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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, […]

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 […]

Last Saturday two groups made up of faculty and staff from our college competed in the 2017 Novant Health Charlotte Marathon. The teams ran in the 26.2-mile relay that began at 7:30 a.m. The groups ran alongside several other teams all day. The weather was not on the runners’ side, for it was extremely cold […]

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 team of teaching innovators in the Department of Computer Science, lead by Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian, Associate Professor, received a $541,616 award from National Science Foundation for the “Retaining and Engaging Computer Science majors By Solving and Visualizing Algorithmic Problems on Real-world Data Sets” project. The project addresses the design of engaging teaching materials for […]