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On Wednesday, March 27th, UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) and Data Science Initiative (DSI) hosted its fifth Analytics Frontiers Conference at the Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte, NC. The Southeast’s largest conference of its kind, Frontiers connects C-level executives, top data scientists, researchers, entrepreneurs as well as academic and government leaders to share ideas, […]

On April 4th, the Charlotte Area Technology Collaborative (CATC) held its annual Blue Diamond Awards at Founder’s Hall. UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) was well represented with current student Treven Stoddard as well as Stratifyd, CCI PH.D. alumnus Derek Wang’s company, winning Blue Diamonds. Stoddard, a senior computer science major, recently received […]

Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, each of us is on our own Yellow Brick Road, facing challenges and seeking answers. And just like Judy Garland’s character, most of what we seek, we probably had all along. This is true even when it comes to debugging complex systems in computer science. Be it code […]

The purpose of this challenge is to allow students to present their business analytics research to professionals within the business analytics community. The final presentations were given Oct. 22 – Oct. 23 in Anaheim, CA. 2 out of 3 of the teams were finalists in the competition. The third team was recognized by the TUN. […]

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is one of the world’s largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology. IEEE Fellow is granted to members who have made “extraordinary accomplishments.” CCI’s very own Dr. Yu Wang was recently elected as an IEEE Fellow for his contributions to topology design and performance optimization […]

Graduation is right around the corner for some of you. The thought of living a “normal life” outside of college courses and extracurricular activities can be somewhat frightening. The closer you get to graduation, the more questions that pop up in your head such as: What jobs should you apply for? How much money should […]

Nov. 12 – Nov. 17, Assistant Professor, Dr. Erik Saule, attended SC17 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, CO. SC17 is the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis. While at the conference, Dr. Saule spent his time chairing the High-Performance Computing for Undergraduate Students. This program selected 32 undergraduate students […]

Last November, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology PhD student, Adriano De Bernardi Schneider attended the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s (ASTMH) 66th annual meeting. There, he joined the ASTMH Capitol Hill Education Day, where he met with members of Congress to assist in educating them on programs that are leading the fight to defeat […]

The Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition “focuses on the operational aspect of managing and protecting (defending) an existing network infrastructure.” It is the Southeast-qualifying event for the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. A group of students from our college competed together and qualified to compete in regionals April 2-3 a Kennesaw State University. “They came […]

Imagine it’s 5 p.m. on a Wednesday night. You have an exam at 8 a.m. tomorrow. You decide to cook yourself a hearty dinner to nourish your mind before you meet up with your classmates at the library to study. To get a little ahead on your studying you bring out your flash cards while […]