Latest News Kiesler Elected to National Academy of Engineering by | Thursday, February 7, 2019 Sara Kiesler, Hillman Chair Emerita of Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Read More Building a verifiably-secure internet by | Wednesday, January 30, 2019 In security, almost nothing is guaranteed. It's impossible to test the infinite ways a criminal hacker may penetrate a proverbial firewall. But what if, by the laws of mathematics, something could be proven to be secure without running an infinite number of test cases?This is what CyLab's Bryan Parno is trying to do with for critical internet software. Read More Kim and Ye Win 2019 Microsoft Ph.D. Fellowships by | Wednesday, January 23, 2019 Computer Science Department Ph.D. students Daehyeok Kim and Katherine Ye are among 10 students nationwide who have been awarded two-year Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowships for 2019. Read More Winter 2018 Issue by | Monday, January 14, 2019 Download the Winter 2018 issue. (PDF reader required.) Read More Carnegie Mellon Launches High School Computer Science Curriculum Free, Online Coursework Helps Teach Programming Skills by | Thursday, January 10, 2019 Carnegie Mellon University, world-renowned for computer science and artificial intelligence, has launched a free, online curriculum for high school students that helps instructors teach programming skills using engaging graphics and animations. Read More Thwarting Bias in AI Systems by | Thursday, December 20, 2018 Artificial intelligence systems are at work in many areas where we might not realize — making decisions about credit, what ads to show us and which job applicants to hire. While these systems are really good at systematically combing through lots of data to detect patterns and optimize decisions, the biases held by humans can be transmitted to these systems through the training data. Read More SCS Professors Reimagine What It Takes To Code by | Wednesday, December 19, 2018 David Kosbie and Mark Stehlik believe anyone can code. As course instructors for Principles of Computing — better known to Carnegie Mellon University students by its course number, 15-110 — that belief comes in handy. One of two introductory courses offered in the School of Computer Science, 15-110 covers programming constructs along with history and current events in computer science, tailored to students with little to no computer science background. Read More Alumna Q&A: Alexandra Johnson by | Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Carnegie Mellon University doesn't always consider itself cool. But this year, Seventeen magazine begged to differ, naming CMU one of its 2018 "Cool Schools." Their reasons? Our gender parity in STEM fields and strong community of female coders. Read More Fellowship Advances Women in Cybersecurity Elite hacker Carolina Zarate was named this year’s EWF INI Fellow by | Wednesday, December 5, 2018 While women make up just 24 percent of the cybersecurity workforce, Carnegie Mellon University and its Information Networking Institute is closing the gender gap one student at a time. Read More Hodgins Named 2018 ACM Fellow by | Wednesday, December 5, 2018 The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named Jessica Hodgins, professor of robotics and computer science, one of 56 new ACM fellows honored for their significant contributions to computer science. Hodgins, who leads the Facebook AI Research lab in Pittsburgh in addition to her faculty duties, was cited by the ACM for her contributions to character animation, human simulation and humanoid robotics. Read More Three SCS Faculty Members Named 2019 IEEE Fellows by | Wednesday, December 5, 2018 Three School of Computer Science faculty members — Venkatesan Guruswami, Mor Harchol-Balter and Eric Xing — have been elevated to fellows in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world's largest technical professional organization. Fellow status is a distinction reserved for select members who have demonstrated extraordinary accomplishments in an IEEE field of interest. Read More SCS Master's Student Named Schwarzman Scholar by | Monday, December 3, 2018 School of Computer Science master's student Hima Tammineedi has been named to the 2020 class of Schwarzman Scholars, a highly competitive graduate fellowship inspired by the Rhodes Scholarships that features one year of study at Tsinghua University in China. Read More Bajpai, Wang Earn Stehlik Scholarships by | Wednesday, November 21, 2018 The School of Computer Science has named current seniors Tanvi Bajpai and Serena Wang the recipients of its 2018 Mark Stehlik SCS Alumni Undergraduate Impact Scholarship. The award, now in its fourth year, recognizes undergraduate students for their commitment and dedication both in and beyond the classroom. Bajpai and Wang have made noteworthy contributions both to SCS and the computer science field in general. And they both plan to continue doing so after graduation. Read More 5 Questions for Doug Fritz BFA & BS ’07 by | Tuesday, November 20, 2018 “5 Questions” is a series by the School of Art that asks alumni who are transforming art, culture, and technology about their current work and time at Carnegie Mellon.Doug Fritz is a creative technologist with a keen interest