Computer and Information Science

Social bots are becoming far more sophisticated and threatening in today's online social networks (OSNs). There have been reports of various attacks, abuses, and manipulations based on social bots, such as infiltrating Facebook or Twitter, launching spam campaigns, and performing financial fraud. Unfortunately, state-of-the-art approaches to detecting social bots are less than satisfactory: ... Read more

Amir Veyseh, a student of Professors Dejing Dou and Thien Nguyen, hit the ground running this year with first-author publications in two top-ranking AI conferences:... Read more

Amir Veyseh, a student of Professors Dejing Dou and Thien Nguyen, hit the ground running this year with first-author publications in two top-ranking AI conferences:... Read more

The department of computer and information science proudly recognizes Ramakrishnan Durairajan as a recipient of this year's University-wide Faculty Research Awards. Professor Durairajan's work entitled "Mapping the Internet via Crowdsourcing" was selected among proposals from other departments for recognition and will receive... Read more

The NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) Grant supports independent research in computer and information science. By recognizing the fundamental importance of establishing research independence, this program hopes to promote the growth and development of future generations of scientists and engineers dedicating their lives to advancing... Read more

In support of Eugene's climate action plan, the U.O.'s V2X project, lead by Stephen Fickas (CIS), is plugging cyclists into the city's infrastructure. For nearly a year now, the intersection at 18th and Alder has served as a trial, instrumented to prioritize cyclists carrying a special app over cars. According to... Read more

Current problems with artificial intelligence are less cinematic than giant killer robots, but nonetheless represent a real danger, one that Professor Daniel Lowd hopes to address with his research. Artificial intelligence is the use of computers to perform complex tasks that traditionally required human intelligence. It is currently applied in... Read more

The NSF Center for Big Learning and RACS are sponsoring a NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute training session with the goal of teaching participants how to implement deep learning models.

In this hands-on course, you'll learn the basics of deep learning by training and deploying neural networks. You'll learn how to:

• Implement common deep learning workflows,
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The UO's Zena Ariola received this year's ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Service Award. SIGPLAN is the ACM's Special Interest Group in Programing LANguages: comprised of programming language developers, educators, implementers, researchers, theoreticians, and users, the group supports numerous conferences and publications exploring the design, implementation, practice, and theory of programming... Read more

Be a tech tourist for a face-to-face experience with tech companies from around Oregon and SW Washington! Tourists will wind their way through the city to find out what cool technology host companies are working on, experience their company culture, network with other tourists, and find out about jobs available in the fastest growing industry in Oregon. The event will culminate with an After... Read more