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CSD Alumnus Receives ACM SIGOPS Dissertation Award

Monday, November 3, 2025

Juncheng Yang, a recent Computer Science Department Ph.D. graduate, received the 2025 ACM SIGOPS Dennis M. Ritchie Doctoral Dissertation Award, which recognizes the contributions and impact a doctoral thesis has on software systems research. Yang's dissertation, "Designing Efficient and Scalable Key-Value Cache Management Systems," uncovered insights into caching, leading to three advancements in this area. Read More
A man looks on as a child plays with a plush stuffie that resembles a neuron.

Tactile Tool Simplifies Neural Networks for Kids

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

How do you teach a sixth grader what a neural network is? A team at Carnegie Mellon University believes the answer might be soft, squishy, and lit with LEDs. “Everyone, even middle schoolers, needs to know a little about these building blocks of artificial intelligence, just like it’s important to know the basics of how electricity works or what a molecule is,” said Computer Science Department Research Professor and IDeATe instructor Dave Touretzky.

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