code, a national organization
started by the Tennessee Code Academy that aims to introduce more young women to computer
science and engineering from an early age.
CS Research Day Winners
Winners for the 11th annual Computer Science Research Day held on April 3 have been
announced.
Prof. Fleming Receives Early Career Research Award
Prof. Scott Fleming has been selected as a recipient of the 2015-2016 Early Career
Research Award from the UofM College of Arts and Sciences.
Undergraduates Participate in CCSC Mid-South Programming Contest
The UofM sent two teams of undergraduate students to the CCSC Mid-South programming
contest held at Hendrix College on April 10.
CS Students Win at University Research Forum
Ph.D. candidates Abhijit Nag and Daqing Yun received 1st and 2nd place, respectively,
in the Math/Computer Science category of the poster presentation at the UofM's 27th
Annual Student Research Forum held on March 30.
UofM Receives Cyber Defense Research Designation
The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have designated
the University of Memphis as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense
Research (CAE/R) through academic year 2021.
Prof. Kumar Helping Shape Presidential Initiative
Prof. Santosh Kumar is playing a key role in President Obama's recently announced
Precision Medicine Initiative.
