Latest News CMU Algorithm Detects Online Fraudsters Method Sees Through Camouflage To Reveal Fake Followers, Reviewers by | Wednesday, September 7, 2016 An algorithm developed at Carnegie Mellon University makes it easier to determine if someone has faked an Amazon or Yelp review, or if a politician with a suspiciously large number of Twitter followers might have bought and paid for that popularity. Read More Carnegie Mellon and Tsinghua Universities Renew Dual-Degree Masters Program Agreement Unites Top-Rated U.S. and Chinese Computer Science Programs by | Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Officials of Carnegie Mellon University and Tsinghua University signed a memorandum of understanding today to offer a dual-degree master's program in computer science. Students will study at both campuses, learning from faculty at the top-ranked computer science programs in both the United States and China. Read More Upon Further Consideration, Carnegie Mellon Pokerbot Sweeps Contest by | Monday, August 29, 2016 Everyone knew Carnegie Mellon's latest computer poker program, Baby Tartanian8, was good. But it turns out its performance in the Annual Computer Poker Competition this year was even better than people thought. Read More Jean Yang Named to Prestigious "Innovators Under 35" List New CMU Professor Recognized for Work in Programming by | Monday, August 22, 2016 Jean Yang, who is joining the Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science Department as an assistant professor this fall, has been named to MIT Technology Review's annual list of Innovators Under 35. Read More Computer-Aided Verification Award Honors Reynolds Late Professor Cited for Pioneering Work on Separation Logic by | Wednesday, August 10, 2016 The late John C. Reynolds is one of a group of scientists awarded the 2016 Computer-Aided Verification (CAV) Award for pioneering work on separation logic, an influential framework for reasoning about computer programs and a very active area of research. Read More Carnegie Mellon Wins Third "World Series of Hacking" in Four Years by | Sunday, August 7, 2016 Carnegie Mellon University's competitive computer security team, The Plaid Parliament of Pwning, won its third title in four years at the DefCon Capture the Flag competition. Read More NSF Project Tackles IoT Security by | Wednesday, July 20, 2016 SCS’s Yuvraj Agarwal and Srinivasan Seshan have joined with Vyas Sekar of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department on a National Science Foundation-funded project to develop a software-based solution to the problem of security for the Internet of Things. Read More Adding Up How the Brain Does Math Patterns Reveal Four Stages of Thinking That Can Be Used To Improve How Students Learn by | Wednesday, July 20, 2016 A new Carnegie Mellon University neuroimaging study reveals the mental stages people go through as they solve challenging math problems.In the study, which was published in Psychological Science, researchers combined two analytical strategies to use functional magnetic resonance imaging to identify patterns of brain activity that aligned with four distinct stages of problem-solving: encoding, planning, solving and responding. Read More Computational Design Tool Transforms Flat Materials Into 3-D Shapes Method Could Be Used in Biomechanics, Consumer Goods and Architecture by | Sunday, July 17, 2016 A new computational design tool can turn a flat sheet of plastic or metal into a complex 3-D shape, such as a mask, sculpture or even a lady's high-heel shoe.Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland, say the tool enables designers to fully and creatively exploit an unusual quality of certain materials — the ability to expand uniformly in two dimensions. A rubber band, by contrast, contracts in one dimension while being stretched in another. Read More Holladay, Kumar Named Stehlik Scholarship Recipients by | Monday, July 11, 2016 The School of Computer Science has named rising seniors Rachel Holladay and Ananya Kumar the recipients of this year's Mark Stehlik SCS Alumni Undergraduate Impact Scholarship.Now in its second year, the Stehlik Scholarship recognizes undergraduate students near the end of their Carnegie Mellon careers whose reach for excellence extends beyond the classroom. Awardees are working to make a difference in SCS, the field of computer science and the world around them. Read More Pausch Awarded Nextant Prize by | Tuesday, May 31, 2016 The Virtual World Society will award its first Nextant Prize to the late Randy Pausch, a renowned Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist and virtual world innovator, on June 1 at the Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara, Calif. Pausch, who earned his Ph.D. Read More Carnegie Mellon Transparency Reports Make AI Decision-Making Accountable Figuring Out Why the Computer Rejected Your Loan Application by | Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Machine-learning algorithms increasingly make decisions about credit, medical diagnoses, personalized recommendations, advertising and job opportunities, among other things, but exactly how usually remains a mystery. Now, new measurement methods developed