Graduate student Grace Goodwin (Psychology), undergraduate Sebastian Mehrzad (Princeton University), and faculty Jorge Fonseca (Computer Science), Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health), and Samantha John (Brain Health) recently published their research article, "Classification of AD and bvFTD using neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric variables: a…

Hal Berghel (Computer Science) published an article titled, "A Generative AI Perspective on the Turing Test: Passed but Not Vindicated," in the current issue of IEEE Computer. In this article Berghel argues that while it seems clear that generative artificial intelligence has passed the Turing test, it does not follow that GenAI has demonstrated…

The article "Prospects for kSZ2—21 cm2 Cross Correlations during Reionization" was recently published in The Astrophysical Journal. This article, published by Paul La Plante (Computer Science) and collaborators, discusses possibilities for combining astronomical data from radio telescopes with observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB)…

Arturo Roman and Anubhab Mahapatra (Computer Science and Information Systems), both members of the UNLV Cyber Clinic, presented on cybersecurity risks and tips to members of the Mesquite Chamber of Commerce. Small businesses are actually at higher risk of cyber attacks as hackers assume they don’t have the resources or knowledge to protect their…

Sai Kosaraju, Sai Phani Parsa, and Mingon Kang (all Computer Science) have published a research article titled, “Evidential deep learning-based ALK-expression screening using H&E-stained histopathological images," in npj Digital Medicine (Impact Factor: 15.1; ranked 2nd in Medical Informatics by Google Scholar Metrics). This…

Gabson Baguma (Civil and Environmental Engineering) has been awarded First Place in the 2025 Academic Achievement Award by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) California–Nevada Section in the Master’s category. The award recognizes his exceptional masters degree thesis titled “Formation Potential of Disinfection Byproducts from Quaternary…

Mina Attin (Nursing), Bryer Shareef (Computer Science), Xan Goodman (Libraries), and Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with their students Nelson Appiah-Agyei, Farzana Mahamud Rini, Lauren Bredesky, Jonathan Chavez, and Rawa Mohammed, published “Predicting In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Using Machine Learning Models: Protocol for a Scoping Review” in…

An internationally collaborative and interdisciplinary research paper by Mingon Kang (Computer Science), titled "Explainable Integrative Bipartite Graph Convolutional Neural Network for Predicting Ejection Fraction in Echocardiography," has been accepted in 28th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer…

A paper by Daniel Ogenrwot and John Businge (both Computer Science), titled "Refactoring-Aware Patch Integration Across Structurally Divergent Java Forks," has been accepted for presentation at the 25th IEEE International Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM).

A paper authored by graduate student Daniel Ogenrwot and faculty members John Businge and Shaikh Arifuzzaman (both Computer Science) was accepted to the 34th International Conference on Software & Data Engineering. Daniel Ogenrwot, John Businge, and Shaikh Arifuzzaman's "Structural and Connectivity Patterns in the Maven Central Software…

The following students from the colleges of Sciences and Engineering were awarded an internship, scholarship, or fellowship through the support of the Nevada NASA Space Grant Consortium. The consortium helps provide and expand STEM research and training opportunities for students through the NASA internship, fellowship and scholarship (NIFS…

Bianca Ionescu (Computer Science and Management Entrepreneurship, and Technology), a UNLV CyberCorps SFS Scholar, was selected to speak at The Diana Initiative 2025 that recently took place at UNLV. The Diana Initiative is a diversity-driven conference committed to helping underrepresented people in Information Security. The Diana Initiative…