in systems architecture and a passion for using technology to solve pressing real-world challenges. Read More Carnegie Mellon University, Microsoft Join Forces to Advance Edge Computing Research by | Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Carnegie Mellon University today announced it will collaborate with Microsoft on a joint effort to innovate in edge computing, an exciting field of research for intensive computing applications that require rapid response times in remote and low-connectivity environments. By bringing artificial intelligence to the "edge," devices such as connected vehicles, drones or factory equipment can quickly learn and respond to their environments, which is critical to scenarios like search and rescue, disaster recovery, and safety. Read More Sandholm, Brown To Receive Minsky Medal The Duo's Libratus AI Program Was the First To Beat Top No-Limit Poker Professionals by | Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Computer Science Professor Tuomas Sandholm and Noam Brown, a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science Department, are the second-ever recipients of the prestigious Marvin Minsky Medal, which will be presented by the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) in recognition of their outstanding achievements in AI. Read More Researchers Reinvent the Wheel for Vehicles of the Future Shape-Shifting Tires, Digital Driving Assistants Could Enable Safe Driving Over All Kinds of Terrain by | Monday, October 29, 2018 Wheels that transform into tracks on the fly and a digital assistant that helps drivers find the safest, surest route across steep terrain — or even does the driving at times — are technologies that could change expectations of what vehicles can do. Read More SCS Sophomores Share Their CMU Firsts: Semesters, Years and Experiences by | Monday, October 22, 2018 When we last spoke to School of Computer Science students Trevor Arashiro, Chris Choi, Lauren Morgenthaler, and Peter Wu, they were first-years, entirely new to the undergraduate computer science program, the city of Pittsburgh, and most importantly, college. Last fall, these talented students provided insightful snapshots of their first semesters in the School of Computer Science. Now — with a year of college under their belts — they're back with more.Trevor Arashiro Read More Blum, Reddy Will Present Keynote Lectures at Microsoft Asia Event by | Thursday, October 18, 2018 Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science Lenore Blum, and University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics Raj Reddy will be keynote speakers at the Computing in the 21st Century Conference, Nov. 6–7, in Beijing. Read More Sherry Named Rising Star in Computer Networking, Communications by | Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Justine Sherry, assistant professor in the Computer Science Department, is among 10 researchers chosen as this year's N²Women Rising Stars in Computer Networking and Communications. Read More Crane Receives Packard Fellowship by | Monday, October 15, 2018 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has announced that Keenan Crane, assistant professor of computer science and robotics, is one of 18 recipients of its 2018 Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering. The fellowship recognizes innovative early-career researchers and includes $875,000 to aid in each fellow's research for five years. Read More Lights, Camera, Science! SCS Sophomore Abraham Riedel-Mishaan Featured in "Science Fair" Documentary by | Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Abraham Riedel-Mishaan seems an unlikely movie star. He's not an actor. No one stops the sophomore computer science major on the Carnegie Mellon University campus to ask for autographs. But he is featured in "Science Fair," a film festival darling now showing nationwide. Read More Mitchell Named CMU's Interim Dean of School of Computer Science AI and Machine Learning Pioneer To Lead Nation's Top-Ranked Program by | Monday, October 1, 2018 Carnegie Mellon University has named Tom Mitchell, the E. Fredkin University Professor of Machine Learning and Computer Science, interim dean of the School of Computer Science. Read More Education App Uses Photos To Help People Form Proper Sentences CMU Design for America Project Assists People With Language Deficits by | Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Students in the Carnegie Mellon University chapter of Design for America (DFA @ CMU) have developed a free mobile app that uses visual cues to help children and adults — particularly those with language difficulties — form meaningful, grammatically correct sentences. The education app, called Sentence Mosaics, uses photos and color-coded parts of speech to prompt users as they construct sentences. Read More Von Ahn Wins 2018 Lemelson-MIT Prize for Invention by | Wednesday, September 12, 2018 School of Computer Science alumnus Luis von Ahn, who is a consulting professor in the Computer Science Department (CSD) and the co-founder of the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, has won the prestigious 2018 Lemelson-MIT Prize — a $500,000 award that honors mid-career inventors. 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Kiesler Elected to National Academy of Engineering by | Thursday, February 7, 2019 Sara Kiesler, Hillman Chair Emerita of Computer Science and Human-Computer Interaction in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Read More
