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Comp-Sci Turns 50: Breaking barriers from graphics to robotics
In 1964, Carolina embraced the nascent field of computer science. The department is still blazing trails a half-century later.
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Want to work in movies? Learn to code
Turns out the road to Hollywood runs through Chapel Hill. Or at least it did for computer science alumni who…
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Medical imaging extends frontiers, aids diagnosis and treatment
You’ve probably seen 3-D ultrasound images of a baby in a mother’s womb — maybe your own child, or those…
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Brooks’ influence spans IBM mainframes to next-gen virtual reality
In 1944 a 13-year-old Fred Brooks sat in the public library in Greenville, N.C., and read about the Mark I…
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