Brown CS News

Ritambhara aims to develop new computational methods that can combine multiple types of health information to better predict diseases and design effective treatments tailored to each individual, and she’s just received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to help pursue them.

Brown CS alum James Hendler has recently been honored with the 2025 Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Feigenbaum Prize for his groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence. The award recognizes Jim’s sustained and seminal contributions to experimental AI, especially related to AI planning systems, knowledge representation, and the Semantic Web, fields that have helped lay the foundation for modern AI applications. Jim completed his PhD at Brown under the late Eugene Charniak, whose mentorship, he says, played a formative role in his career.

The fellowship supports early-career computing researchers who bring interdisciplinary expertise from the social sciences to infuse ethical and societal perspectives into Trustworthy AI development, and Diana Freed is one of the inaugural recipients.

This year, research from Brown Visual Computing (BVC) student Yiqing Liang and her collaborators at NVIDIA was recognized as a best paper award candidate with oral presentation.      

Brown CS faculty member Serena Booth has been named a 2025 Azrieli Global Scholar for the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), an honor that recognizes outstanding early-career researchers from around the world. This award will support Serena’s work in human-AI interaction and AI policy​, connecting her with a global network of scientists as she develops new approaches for AI systems that better align with human values. As part of this recognition, Serena will receive $100,000 CAD in unrestricted research support to advance her work.

This year’s recipient of CRA's Anita Borg Early Career Award is Adriana Schulz of the University of Washington, who joins Brown CS as Associate Professor this fall. Adriana has been recognized for her outstanding research in computer graphics and her commitment to broadening participation in computing. 

Brown CS faculty members Stephen Bach, Ugur Çetintemel, and Ellie Pavlick, along with their collaborators from other campus units, have just received Seed Awards from Brown's Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), and a new project by Brown CS faculty member Nikos Vasilakis has received Honorable Mention for Brown’s Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Award.

ACM SIGGRAPH has recently named four people to the ACM SIGGRAPH Academy, and one of them is Brown CS faculty member John Hughes, recognized for his outstanding contributions and sustained leadership to computer graphics education and research.

As a PhD candidate in Malte Schwarzkopf's Efficient and Trustworthy Operating Systems (ETOS) group, Dak Albab has made a significant impact through his profound dedication to going above and beyond for his students.

Brown CS has just announced that it's recognizing twenty-four graduating seniors for their academic accomplishments as well as their service to the department this year.