Building a verifiably-secure internet by | Wednesday, January 30, 2019 In security, almost nothing is guaranteed. It's impossible to test the infinite ways a criminal hacker may penetrate a proverbial firewall. But what if, by the laws of mathematics, something could be proven to be secure without running an infinite number of test cases?This is what CyLab's Bryan Parno is trying to do with for critical internet software. Read More
Kim and Ye Win 2019 Microsoft Ph.D. Fellowships by | Wednesday, January 23, 2019 Computer Science Department Ph.D. students Daehyeok Kim and Katherine Ye are among 10 students nationwide who have been awarded two-year Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowships for 2019. Read More
Winter 2018 Issue by | Monday, January 14, 2019 Download the Winter 2018 issue. (PDF reader required.) Read More
Carnegie Mellon Launches High School Computer Science Curriculum Free, Online Coursework Helps Teach Programming Skills by | Thursday, January 10, 2019 Carnegie Mellon University, world-renowned for computer science and artificial intelligence, has launched a free, online curriculum for high school students that helps instructors teach programming skills using engaging graphics and animations. Read More
Thwarting Bias in AI Systems by | Thursday, December 20, 2018 Artificial intelligence systems are at work in many areas where we might not realize — making decisions about credit, what ads to show us and which job applicants to hire. While these systems are really good at systematically combing through lots of data to detect patterns and optimize decisions, the biases held by humans can be transmitted to these systems through the training data. Read More
SCS Professors Reimagine What It Takes To Code by | Wednesday, December 19, 2018 David Kosbie and Mark Stehlik believe anyone can code. As course instructors for Principles of Computing — better known to Carnegie Mellon University students by its course number, 15-110 — that belief comes in handy. One of two introductory courses offered in the School of Computer Science, 15-110 covers programming constructs along with history and current events in computer science, tailored to students with little to no computer science background. Read More
Alumna Q&A: Alexandra Johnson by | Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Carnegie Mellon University doesn't always consider itself cool. But this year, Seventeen magazine begged to differ, naming CMU one of its 2018 "Cool Schools." Their reasons? Our gender parity in STEM fields and strong community of female coders. Read More
Fellowship Advances Women in Cybersecurity Elite hacker Carolina Zarate was named this year’s EWF INI Fellow by | Wednesday, December 5, 2018 While women make up just 24 percent of the cybersecurity workforce, Carnegie Mellon University and its Information Networking Institute is closing the gender gap one student at a time. Read More
Hodgins Named 2018 ACM Fellow by | Wednesday, December 5, 2018 The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named Jessica Hodgins, professor of robotics and computer science, one of 56 new ACM fellows honored for their significant contributions to computer science. Hodgins, who leads the Facebook AI Research lab in Pittsburgh in addition to her faculty duties, was cited by the ACM for her contributions to character animation, human simulation and humanoid robotics. Read More
Three SCS Faculty Members Named 2019 IEEE Fellows by | Wednesday, December 5, 2018 Three School of Computer Science faculty members — Venkatesan Guruswami, Mor Harchol-Balter and Eric Xing — have been elevated to fellows in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world's largest technical professional organization. Fellow status is a distinction reserved for select members who have demonstrated extraordinary accomplishments in an IEEE field of interest. Read More
SCS Master's Student Named Schwarzman Scholar by | Monday, December 3, 2018 School of Computer Science master's student Hima Tammineedi has been named to the 2020 class of Schwarzman Scholars, a highly competitive graduate fellowship inspired by the Rhodes Scholarships that features one year of study at Tsinghua University in China. Read More
Bajpai, Wang Earn Stehlik Scholarships by | Wednesday, November 21, 2018 The School of Computer Science has named current seniors Tanvi Bajpai and Serena Wang the recipients of its 2018 Mark Stehlik SCS Alumni Undergraduate Impact Scholarship. The award, now in its fourth year, recognizes undergraduate students for their commitment and dedication both in and beyond the classroom. Bajpai and Wang have made noteworthy contributions both to SCS and the computer science field in general. And they both plan to continue doing so after graduation. Read More
5 Questions for Doug Fritz BFA & BS ’07 by | Tuesday, November 20, 2018 “5 Questions” is a series by the School of Art that asks alumni who are transforming art, culture, and technology about their current work and time at Carnegie Mellon.Doug Fritz is a creative technologist with a keen interest in systems architecture and a passion for using technology to solve pressing real-world challenges. Read More
