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Articles by Amy Tarbox

David Notkin ’77 1955-2013

A recent photo of NotkinNotkin during his time at BrownIt is with heavy hearts that we announce that David Notkin ’77 passed away early this week following a long battle with cancer. He leaves behind his wife Cathy, his children Emma and Akiva, and his sister Debbie. David was a …

Maurice Herlihy Named Recipient of 2013 IEEE Computer Society Wallace McDowell Award

Maurice Herlihy, a computer science professor at Brown University, has been named the 2013 recipient of the IEEE Computer Society’s prestigious W. Wallace McDowell Award for his contributions to multiprocessor computation. Herlihy, whose research focuses on practical and theoretical aspects of concurrent and distributed computing, was recognized for his “fundamental …

Herlihy honored as NAE member

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Maurice Herlihy , professor of computer science, has been named a member of the National Academy of Engineering . Herlihy was honored for his work on concurrent computing techniques for linearizability, nonblocking data structures, and transactional memory . Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to …

Stefanie Tellex Joins the Department as Assistant Professor

The Department is delighted to announce the addition of Stefanie Tellex to the faculty roster as an assistant professor, starting in the fall semester. “We are very excited to welcome Stefanie to the department,” said Chair Roberto Tamassia. “She has outstanding creativity and unbounded energy. Her expertise in robotics and natural …

CS Faculty Co-Host Human-Robot Interaction Symposium

Members of the CS department, including Pedro Felzenszwalb , James Hays , Chad Jenkins , Michael Littman   and Eli Upfal , participated in the Initiative in Human-Robot Interaction’s inaugural symposium on Monday, December 10. The symposium was organized by Chad, Michael, and Bertram Malle (CLPS) and was sponsored by the Department of …

Roberto Tamassia Named ACM Fellow

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, recently elevated Roberto Tamassia to Fellow for “contributions to graph drawing, algorithms and data structures and to computer science education.”



Roberto, who joined the department in 1988, works on information security, design and analysis of algorithms, graph drawing, …

Department Hosts 12th Annual Paris C. Kanellakis Memorial Lecture


On December 6, 2012, Cynthia Dwork, Distinguished Scientist at Microsoft Research, delivered the 12th Annual Paris C. Kanellakis Memorial Lecture. This lecture series has been held annually by the department in honor of Paris on or around his birthday. In a standing-room only lecture, Dr. Dwork kindly devoted an introduction …

Anna Lysyanskaya Elected to the Board of Directors of the International Association for Cryptologic Research


The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) , a non-profit scientific organization whose purpose is to further research in cryptology and related fields, elected Anna Lysyanskaya to its Board of Directors in a recent election .

Cryptology is the science and practice of designing computation and communication systems which are secure in …

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