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Kolter, Gkioulekas Named Sloan Research Fellows
Wednesday, February 12, 2020Zico Kolter, an associate professor in the Computer Science Department (CSD), and Ioannis Gkioulekas, an assistant professor in the Robotics Institute, are among 126 early career researchers to receive 2020 Sloan Research Fellowships.
Read MoreRanysha Ware Awarded Prize for Work on Internet Fairness
by Virginia Alvino Young | Friday, February 7, 2020
Ranysha Ware, a Ph.D. student in Carnegie Mellon University’s Computer Science Department, has received a 2020 Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP) from the Internet Engineering Task Force. She is being recognized for her work on congestion control fairness.
Read MoreHebert Installed as SCS Dean
by Susie Cribbs | Thursday, January 30, 2020
It's fitting that the installation of School of Computer Science Dean Martial Hebert would begin with a musical intro from Carnegie Mellon University's robot bagpiper, McBlare. After all, Hebert spent his career at the Robotics Institute until taking the helm of SCS this past August.
Read MoreFour SCS Students Named Facebook Fellows
by Byron Spice | Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Four Ph.D. candidates in the School of Computer Science are among 36 outstanding students in computer science and engineering from 16 universities who have been named 2020 recipients of the Facebook Fellowship Program.
Read MoreHarlene Samra Earns Inaugural Krulcik Scholarship
by Susie Cribbs | Monday, December 23, 2019
School of Computer Science junior Harlene Samra has so many doubts about whether she belongs in SCS that she's slapped an "imposter" sticker on her laptop. After all, when other people are pulling all-nighters, she's keeping a healthy sleep schedule. She binges TV shows. She works all weekend on assignments that might take someone else all of two hours.
Read MoreKolter’s Team Wins First Place on Kaggle Competition with Over 2700 Teams
by Roberto Iriondo | Wednesday, December 18, 2019
The team of researchers was composed of Zico Kolter, Shaojie Bai, Devin Wilmott, Mordechai Kornbluth, and Jonathan Mailoa, who won a Kaggle competition onPredicting Molecular Properties this past September.
Shaojie Bai, a doctoral student with the Machine Learning Department and team member, said the team completed the project during an internship at the Bosch Center for AI (BCAI).
Read MoreSeshan Named 2019 ACM Fellow
by Byron Spice | Wednesday, December 11, 2019
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named Srinivasan Seshan, professor and head of the Computer Science Department, one of 58 new ACM fellows who are being honored for fundamental contributions in such areas as artificial intelligence, cloud computing and wireless networking.
The ACM cited Seshan "for contributions to computer networking, mobile computing and wireless communications."
Read MoreSCS Announces Dissertation Award Winners, ACM Nominees
by Susie Cribbs | Monday, December 9, 2019
The School of Computer Science has announced that Carlo Angiuli, who recently earned his Ph.D. from the Computer Science Department, has received the 2018-2019 SCS Dissertation Award. Presented annually, the award recognizes outstanding work by an SCS graduate student and includes a cash prize and distinguished lectures by the recipient.
Read MoreDing Earns 2019 Stehlik Scholarship
by Susie Cribbs | Monday, December 2, 2019
School of Computer Science senior Wenxin (Freda) Ding always dreamed of being a teacher. And while she's majoring in computer science and math — not teaching — her dedication to helping others ranks high among the reasons she's earned the 2019 Mark Stehlik SCS Alumni Undergraduate Impact Scholarship.
Read MoreCMU Researchers Propose New Rules for Internet Fairness
by Daniel Tkacik | Friday, November 15, 2019
Just weeks after a team of Carnegie Mellon researchers demonstrated that Google's new congestion control algorithm (CCA) gives an unfair advantage to its own traffic, the same team has proposed new guidelines for how future algorithms should be developed.
Read MoreTwo Endowed Professorships Created for Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty
Gifts Totaling $6 Million by Cadence Design Systems and CEO Lip-Bu Tan Will Advance Research and Teaching
by Brian Thornton | Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Cadence Design Systems Inc. and its CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, have made significant gifts of $3 million each to support Carnegie Mellon University faculty members working in computer-related fields.
Read MoreCMU Women Prominent Among Rising Stars 2019
Annual Workshop Boosts Women in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering
by Byron Spice | Friday, November 8, 2019
Women from Carnegie Mellon University outnumbered those from every other institution at Rising Stars 2019, an annual workshop for early career women in computer science and electrical and computer engineering. They also won two of the four prizes in the workshop's Research Pitch Competition.
