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Department of Computer Science News

The Department of Computer Science is nationally and internationally recognized for research in theoretical and experimental computer science. We are especially known in areas such as real-time algorithms, information retrieval, document analysis, parallel computing, language design, software engineering, computer science education, graphics, computational geometry, networking, information customization, cybermedia, and internet security.

Current Computer Science News

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Campus News |

Do you know how to use a makerspace? This class will teach you.

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People |

Bite-sized stories of how friendship is a core element of the Rebel experience.

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Business and Community |

The inaugural event brought together students and industry leaders for competitions and crucial professional development.

Kasra Ghaharian and students involved in State of AI report
Research |

This latest initiative from the International Gaming Institute is setting the standard for ethical AI use in the industry.

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Business and Community |

While unremarkable in style, the now-destroyed University Gardens plaza offered some beloved businesses to the neighborhood over the years.

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Campus News |

UNLV students highlight the difference between their summer internship reality and what we see on the big screen.

Computer Science In The News

The Center Square

Nevada legislators passed a sweeping bill, which took effect Nov. 18, to prevent the next state cyberattack. Experts recently explain what the bill means for Nevada’s future online safety.

The Center Square

Nevada legislators passed a sweeping bill, which took effect Nov. 18, to prevent the next state cyberattack. Experts recently explain what the bill means for Nevada’s future online safety.

Las Vegas Sun

It’s about the size of a microwave, costs more than a house and could change how artificial intelligence runs. At CES in Las Vegas last week, tech startup Odinn showed off a countertop computer it calls “Omnia,” a compact powerhouse that the California-based company with an office in Las Vegas says can handle the kind of data-hungry AI tasks normally reserved for massive data centers.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

From the Las Vegas dry cleaner to the ritzy multimillion-dollar casino, cyberattacks are continuing to bring the city to a halt, but university professors have had enough.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

Las Vegas Valley students participated in cyber security games at UNLV with a "Squid Game" theme.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

The UNLV College of Engineering has officially launched its 7th annual “GenCyber” camp. This year’s camp has drawn its largest group yet, with 70 students registered for the week-long experience. For the first time, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is introducing VR activities, and this year’s theme is inspired by the hit TV show “Squid Game.”

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Recent Computer Science Accomplishments

Mina Attin (Nursing), Bryer Shareef (Computer Science), Xan Goodman (University Libraries), and Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with their student researchers, have published “Predicting In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Using Machine Learning Models: A Scoping Review” in Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Medicine. The study highlights the growing…
Hal Berghel (Computer Science) has published an article in the March 2026 issue of IEEE Computer entitled "From Trolls to Edgelords: The Use of Social Media to Support Extreme Ideology" that focuses on sinister, anti-social use of social media platforms to support extremism. Summary data provided by federal law enforcement agencies, the…
A paper authored by Daniel Ogenrwot  and John Businge (Computer Science) titled:  "How AI Coding Agents Modify Code: A Large-Scale Study of GitHub Pull Requests" has been accepted in the 23rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR). MSR is the top-ranked venue for software evolution and repository…
Louis Dumontet and Mingon Kang (both Computer Science) have published a research article titled, “Trustworthy prediction of enzyme commission numbers using a hierarchical interpretable transformer" in Nature Communications. This study introduces a cutting-edge AI model that predicts enzyme functions from protein sequences and offers…
Beomsu Baek and Mingon Kang (both Computer Science) published a paper, "Stochastic LASSO: enhanced high-dimensional LASSO for high-throughput genomic data," in Scientific Reports. Stochastic LASSO, a powerful linear-based feature selection method designed for extremely high-dimensional, low-sample-size (EHDLSS) genomic data. Key highlights…
Louis Dumontet and Mingon Kang (both Computer Science) have published a research article titled, “Interpretable Kolmogorov-Arnold networks for enzyme commission number prediction," in npj Artificial Intelligence. This study introduces biologically interpretable Kolmogorov-Arnold network strategy, which is known as a next neural network…