Brown CS News

Computer science that benefits humanity, science that’s grounded in an awareness of its societal impact, has long been a Brown CS hallmark. Today, more than forty years after the founding of the department, global concern about the ethical and societal issues surrounding computing is greater than ever. This semester brings a new departmental initiative ...

It could be said that Malte Schwarzkopf, who joins Brown CS as Assistant Professor this fall, prefers the long view, and perhaps the wide-angle lens: “Efficiency of datacenter systems is one of the major tracks of my research because the data center stack is important to all of us. Awake or asleep, hundreds of computers ...

Click the links that follow for more news about Nathaniel Weir, Stan Zdonik, and other recent accomplishments by our faculty, students, and alums.

This year's ACM SIGMOD (Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Management of Data) conference was held in Amsterdam, and members of the Brown CS community returned from the ...

We're seeking applicants for a faculty position at the rank of lecturer, senior lecturer, or distinguished senior lecturer. The initial appointment would be for a 3-year period (renewable with potential for promotion and longer-term contracts). This position is part of a major expansion plan for the department as it is increasing its roster by ...

Click the links that follow for more news about George Konidaris, Eric Rosen, Stefanie Tellex, Daniel Ullman, David Whitney and other recent accomplishments by our students. 

Nishanth Kumar is an Undergraduate Research Assistant in Brown CS Professor Stefanie Tellex's Humans 2 Robots Lab whose interests include robotics, artificial intelligence, and using hardware and software ...

Click the links that follow for more news about Jeff Huang and other recent accomplishments by Brown CS faculty.

Professor Jeff Huang of Brown CS has just received an Army Research Office Young Investigator Award, which is given to support the research and encourage the careers of outstanding young university faculty members. Jeff's Brown ...

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"Computer science education," says Professor Shriram Krishnamurthi of Brown CS, "is a difficult and fascinating problem, sitting at the intersection of the technical and human." In a recent plenary talk ("The Role of Computer Science in Computer Science Education") on June 26 at ACM ...

Click the links that follow for more news about Sohini Ramachandran, our PECASE winners, and other recent accomplishments by Brown CS faculty. 

Professor Sohini Ramachandran of Brown University's Center for Computational Molecular Biology (she also serves as its Director) and Department of Computer Science has just received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists ...

Click the links that follow for more news about Seny Kamara, Tarik Moataz, Pixek, and other recent accomplishments by Brown CS faculty.

"In today's security environment," says Professor Seny Kamara of Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS), "we believe it's necessary to have systems that fully encrypt the user's ...

by Kevin Stacey (Science News Writer, Physical Sciences)

Click the links that follow for more news about Stefanie Tellex and other accomplishments by Brown CS students.

An algorithm developed by Brown University computer scientists enables robots to put pen to paper, writing words using stroke patterns similar to human handwriting. It’s a step, the ...