by Carnegie Mellon University researchers could provide important insights to this process. Read More Shun Receives ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award by | Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Julian Shun, who received his Ph.D. from the Computer Science Department, is the winner of the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) 2015 Doctoral Dissertation Award for his work describing new approaches for designing and implementing scalable parallel programs. Read More Stephen Brookes Will Receive 2016 Gödel Prize He and Peter W. O'Hearn Honored for Inventing Concurrent Separation Logic by | Sunday, May 8, 2016 Stephen Brookes, professor of computer science, and Peter W. O'Hearn, engineering manager at Facebook and professor of computer science at University College London, will receive the 2016 Gödel Prize for their invention of concurrent separation logic (CSL), a major advance in the design and analysis of programs that can take advantage of multicore and multiprocessor systems. Read More Sandholm Receives Honorary Degree From University of Zurich by | Monday, May 2, 2016 The University of Zurich conferred an honorary doctorate in economics on Tuomas Sandholm, professor of computer science, during ceremonies on April 30. Read More SCS Honors Faculty, Staff at Annual Founders' Day Celebration by | Tuesday, April 12, 2016 The School of Computer Science paid tribute to faculty and staff at its annual Founders' Day celebration on Thursday, April 7. Founders' Day honors members of the SCS community whose work best exemplifies the tradition of excellence established by Allen Newell (TPR’57), Herbert A. Simon (H’90) and Alan Perlis (S’42) — the fathers of computer science at Carnegie Mellon. Read More Manuela Veloso Named Head of Machine Learning Department Noted for Leadership in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics by | Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Manuela Veloso, a computer scientist renowned for her work in artificial intelligence and robotics, is the new head of Carnegie Mellon University's Machine Learning Department, Andrew Moore, dean of the School of Computer Science, announced today.She succeeds Tom Mitchell, E. Fredkin University Professor and the founding head of the Machine Learning Department (MLD), who remains a member of the faculty. Read More From Teacher to Leader: One Alumna is Leading CS Efforts in NYC by | Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Computer science needs K-12 educators, especially ones like Leigh Ann DeLyser (CS 2010, 2014), a former high school teacher and now director of education and research for CSNYC - NYC Foundation for Computer Science Education. Read More Carbonell Wins Okawa Prize by | Monday, February 29, 2016 Language Technologies Institute Director and Allen Newell Professor of Computer Science Jaime Carbonell will accept the 2015 Okawa Prize this week for "outstanding contributions to research in language technologies, machine learning and computational biology in the field of artificial intelligence." Read More Carnegie Mellon, Stanford Researchers Devise Method To Share Password Data Safely Yahoo! Releases Password Statistics of 70 Million Users For Cybersecurity Studies by | Sunday, February 21, 2016 An unfortunate reality for cybersecurity researchers is that real-world data for their research too often comes via a security breach. Now computer scientists have devised a way to let organizations share statistics about their users' passwords without putting those same customers at risk of being hacked. Read More Carnegie Mellon Pokerbot Extends Hot Streak at Computer Poker Contest Program Wins Total Bankroll Category in Heads-Up, No-Limit Texas Hold'Em by | Tuesday, February 16, 2016 A computer poker program called Baby Tartanian8 continued Carnegie Mellon's hot streak at the Annual Computer Poker Competition, taking first place in the total bankroll category and third place in the bankroll instant run-off category in the Heads-Up, No-Limit Texas Hold'em game. Read More Increasing Number of Women in Computing Hinges on Changes in Culture, Not Curriculum Book Details How Carnegie Mellon Changed To Sustain Gender Diversity by | Sunday, February 14, 2016 Fewer women than men pursue computer science, but correcting that imbalance won't be accomplished by quick fixes or making coursework less strenuous. Rather, the culture of computer science departments must change, as outlined in the new book, "Kicking Butt in Computer Science: Women in Computing at Carnegie Mellon University." Read More Carnegie Mellon Joins IARPA Project To Reverse-Engineer Brain Algorithms Goal Is To Make Computers Learn Like Humans by | Tuesday, February 2, 2016 Carnegie Mellon University is embarking on a five-year, $12 million research effort to reverse-engineer the brain, seeking to unlock the secrets of neural circuitry and the brain's learning methods. Researchers will use these insights to make computers think more like humans. Read More Moore Named Industrialist of the Year by | Thursday, January 7, 2016 Andrew Moore, dean of the School of Computer Science, was honored as Industrialist of the Year by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors' Western Pennsylvania chapter at a ceremony Jan. 7 at the Duquesne Club. Read More Pfenning and Fall Named 2015 ACM Fellows by | Wednesday, December 9, 2015 Frank Pfenning, head of the Computer Science Department, and Kevin Fall, the deputy director and chief technology officer of the Software Engineering Institute, have been named 2015 fellows by the Association for Computing Machinery in recognition of their contributions to computer science. 