Computer Science and Engineering
News and updates featuring research, faculty achievements, student projects, and industry impact from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
Building with a purpose: Senior recognized for outstanding achievements in academics and service
Feb. 8, 2024 • 5 min. readJessica Williams received the Outstanding Senior Engineer Award in recognition of her achievements in both academics and service. She is dedicated not only to building but to building with a purpose.
Da Silva assumes key role overseeing computer science research funding at NSF
Dec. 11, 2023 • 4 min. readDr. Dilma Da Silva begins a new role overseeing most of the country’s computer science research funding as an acting assistant director at the National Science Foundation.
Developing novel deep learning technologies for medical image classification
Oct. 17, 2023 • 4 min. readFunded by the National Science Foundation, Dr. Tianbao Yang is developing deep learning technologies for medical image classification, making deep models interpretable and the training more efficient by sampling multiple CT scans of a patient for computation.
Using deep learning to classify post-COVID-19 lung progression phenotypes
Aug. 28, 2023 • 3 min. readTo correctly diagnose and treat patients with long COVID-19, Dr. Tianbao Yang has received a $3.7 million grant to develop self-supervised deep learning technologies that recognize subtypes of post-COVID lung progression phenotypes.
Researchers from five academic institutions, including Texas A&M University, investigated how ear speaker vibrations and motion sensor data on newer smartphones could compromise caller information security.
Innovative approach: Detecting malware through hardware-integrated protection
Aug. 14, 2023 • 4 min. readA Texas A&M University engineering scientist was awarded a National Science Foundation grant to develop a new method of using hardware to detect malicious software on future computers.
Texas A&M University professor Dr. Shuiwang Ji recently received a National Science Foundation grant to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) method to make predictions from geometric graphs.
Texas A&M RoboMasters Robotics team awarded at international event
July 26, 2023 • 3 min. readThe Texas A&M RoboMasters Robotics team placed first overall in the 1-versus-1 competition and third overall in the 3-versus-3 competition at the annual RoboMaster North American Regional competition.
Dr. Guni Sharon will conduct research to improve the applicability of machine learning using a grant he received from the National Science Foundation.
Dr. Nima Kalantari was awarded a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program grant to research ways to improve the efficiency of computer-generated image rendering.









