College of Computing and Informatics

Leading in degree completion

At UNC Charlotte, African American students are graduating at a rate higher than any time in the University’s history — especially in STEM majors.

Simple yet useful tips to better secure your home devices

Cybersecurity experts lend some practical advice based on “Smart Home” research.

Fall webinar series to focus on data science

UNC Charlotte’s School of Data Science, North Carolina’s first undergraduate program in data science, is now enrolling undergraduate students for the fall semester.

Free webinar to address the science behind COVID-19

The College of Computing and Informatics and Office of Continuing Education are sponsoring the free webinar, “Understanding the Science Behind the Pandemic,” at 1 p.m., Thursday, June 11.Daniel Janies, the Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics, and Denis Jacob Machado, a bioinformatics postdoctoral researcher, will talk about the history and evolution of COVID-19, the current state of the pandemic and what to expect going forward.Register to view the webinar.

UNC Charlotte School of Data Science now enrolling students for fall

UNC Charlotte’s School of Data Science, North Carolina’s first undergraduate program in data science, is now enrolling undergraduate students for the fall semester.

Register for ‘Film Screen with a Dean’

Fatma Mili, dean of the College of Computing and Informatics, will participate in a panel discussion related to the film, “The Great Hack,” from 4 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 26, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall.A screening of the “The Great Hack,” a documentary about the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal, precedes the panel discussion, which will address how data is, and can be, weaponized for political gain.

New research could help address threats to reefs

A new study published in Nature Communications by a research team including UNC Charlotte lead author Tingting Xiang sheds light on how sea anemones, which are closely related to coral, control the size of their algal populations.

UNC Charlotte opens the Carolinas’ first interdisciplinary School of Data Science

UNC Charlotte has opened the Carolinas’ first School of Data Science. This interdisciplinary school allows UNC Charlotte to expand on its programs in the field and open up the growing and diverse field of data science to students with varied career interests.

Professor’s augmented reality project brings Levine Museum exhibit to life

Associate Professor of Urban Design Ming-Chun Lee has collaborated with the Levine Museum of the New South to integrate augmented reality (AR) technology and GIS mapping into an exhibition about Charlotte neighborhoods, past and present.

Architecture team wins research award

Assistant Professor of Architecture Rachel Dickey and School of Architecture alumni Ali Karduni ’17 M.S./M.Arch.  and Noushin Radnia ’18 M.S./M.Arch. have received a 2020 Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) Research Incentive Award for their proposal, “Reconfigurable Space: Kinematic Environments Controlled with Computer Vision.”