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CMU Algorithm Detects Online Fraudsters Method Sees Through Camouflage To Reveal Fake Followers, Reviewers by | Wednesday, September 7, 2016 An algorithm developed at Carnegie Mellon University makes it easier to determine if someone has faked an Amazon or Yelp review, or if a politician with a suspiciously large number of Twitter followers might have bought and paid for that popularity. Read More
Carnegie Mellon and Tsinghua Universities Renew Dual-Degree Masters Program Agreement Unites Top-Rated U.S. and Chinese Computer Science Programs by | Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Officials of Carnegie Mellon University and Tsinghua University signed a memorandum of understanding today to offer a dual-degree master's program in computer science. Students will study at both campuses, learning from faculty at the top-ranked computer science programs in both the United States and China. Read More
Upon Further Consideration, Carnegie Mellon Pokerbot Sweeps Contest by | Monday, August 29, 2016 Everyone knew Carnegie Mellon's latest computer poker program, Baby Tartanian8, was good. But it turns out its performance in the Annual Computer Poker Competition this year was even better than people thought. Read More
Jean Yang Named to Prestigious "Innovators Under 35" List New CMU Professor Recognized for Work in Programming by | Monday, August 22, 2016 Jean Yang, who is joining the Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science Department as an assistant professor this fall, has been named to MIT Technology Review's annual list of Innovators Under 35. Read More
Computer-Aided Verification Award Honors Reynolds Late Professor Cited for Pioneering Work on Separation Logic by | Wednesday, August 10, 2016 The late John C. Reynolds is one of a group of scientists awarded the 2016 Computer-Aided Verification (CAV) Award for pioneering work on separation logic, an influential framework for reasoning about computer programs and a very active area of research. Read More
Carnegie Mellon Wins Third "World Series of Hacking" in Four Years by | Sunday, August 7, 2016 Carnegie Mellon University's competitive computer security team, The Plaid Parliament of Pwning, won its third title in four years at the DefCon Capture the Flag competition. Read More
NSF Project Tackles IoT Security by | Wednesday, July 20, 2016 SCS’s Yuvraj Agarwal and Srinivasan Seshan have joined with Vyas Sekar of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department on a National Science Foundation-funded project to develop a software-based solution to the problem of security for the Internet of Things. Read More
Adding Up How the Brain Does Math Patterns Reveal Four Stages of Thinking That Can Be Used To Improve How Students Learn by | Wednesday, July 20, 2016 A new Carnegie Mellon University neuroimaging study reveals the mental stages people go through as they solve challenging math problems.In the study, which was published in Psychological Science, researchers combined two analytical strategies to use functional magnetic resonance imaging to identify patterns of brain activity that aligned with four distinct stages of problem-solving: encoding, planning, solving and responding. Read More
Computational Design Tool Transforms Flat Materials Into 3-D Shapes Method Could Be Used in Biomechanics, Consumer Goods and Architecture by | Sunday, July 17, 2016 A new computational design tool can turn a flat sheet of plastic or metal into a complex 3-D shape, such as a mask, sculpture or even a lady's high-heel shoe.Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland, say the tool enables designers to fully and creatively exploit an unusual quality of certain materials — the ability to expand uniformly in two dimensions. A rubber band, by contrast, contracts in one dimension while being stretched in another. Read More
Holladay, Kumar Named Stehlik Scholarship Recipients by | Monday, July 11, 2016 The School of Computer Science has named rising seniors Rachel Holladay and Ananya Kumar the recipients of this year's Mark Stehlik SCS Alumni Undergraduate Impact Scholarship.Now in its second year, the Stehlik Scholarship recognizes undergraduate students near the end of their Carnegie Mellon careers whose reach for excellence extends beyond the classroom. Awardees are working to make a difference in SCS, the field of computer science and the world around them. Read More
Pausch Awarded Nextant Prize by | Tuesday, May 31, 2016 The Virtual World Society will award its first Nextant Prize to the late Randy Pausch, a renowned Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist and virtual world innovator, on June 1 at the Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara, Calif. Pausch, who earned his Ph.D. Read More
