Software and Information Systems

At the 17th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM), held this year in Cairo from November 25-28, a paper from a team at UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) earned an Honorable Mention award. MUM is an annual international conference, which provides a forum for presenting the latest research results on […]

On December 6, business partners, faculty, staff and administration from UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) gathered in the Cone Center’s Lucas Room for the poster presentation of more than 50 Innovative Computing Projects (ICP) by CCI graduate and undergraduate students. Tackling real-world problems with the creative application of emerging technologies and fresh […]

For senior Computer Science major, Itgel Ganbold, enrolling at UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) thrust him into a magical world of innovation and invention. Arriving from his Mongolian homeland unsure what he wanted to do or how to figure it out, Ganbold threw himself into coding classes and found his passion. “Coming […]

If doing something one loves means never working a single day, Evie Powell is well on her way to a work-free life. Powell, a UNC Charlotte College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) graduate, has taken her passion for video games and turned it into a career; perhaps, one could argue, a vocation. “Like most kids, […]

For College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) alum and emerging NFL star Larry Ogunjobi, the intersection of technology and sports began in high school. “I was a fat kid,” he says. “So, my mom took my Xbox away and hired a trainer to get me off the couch.” That trainer not only helped Ogunjobi get […]

UNC Charlotte’s Chidi Osakwe, a sophomore Computer Science major in the College of Computing and Informatics (CCI), has earned a prestigious Jesse Jackson Fellows Toyota Scholarship. Since 2013, Rev. Jesse Jackson and Toyota North America have partnered to provide one of the nation’s largest and most robust undergraduate scholarship programs. The renewable award of up […]

On a recent rainy February weekend, several students representing UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) participated in the Queen City Hackathon and two CCI squads came away with top prizes. Featuring nearly 150 participants, Charlotte’s largest data science and machine learning hackathon is for those who believe in the power of data analytics […]

In March, when most UNC Charlotte faculty and students were on spring break, College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) dean, Fatma Mili, was in North Africa serving as co-chair of Noor 2019, a conference focused on higher education during a time of dramatic transition in her home country, Tunisia. Since its 2011 revolution, Tunisia has […]

On Wednesday, March 26th, UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) and its Data Science Initiative (DSI) hosted more than 300 guests at the annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference at the Ritz-Carlton in Charlotte, NC. WiDS Charlotte is one of more than 150 regional events taking place in approximately 50 countries in […]

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, […]