The Department: By the Numbers
Enrollment
775 B.S. students
52 M.S. students
59 Ph.D. students
Academic Programs
B.S., M.S., Ph.D. in computer science and engineering
Minor and graduate certificate in cyber security
Minors in big data, digital interactive games, and unmanned autonomous systems
Faculty & Grants
21 tenure-track faculty
2 lecturers
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Department News
Robotic autonomy in strategic underground tasks explored in international effort
Team CERBERUS awarded prestigious multi-year DARPA Subterranean Challenge grant
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Underwater virtual reality research: Creating astronaut training simulation
Paul MacNeilage and Eelke Folmer working together to bring a virtual space walk to the University of Nevada, Reno pool
Learn more about the innovative research >>
Failure is always an option: A new mindset for next-generation coders
New collaboration with Nevada Discovery Museum teaches area school children about robotics through museum field trips, follow-up classroom lessons
Learn more about the collaboration >>
Privacy preserved data sharing leads to a proactive approach to cyber threats
University cybersecurity grant works to better safeguard the cyber landscape
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Exploring how to make virtual reality more accessible to women
VR sickness to be studied by University of Nevada, Reno team
Learn about the research collaboration >>
Computer science & engineering student, faculty win award for work on cost-effective cloud computing
The award was presented at the IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing
Learn more about the paper >>
Predicting the power of wind
Lei Yang is using information from individual wind turbines to create wind power data models
Learn more about Dr. Yang's research >>
Summer research program helps Washoe County teachers bring cybersecurity education to classrooms
NSF-funded program gives middle and high school teachers the tools to teach online security, privacy and more in their classrooms
Learn more about the program>>
Undergrad students perform hands-on robotic experiments in summer research program
Human-robot interaction will be the main focus among different fields of research
Read more about how undergrads are getting involved in robotics research >>
Nevada team gears up for Make48 national competition
University of Nevada, Reno engineering team is making final preparations for their nationally televised maker challenge in Maryland
Learn more about the competition>>
Cyber Club scores big in National Cyber League Competition
Nevada Cyber Club's main competition team
came in second
in the National Cyber League team competition late in April
Learn about the team >>
New Faculty
Emily Hand
Assistant Professor
Intelligent & Autonomous Systems
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park
Alireza Tavakkoli
Associate Professor
Intelligent & Autonomous Systems
Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
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