UNCG Team Wins Regional Programming Contest

On April 2, a team of three UNCG students came in first place in the Triad regional programming contest, hosted by NC A&T University. The UNCG team consisted of Jerry Terrell, Jessica Frank, and Brandon George. In this contest, teams were given eight programming challenges to solve over three hours,… Continue reading…

Best Paper Award at the CATA 2022 Conference

Professor Shan Suthaharan and his student Aishwarya Gouru received a best paper award in the 37th International Conference on Computers and Applications (CATA 2022) for their paper entitled “Facial Emotion Characterization and Detection using Fourier Transform and Machine Learning.” One of the comments from the reviewers stated that “The theory… Continue reading…

Kopper and Grandi receive grant from National Institute of Standards and Technology to integrate Virtual Reality training within the Hillsborough, NC Police Department

Assistant Professor Regis Kopper and Visiting Assistant Professor Jeronimo Grandi received a grant from the Public Safety Communications Research (PCSR) division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to expand their work on the Virtual Reality (VR) simulation of public safety user interfaces through a partnership with the… Continue reading…

Kopper member of multi-institutional team awarded grant from National Archives to virtually bring to life destroyed African American neighborhoods

Augmented Reality Landscapes: African American Urbanism Assistant Professor Regis Kopper received a grant from the National Archives to work  collaboratively with Johnson C. Smith University and Duke University to reproduce historic African American neighborhoods in Charlotte that have been destroyed and shaped by government sponsored urban renewal policies in an… Continue reading…

Ph.D. Program in Fall 2022

We are excited to announce that we will be establishing our Ph.D. program in Computer Science starting Fall 2022. Recruitment will soon start and we look forward to reviewing applications in the upcoming fall semester. The establishment of the Ph.D. program in Computer Science will allow us to attract faculty… Continue reading…

Deng and Kim Received NSF Award for Interdisciplinary Research on Magdalenian Social Interaction

Assistant Professor Minjeong Kim and Professor Jing Deng received an exciting NSF grant for their interdisciplinary research project with Dr. Charles Egeland of Anthropology, Dr. Rebecca Schwendler of PaleoWest Archaeology, and Professor Christopher M. Nicholson at the University of Wyoming, titled “A network approach to Magdalenian social landscapes.” The Magdalenian… Continue reading…

AI-Based Virtual Twin System for Ophthalmology

Professor Shan Suthaharan receives a grant from the University of Pittsburgh for his project “AI-Based Virtual Twin System for Ophthalmology.” This project is supported by funds from the Shear Family Foundation. The main goal of this project is to develop a virtual twin (or a digital twin) of a living… Continue reading…

Magnolia house

Virtual Reality Reconstruction of the Historic Magnolia House

Prof. Kopper received a grant, in collaboration with Prof. Asha Kutty (Dept. of Interior Architecture), from the City of Greensboro’s Catalyzing Creativity program for a project that aims to perform a virtual reality reconstruction of the Historic Magnolia House. The Magnolia House, in Greensboro, NC, was a popular destination for African… Continue reading…