Brown CS News

BU, Brown and UC Irvine receive $3 million NSF grant

Computer scientists from Boston University, Brown University and the University of California, Irvine, will collaborate on a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the anticipated amount of $3 million to investigate "trustworthy interaction in the cloud." The cloud refers to Internet-based outsourced computation (popularly know as cloud computing), …

Chad Jenkins Promoted to Associate Professor

The Department is excited to announce the promotion of Chad Jenkins to Associate Professor with tenure, effective July 1, 2010. “Chad’s promotion recognizes his outstanding research work, innovative teaching, and exemplary service,” said Department Chair Roberto Tamassia. Chad joined our department in 2004 after completing his Ph.D. at University of …

Eli Upfal Selected as Chalmers Jubilee Distinguished Visiting Professor

Eli Upfal was recently invited to serve as the Chalmers Jubilee Distinguished Visiting Professor for 2010. Chalmers is a Swedish university of technology in which research and teaching are conducted on a broad front within technology, natural science and architecture. The Jubilee Distinguished Visiting Professor Chair was created by the …

Department of Computer Science Celebrates the Class of 2010

At Brown University's 242nd Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 30, 2010, the Computer Science Department awarded an all-time high of 46 Master of Science degrees. In addition, 48 bachelor’s degrees and eight Ph.Ds were conferred in the department’s 31st year. Chair Roberto Tamassia said, “I offer my sincerest congratulations to …

Amy Greenwald Awarded $15,000 for the Artemis Project from Microsoft Research and the National Center for Women & Information Technology

The Artemis Project, the departmental outreach program led by Amy Greenwald, recently received $15,000 from Microsoft Research and The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) via the NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund. Artemis is a five-week summer day camp for high school girls in the Providence area that …

Maurice Herlihy Named Fulbright Distinguished Chair in the Natural Sciences and Engineering

Maurice Herlihy has been awarded the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in the Natural Sciences and Engineering Lecturing Fellowship for the upcoming 2010-2011 academic year. He will be visiting the Technion in Haifa, Israel, working on multiprocessor synchronization. Maurice said, "The advent of multicore architectures has made this a particularly exciting time …