Tag Archive: William Press 
Prominent Figures in Business, Government, Education and the Arts Are Among Convocation Speakers at The University of Texas at Austin
A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and producer, a former U.S. senator and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, the president of a major oil company, a former lieutenant governor, and several local and state government officials are among the speakers scheduled for convocation ceremonies at The University of Texas at Austin… » Continue Reading
Computer Scientist Named to President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
William H. Press, the Warren J. and Viola M. Raymer Professor in Computer Sciences and Integrative Biology at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
Researcher Proposes Statistical Method to Enhance Secondary Security Screenings
A researcher at The University of Texas at Austin has found that secondary security screening at airports is mathematically flawed, and has identified a way to select people for screenings more efficiently and fairly.
