Brown CS News

This year, research from Brown Visual Computing (BVC) student Yiqing Liang and her collaborators at NVIDIA was recognized as a best paper award candidate with oral presentation.      

Brown CS faculty member Serena Booth has been named a 2025 Azrieli Global Scholar for the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), an honor that recognizes outstanding early-career researchers from around the world. This award will support Serena’s work in human-AI interaction and AI policy​, connecting her with a global network of scientists as she develops new approaches for AI systems that better align with human values. As part of this recognition, Serena will receive $100,000 CAD in unrestricted research support to advance her work.

This year’s recipient of CRA's Anita Borg Early Career Award is Adriana Schulz of the University of Washington, who joins Brown CS as Associate Professor this fall. Adriana has been recognized for her outstanding research in computer graphics and her commitment to broadening participation in computing. 

Brown CS is happy to announce that effective July 1, 2025, John E. Savage Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science Ritambhara Singh, also a member of the Center for Computational and Molecular Biology, has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.

Brown CS is happy to announce that effective July 1, 2025, Eliot Horowitz Assistant Professor of Computer Science Malte Schwarzkopf has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.

Brown CS is happy to announce that pending the approval of Brown’s Corporation and effective as of July 1, 2025, faculty member Stefanie Tellex has been appointed to the rank of Full Professor.

Brown CS is happy to announce that effective as of July 1, 2025, faculty members Stephen Bach and Srinath Sridhar have received named chairs. Steve is now the Eliot Horowitz Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Srinath is the John E. Savage Assistant Professor in Computer Science.

Brown CS faculty members Stephen Bach, Ugur Çetintemel, and Ellie Pavlick, along with their collaborators from other campus units, have just received Seed Awards from Brown's Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), and a new project by Brown CS faculty member Nikos Vasilakis has received Honorable Mention for Brown’s Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Award.

ACM SIGGRAPH has recently named four people to the ACM SIGGRAPH Academy, and one of them is Brown CS faculty member John Hughes, recognized for his outstanding contributions and sustained leadership to computer graphics education and research.

“I don’t think retirement means much to Stan,” says Nesime Tatbul. Currently a Senior Staff Research Scientist for Intel Labs and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), she’s one of his former PhD students. After more than four decades as a Brown CS faculty member, Stan Zdonik is retiring at the end of this semester.