Read MoreACM Names Tom Cortina as Distinguished Member
by Byron Spice | Monday, November 4, 2019
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named Thomas Cortina, teaching professor in the Computer Science Department and assistant dean for undergraduate education in the School of Computer Science, one of 62 computer scientists worldwide to be recognized this year as Distinguished Members for their outstanding contributions.
Read MoreCMU Researchers Find Google's New Congestion Control Algorithm Treats Data Unfairly
by Daniel Tkacik | Tuesday, October 22, 2019
If the Internet had its own superhero, it might be the congestion control algorithm (CCA), an essential piece of code internet giants use to ensure that the web isn't crippled by a massive data traffic jam. They've been used since the 1980s to slow data transfers when they sense a network is becoming overloaded.
Read MoreGoogle Supports CMU Outreach to Women Computer Scientists
Grant Program Inspired by Success of SCS's Pioneering OurCS Workshop
Wednesday, October 9, 2019The School of Computer Science's OurCS research-focused workshop for undergraduate women considering graduate studies in computer science is among the recipients of this year's Google exploreCSR grants, which were inspired, in turn, by the success of OurCS.
Read MoreSCS Students Named 2020 Siebel Scholars
by Virginia Alvino Young | Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Six Carnegie Mellon University students — five of them from the School of Computer Science — have been named 2020 Siebel Scholars, a highly competitive award that supports top graduate students in the fields of business, computer science, energy science and bioengineering.
Read MoreCMU Computer Science Academy Releases New Curriculum
Free Coursework Suitable for After-School Programs, Summer Camps, Middle Schools
by Byron Spice | Monday, September 16, 2019
Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Science Academy has released a new version of its free online curriculum for teaching high school computer programming that's tailored for use in after-school programs, summer camps or middle schools.
Read MoreBeckmann Earns NSF Early CAREER Award
by Virginia Alvino Young | Thursday, September 12, 2019
Nathan Beckmann, an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department, has received a five-year, roughly $500,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award for young faculty members.
Read MoreStudy Shows Apps Are Rife With Privacy Compliance Issues
by Daniel Tkacik | Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Android users can choose from more than 2.7 million apps in the Google Play Store — a daunting number for a privacy researcher who wants to investigate if those apps comply with privacy laws.
But fear not, privacy researchers. There's a new tool in town, and it's revealed some eye-opening data about the state of privacy for Android apps.
Read MoreCarnegie Mellon Team Flexes Hacking Prowess, Wins Fifth DefCon Title
by Daniel Tkacik | Monday, August 12, 2019
Carnegie Mellon University’s competitive hacking team, the Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), just won its fifth hacking world championship in seven years at this year’s DefCon security conference, widely considered the “World Cup” of hacking. The championship, played in the form of a virtual game of ''capture the flag,'' was held August 8-11 in Las Vegas.
PPP now holds two more DefCon titles than any other team in the 23-year history of DefCon hosting the competition.
Read MoreHebert Named Dean of Carnegie Mellon's Top-Ranked School of Computer Science
Acclaimed Computer Scientist and AI Researcher Has Led Robotics Institute Since 2014
by Byron Spice | Thursday, August 8, 2019
Martial Hebert, a leading researcher in computer vision and robotics, has been named dean of Carnegie Mellon University's world-renowned School of Computer Science (SCS), effective August 15.
Hebert, director of the Robotics Institute in SCS since 2014, will lead a school with more than 270 faculty members and approximately 2,300 students. He has been a CMU faculty member for the last 35 years.
Read MoreProcaccia Wins Social Choice and Welfare Prize
by Virginia Alvino Young | Thursday, July 25, 2019
Ariel Procaccia, an associate professor in the Computer Science Department, has been awarded the 2020 Social Choice and Welfare Prize for his work on social choice and fair division.
Read MoreSummer 2019 Issue
Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Read MoreCarnegie Mellon and Facebook AI Beats Professionals in Six-Player Poker
"Superhuman" Card Shark Achieves New AI Milestone
by Jason Maderer and Virginia Alvino Young | Thursday, July 11, 2019
An artificial intelligence program developed by Carnegie Mellon University in collaboration with Facebook AI has defeated leading professionals in six-player No-Limit Texas Hold'em, the world's most popular form of poker.
The AI, called Pluribus, defeated poker professional Darren Elias, who holds the record for most World Poker Tour titles; and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, winner of six World Series of Poker events. Each pro separately played 5,000 hands of poker against five copies of Pluribus.
Read MoreNoam Brown Named MIT Technology Review 2019 Innovator Under 35
Computer Science Ph.D. Student Cited for AI That Beat Poker Pros
by Byron Spice | Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Noam Brown, a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science Department who helped develop an artificial intelligence that bested professional poker players, has been named to MIT Technology Review's prestigious annual list of Innovators Under 35 in the Visionary category.
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