Software and Information Systems

Nadia Najjar, teaching associate professor of software and information systems in the College of Computing and Informatics, has been named as an honorable mention finalist for the UNC Charlotte Teaching Excellence Award for non-tenured faculty.            Najjar is dedicated to empowering students through computer science and is committed to creating learning environments where all students can […]

Welcome to all of our new College of Computing and Informatics faculty and staff for 2025 — we’re thrilled to have you on board! Faculty: New to UNC Charlotte: New Roles: New Staff and Administration:

On May 1, the College of Computing and Informatics recognized faculty and staff in its annual award ceremony and luncheon upon the end of the Spring semester. Congratulations to all of our staff and faculty on all of their accomplishments and for making the 2024-25 school year a resounding success! Please see below a list […]

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte recently was redesignated by the U.S. National Security Agency as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity for Cyber Research through 2030, reaffirming the University’s foundational cybersecurity leadership. One of only 93 universities in the U.S. to currently hold this designation, UNC Charlotte was a member of […]

The 2025 Special Interest Group Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) Award for Distinguished Service to the Computer Science Education Community has been awarded to UNC Charlotte’s Manuel Pérez-Quiñones, professor of software and information systems in the College of Computing and Informatics. Since its establishment in 1997, this award from the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) annually […]

Anum Hafiz is set on making an impact. Throughout her time at UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics, she’s constantly pushed herself to build her cybersecurity and leadership skills in tandem, hoping to one day make a mark on her field while leaving a legacy as a role model for women interested in technology […]

Syeda Fatema Mazumder isn’t your average Ph.D. graduate. From moving across the world with her husband Saquib to raising two daughters while completing a rigorous doctoral program in computer science education at UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing Informatics, she’s an inspiring example of what can be accomplished with hard work and the courage instilled by […]

UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) hosted the annual Cybersecurity Symposium on Oct. 22-23 on the University’s campus, marking the event’s 25th anniversary. The annual gathering once again provided a forum for students, researchers and industry professionals to interact, sharing best practices and career advice while looking forward into the next quarter-century of […]

It’s the year 2000. Dial-up internet reigns supreme. AOL has over 20 million customers. Cell phones don’t have cameras, let alone app stores. Most computers are bulky, desk-bound plastic rectangles. And if your company is forward-thinking enough to have a chief technology officer, chances are that person is still using a pager. Twenty-five years ago […]

Manuel Pérez Quiñones, Professor in the Department of Software and Information Systems in the College of Computing and Informatics, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Computing Research Association, one of the nation’s most influential computing research and policy nonprofit organizations. An advocate for broadening participation in computing, Pérez Quiñones is excited […]