Brown CS News

Eli Upfal Publishes A Much-Expanded Second Edition Of "Probability And Computing"

Click the link that follows for more Brown CS content about Eli Upfal.Professor Eli Upfal of Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS) and Michael Mitzenmacher of Harvard University have just released a significantly larger second edition of their widely-used textbook, Probability and Computing: Randomization and Probabilistic Techniques in Algorithms and …

In Memoriam: Peter Wegner, 1932-2017

It is with great sadness that we share the news that Peter Wegner, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, passed away this morning following a brief illness. Peter came to Brown almost fifty years ago, in 1969, and we remember him with great respect not just as educator, theorist, historian, and …

John Hughes Becomes Our Associate Chair

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Please click the links that follow for more content about Brown CS growth or John Hughes.The continued expansion of Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS) has brought an important milestone: an Associate Chair will now assist Department Chair Ugur Cetintemel with important duties, and Professor John "Spike" Hughes will be the first to fill the …

Ellie Pavlick Joins Brown CS As Assistant Professor

Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS) has just added another new faculty member: Ellie Pavlick is joining us as Assistant Professor in the summer of 2018. “I’m still interested in economics,” she says (Ellie has a BA in that field and a BM in saxophone performance), “but I …

Tiffany Chen Has Been Named A Women Techmakers Scholar

Click any of the links that follow for more information about Tiffany Chen and recent awards and fellowships that Brown CS students have won.Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS) has made it our mission to create and sustain a diverse and inclusive environment in which all students, faculty, and staff can thrive. …