Recognition

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 […]

Recently, a team of UNC Charlotte graduate and undergraduate Cyber Security students earned a spot in the Southeast Regional Finals of the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) at Georgia’s Kennesaw State University (KSU). To garner one of just eight invitations, the UNC Charlotte squad participated in a virtual qualifier in February. Advised by Dr. Thomas […]

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) affects at least 1% of the world’s population, creating large-scale medical, educational and social challenges. As a spectrum disorder, ASD manifests in an array of exhibited challenges and strengths with an equally diverse number of genetic and environmental influences, making it a particularly difficult condition to study. With each study, the […]

On April 5, the College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) family gathered in one of the salons within the Barnhardt Student Activities Center for an evening of fun and fellowship. The annual Faculty and Staff Awards Dinner featured games, raffles and even a trivia challenge, but the highlight, as always, was the recognition of outstanding […]

April 19, 2018 – In an on-campus celebration, CCI Computer Science graduating senior, Scott Schreiber received the distinguished International Education Student Award. An Asheville native who also studied abroad in Japan, Schreiber is quick to laud the diversity of his UNC Charlotte education for expanding his horizons and social awareness. Cultivating interests beyond the requirements […]

UNC Charlotte Health Informatics Master’s candidate, Saugat Karki, M.D., has been selected for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) prestigious Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program (PHIFP). The PHIFP is a two-year training program for doctoral- or masters-level professionals, applying computer science and information technology to solve complex health problems. Fellows in this program […]

On a recent mid-April weekend, a team of CCI’s best hackers made its way to Raleigh and finished second among 45 squads competing at North Carolina State’s 2018 PackHacks to determine what school is turning out our country’s best hackers. No, it’s not that kind of hacking. Hackathons are 24-hour competitions which provide students with […]

Fatma Mili, dean of the College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) — the fastest-growing college in the UNC System and most comprehensive technology program in North Carolina — is emphatic about the reason she came to UNC Charlotte. “This is a university completely embedded in the community and takes its responsibility toward the community very […]

For the CCI team behind the Video Collaboratory, recent winners of a Blue Diamond Award from the Charlotte Area Technology Collaborative in the Cool Innovation category, collaboration is fundamental not only to what they created, but how it came to be. Drs. Celine Latulipe, Sybil Huskey, David Wilson and Vikash Singh came together to answer […]