College of Computing and Informatics

The U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 list of Best Graduate Schools rankings are out, and once again, UNC Charlotte recorded a number of superlatives.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and Tata Consultancy Services, in partnership with the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance, North Carolina Technology Association and the Research and Economic Development Office at UNC Charlotte, will hold the second Digital Empowers regional forum on Wednesday, March 13.

If the correct audio equipment was poised above campus on a weekday morning at 10:45 a.m., one might pick up a lot of whispers that sound like, “Please, please, please let me find a close parking spot.”

That’s a peak time for parking demand on campus, so it’s unlikely that the pleading chorus will break into songs of joy.

A student team from the College of Computing and Informatics recently defended an oil pipeline’s control system from a devastating cyberattack. This simulation was part of the Department of Defense Cyberforce Competition, in which teams from 62 colleges and universities vied nationwide.

In partnership with the Levine Museum of the New South, Assistant Professor of Urban Design Ming-Chun Lee and UNC Charlotte students will help Charlotte residents discover the stories behind the rise and fall of Eastland Mall and its surrounding neighborhood at an event on Saturday, Dec. 8.

The event, “Being a Historian for a Day,” will take place at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, Hickory Grove Branch, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A team of students from the College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) took the top prize – $10,000 cash and a $500 credit from Amazon Web Services – at the 2018 University Fintech Hackathon.

The CCI squad developed WADS, a multi-dimensional platform that allows cryptocurrency users to pay for goods and services without lengthy wait times and high exchange fees.

Xiuxia Du, an associate professor of bioinformatics in the College of Computing and Informatics (CCI), was awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cooperative Agreement Award as the principal investigator on a project to develop metabolomics data analysis and interpretation tools.

A team of ethical hackers from UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) was recognized for devising the “Best Social Good Hack” at HackNC, an event held in collaboration with competitions at eight locations around the globe and featuring as many as 10,000 student hackers.

CCI’s team tackled the human trafficking epidemic. As an urban area with the intersection of two major interstate highways within its limits, Charlotte is particularly vulnerable to illegal trafficking of all kinds, but the rise of human trafficking is particularly distressing.

The Wall Street Journal has described Barbara Oakley’s research as revolutionary. A best-selling author, educator and engineer, Oakley will share the secrets of neuroscience to unlock the brain’s power for maximum learning during a UNC Charlotte presentation for faculty, staff and students.

Mirsad Hadžikadić may not have won the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but he was still pleased with his campaign’s results.