Carnegie Mellon University, Microsoft Join Forces to Advance Edge Computing Research by | Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Carnegie Mellon University today announced it will collaborate with Microsoft on a joint effort to innovate in edge computing, an exciting field of research for intensive computing applications that require rapid response times in remote and low-connectivity environments. By bringing artificial intelligence to the "edge," devices such as connected vehicles, drones or factory equipment can quickly learn and respond to their environments, which is critical to scenarios like search and rescue, disaster recovery, and safety. Read More
Sandholm, Brown To Receive Minsky Medal The Duo's Libratus AI Program Was the First To Beat Top No-Limit Poker Professionals by | Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Computer Science Professor Tuomas Sandholm and Noam Brown, a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science Department, are the second-ever recipients of the prestigious Marvin Minsky Medal, which will be presented by the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) in recognition of their outstanding achievements in AI. Read More
Researchers Reinvent the Wheel for Vehicles of the Future Shape-Shifting Tires, Digital Driving Assistants Could Enable Safe Driving Over All Kinds of Terrain by | Monday, October 29, 2018 Wheels that transform into tracks on the fly and a digital assistant that helps drivers find the safest, surest route across steep terrain — or even does the driving at times — are technologies that could change expectations of what vehicles can do. Read More
SCS Sophomores Share Their CMU Firsts: Semesters, Years and Experiences by | Monday, October 22, 2018 When we last spoke to School of Computer Science students Trevor Arashiro, Chris Choi, Lauren Morgenthaler, and Peter Wu, they were first-years, entirely new to the undergraduate computer science program, the city of Pittsburgh, and most importantly, college. Last fall, these talented students provided insightful snapshots of their first semesters in the School of Computer Science. Now — with a year of college under their belts — they're back with more.Trevor Arashiro Read More
Blum, Reddy Will Present Keynote Lectures at Microsoft Asia Event by | Thursday, October 18, 2018 Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science Lenore Blum, and University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics Raj Reddy will be keynote speakers at the Computing in the 21st Century Conference, Nov. 6–7, in Beijing. Read More
Sherry Named Rising Star in Computer Networking, Communications by | Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Justine Sherry, assistant professor in the Computer Science Department, is among 10 researchers chosen as this year's N²Women Rising Stars in Computer Networking and Communications. Read More
Crane Receives Packard Fellowship by | Monday, October 15, 2018 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has announced that Keenan Crane, assistant professor of computer science and robotics, is one of 18 recipients of its 2018 Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering. The fellowship recognizes innovative early-career researchers and includes $875,000 to aid in each fellow's research for five years. Read More
Lights, Camera, Science! SCS Sophomore Abraham Riedel-Mishaan Featured in "Science Fair" Documentary by | Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Abraham Riedel-Mishaan seems an unlikely movie star. He's not an actor. No one stops the sophomore computer science major on the Carnegie Mellon University campus to ask for autographs. But he is featured in "Science Fair," a film festival darling now showing nationwide. Read More
Mitchell Named CMU's Interim Dean of School of Computer Science AI and Machine Learning Pioneer To Lead Nation's Top-Ranked Program by | Monday, October 1, 2018 Carnegie Mellon University has named Tom Mitchell, the E. Fredkin University Professor of Machine Learning and Computer Science, interim dean of the School of Computer Science. Read More
Education App Uses Photos To Help People Form Proper Sentences CMU Design for America Project Assists People With Language Deficits by | Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Students in the Carnegie Mellon University chapter of Design for America (DFA @ CMU) have developed a free mobile app that uses visual cues to help children and adults — particularly those with language difficulties — form meaningful, grammatically correct sentences. The education app, called Sentence Mosaics, uses photos and color-coded parts of speech to prompt users as they construct sentences. Read More
Von Ahn Wins 2018 Lemelson-MIT Prize for Invention by | Wednesday, September 12, 2018 School of Computer Science alumnus Luis von Ahn, who is a consulting professor in the Computer Science Department (CSD) and the co-founder of the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, has won the prestigious 2018 Lemelson-MIT Prize — a $500,000 award that honors mid-career inventors. Read More
