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Peacocks Eating Ice Cream: CMU Philosophers Teaching AI to Ask 'Why?'

Thursday, October 2, 2025

As computer vision and generative technologies become more widely available, it’s increasingly important to teach AI models how to build and break down images accurately. This skill helps models combine concepts they haven’t seen together before, a skill humans use naturally but AI still finds challenging.

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CSD Alum Receives AAAI/ACM SIGAI Doctoral Dissertation Award

Friday, September 26, 2025

Gabriele Farina has received the 2023 AAAI/ACM SIGAI Doctoral Dissertation Award for his dissertation, "Game-Theoretic Decision Making in Imperfect-Information Games: Learning Dynamics, Equilibrium Computation and Complexity". Farina developed theoretical and algorithmic foundations for strategic decision-making in negotiations and in imperfect-information, extensive-form games such as poker. Read More
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AI Tool Uses Health Records To Predict Cancer Risk

Thursday, September 25, 2025

A tool developed at Carnegie Mellon University could make it easier to identify patients at risk for cancer, bolstering early detection — a crucial step for improving treatment outcomes. The SCS research team included Gary Gao, a master's student in the Computer Science Department; Liwen Sun, an LTI master's student; and Hao-Ren Yao, an LTI research scientist. Read More
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Ashman Mehra Named 2025 Quad Fellow

Thursday, September 18, 2025

Ashman Mehra, a master's student in Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Science Department, has been selected as a 2025 Quad Fellow, one of 37 students worldwide to earn the distinction. Read More
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Amazon To Support CMU CS Academy

Online CS Curricula Reaches More Than 2,000 Schools Globally

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

CMU CS Academy, a free, online computer science curricula designed by faculty in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science for high school and middle school classrooms, reaches students in more than 2,000 schools in 66 countries. The program recently celebrated enrolling its 500,000th student. Amazon has supported CMU CS Academy since the program started in 2018, and this recent collaboration renews and continues that support. Read More
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Ware Receives 2025 SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation Award

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by Aaron Aupperlee | Monday, September 15, 2025

Ranysha (Ray) Ware, who earned her Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Science Department (CSD) in 2024 and is a first-year assistant professor at Swarthmore College, received the 2025 SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation Award at the ACM SIGCOMM conference in Coimbra, Portugal. The award is the highest honor given to a dissertation in the field of computer networking worldwide. Ware’s dissertation focused on how fairly internet services share bandwidth. Read More
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Sailboat Racing Tactics Serve as Game Theory for Sandholm

Monday, September 15, 2025

Before joining Carnegie Mellon, CSD professor Tuomas Sandholm was a champion windsurfer, winning the Finnish championship, finishing fifth in European Championships, and achieving 12th in the World Championships. Now, his nautical pastime of choice includes sailing in races an hour north of campus.

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Leading the Future of Physical AI at CMU

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Ahead of the AI Horizons Summit, Martial Hebert, dean of the School of Computer Science and a speaker at the conference, shared his perspective on physical AI — what it is, why it matters now and how it’s set to transform industries and create new opportunities.

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Faculty and Students Present at USENIX Security Symposium

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Carnegie Mellon faculty and students will present on a wide range of topics at the 34th USENIX Security Symposium held in Seattle on August 13-15. The event brings together experts from around the world, who will highlight the latest advances in the security and privacy of computer systems and networks.

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CMU Hacking Team Wins 9th DEF CON Capture-the-Flag Title

Monday, August 11, 2025

The winningest team in DEF CON’sOpens in new window Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competition history, Carnegie Mellon UniversityOpens in new window’s Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), won its fourth consecutive title, earning its ninth victory in the past 13 years.

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SCS Alumna Among CMU Fulbright Recipients

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Rachel Wilson, who earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science with a minor in Hispanic studies, applied for a Fulbright as a way to spend more time abroad in Spanish-speaking communities to better understand their relationship with technology. She is going to Peru, where she will help teach both English and computer programming part-time in high schools.

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Alums Compete in World Championship With CMU Pipes and Drums

Friday, August 1, 2025

A set of bagpipe-playing twins will be among those representing Carnegie Mellon University on the international stage as its Pipes and Drums band prepares to compete for the first time in the European Pipe Band Championships in Perth, Scotland, Aug. 9, and World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Aug. 15.

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Dettmers Receives Google ML and Systems Junior Faculty Award

Friday, August 1, 2025

Tim Dettmers, an assistant professor in Carnegie Mellon University's machine learning and computer science departments, has been named a recipient of the inaugural Google ML and Systems Junior Faculty Award. The award recognizes early career faculty whose work advances scalable and efficient machine learning systems. Read More
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Carnegie Mellon Joins NSF Effort to Build Trustworthy AI Assistants

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science will contribute to a newly launched National Science Foundation (NSF) AI Research Institute to develop artificial intelligence assistants capable of trustworthy, sensitive and context-aware interactions with people. The assistants could potentially be used in mental and behavioral health fields, where trust and safety are of the utmost importance. Read More
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Imagination Meets Automation With BrickGPT

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Fusing artificial intelligence and imagination, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science have developed a tool that uses text prompts to help people — and even robots — bring ideas to life with Lego bricks. Read More
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Mr. Stehlik’s Opus Reflections on a 40 Year Teaching Life

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

In one of the most celebrated computer science schools in the world, one of the most beloved figures is a man who collects fountain pens and books. His first fountain pen, he points out, was filled with green ink — not red. It’s a metaphor for how Mark Stehlik approaches his craft: finding ways to say go when everyone else is saying stop.

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At the Forefront of Energy and AI

SCS Faculty Are Tackling Some of Society's Toughest Challenges While Pioneering Solutions for Tomorrow

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

CMU thrives at the intersection of AI, innovation and energy, and world-class researchers in the School of Computer Science are tackling some of society's toughest challenges while pioneering new solutions for tomorrow. Read More
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SCS Project Aims To Create Energy-Efficient Data Centers

Monday, July 14, 2025

According to projections, data centers around the world could double their electricity consumption by 2030. Driven by AI, data centers could claim 945 terawatt hours of energy in the next five years, a figure that’s greater than the current electricity consumption of Japan. With support from The Scott Institute for Energy Innovation’s seed grant program, Dimitrios Skarlatos will develop a proof-of-concept for a virtualization layer capable of performing fine-grained, efficient power management of GPUs. 

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Skarlatos Receives 2025 IEEE TCCA Young Computer Architect Award

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Dimitrios Skarlatos, an assistant professor in Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Science Department, earned the 2025 IEEE Technical Committee on Computer Architecture (TCCA) Young Computer Architect Award for his "contributions to virtual memory management and computer security." Read More
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