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Click the links that follow for more Brown CS content about Thomas Dickerson and entrepreneurship.Could anything be more valuable to a young startup than expert-led coaching sessions on how to identify opportunities and design business models, or the chance to pitch ideas to industry leaders? Probably not much, but a check for $100,000 might be …

Collège de France has invited An Wang Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus Franco Preparata of Brown University to be the keynote speaker at the forthcoming colloquium "Computational Geometry and Topology in the Sciences". The event will be held in Paris on June 6, 2017, and Franco will address the topic of "Computational Geometry: the …

Click the links that follow for more Brown CS content about the Humans to Robots Laboratory and Stefanie Tellex. From a 16th-century automaton and a metal swan that wowed Mark Twain to present day wonders that care for the elderly and help autistic children develop empathy, a new exhibit ("Robots") at London's Science Museum is one …

Click the links that follow for more Brown CS content about rising enrollment in our classes and an increasing number of CS majors.Last semester, for the first time, Computer Science became the most commonly-chosen major at Brown University. 321 sophomores picked CS, exceeding the second most popular major by more than a sixth. This semester, …

Click the links that follow for more Brown CS content about CSCI 0030, Tom Doeppner, John Hughes, K-12 CS education, Shriram Krishnamurthi, our community outreach, and Steve Reiss. What is computational thinking, and how should it be taught? Almost three decades after the term was coined, the answer is still being worked out. How …

Click the links that follow for more content about Stefanie Tellex and other Brown CS NSF CAREER Award winners.Three things that we take for granted when collaborating with other humans, perceiving, acting, and communicating, are some of the areas that are most difficult for today's robots. Assistant Professor Stefanie Tellex of Brown University's Department of …

Brown CS community members continue to win noteworthy grants and awards. To read more articles click here.Click the link that follows for more content about Tim KraskaEarlier this year, the Office of the Vice President for Research announced an inaugural awards program during the academic year 2016-2017 to recognize outstanding research achievements of Brown faculty. Five …

Brown CS community members continue to win noteworthy grants and awards. To read more articles click here.Click the link that follows for more content about Maurice Herlihy
 Earlier this year, the Office of the Vice President for Research announced an inaugural awards program during the academic year 2016-2017 to recognize outstanding research achievements …