Carnegie Mellon Transparency Reports Make AI Decision-Making Accountable Figuring Out Why the Computer Rejected Your Loan Application by | Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Machine-learning algorithms increasingly make decisions about credit, medical diagnoses, personalized recommendations, advertising and job opportunities, among other things, but exactly how usually remains a mystery. Now, new measurement methods developed by Carnegie Mellon University researchers could provide important insights to this process. Read More
Shun Receives ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award by | Tuesday, May 10, 2016 Julian Shun, who received his Ph.D. from the Computer Science Department, is the winner of the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) 2015 Doctoral Dissertation Award for his work describing new approaches for designing and implementing scalable parallel programs. Read More
Stephen Brookes Will Receive 2016 Gödel Prize He and Peter W. O'Hearn Honored for Inventing Concurrent Separation Logic by | Sunday, May 8, 2016 Stephen Brookes, professor of computer science, and Peter W. O'Hearn, engineering manager at Facebook and professor of computer science at University College London, will receive the 2016 Gödel Prize for their invention of concurrent separation logic (CSL), a major advance in the design and analysis of programs that can take advantage of multicore and multiprocessor systems. Read More
Sandholm Receives Honorary Degree From University of Zurich by | Monday, May 2, 2016 The University of Zurich conferred an honorary doctorate in economics on Tuomas Sandholm, professor of computer science, during ceremonies on April 30. Read More
SCS Honors Faculty, Staff at Annual Founders' Day Celebration by | Tuesday, April 12, 2016 The School of Computer Science paid tribute to faculty and staff at its annual Founders' Day celebration on Thursday, April 7. Founders' Day honors members of the SCS community whose work best exemplifies the tradition of excellence established by Allen Newell (TPR’57), Herbert A. Simon (H’90) and Alan Perlis (S’42) — the fathers of computer science at Carnegie Mellon. Read More
Manuela Veloso Named Head of Machine Learning Department Noted for Leadership in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics by | Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Manuela Veloso, a computer scientist renowned for her work in artificial intelligence and robotics, is the new head of Carnegie Mellon University's Machine Learning Department, Andrew Moore, dean of the School of Computer Science, announced today.She succeeds Tom Mitchell, E. Fredkin University Professor and the founding head of the Machine Learning Department (MLD), who remains a member of the faculty. Read More
From Teacher to Leader: One Alumna is Leading CS Efforts in NYC by | Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Computer science needs K-12 educators, especially ones like Leigh Ann DeLyser (CS 2010, 2014), a former high school teacher and now director of education and research for CSNYC - NYC Foundation for Computer Science Education. Read More
Carbonell Wins Okawa Prize by | Monday, February 29, 2016 Language Technologies Institute Director and Allen Newell Professor of Computer Science Jaime Carbonell will accept the 2015 Okawa Prize this week for "outstanding contributions to research in language technologies, machine learning and computational biology in the field of artificial intelligence." Read More
Carnegie Mellon, Stanford Researchers Devise Method To Share Password Data Safely Yahoo! Releases Password Statistics of 70 Million Users For Cybersecurity Studies by | Sunday, February 21, 2016 An unfortunate reality for cybersecurity researchers is that real-world data for their research too often comes via a security breach. Now computer scientists have devised a way to let organizations share statistics about their users' passwords without putting those same customers at risk of being hacked. Read More
Carnegie Mellon Pokerbot Extends Hot Streak at Computer Poker Contest Program Wins Total Bankroll Category in Heads-Up, No-Limit Texas Hold'Em by | Tuesday, February 16, 2016 A computer poker program called Baby Tartanian8 continued Carnegie Mellon's hot streak at the Annual Computer Poker Competition, taking first place in the total bankroll category and third place in the bankroll instant run-off category in the Heads-Up, No-Limit Texas Hold'em game. Read More
Increasing Number of Women in Computing Hinges on Changes in Culture, Not Curriculum Book Details How Carnegie Mellon Changed To Sustain Gender Diversity by | Sunday, February 14, 2016 Fewer women than men pursue computer science, but correcting that imbalance won't be accomplished by quick fixes or making coursework less strenuous. Rather, the culture of computer science departments must change, as outlined in the new book, "Kicking Butt in Computer Science: Women in Computing at Carnegie Mellon University." Read More
Carnegie Mellon Joins IARPA Project To Reverse-Engineer Brain Algorithms Goal Is To Make Computers Learn Like Humans by | Tuesday, February 2, 2016 Carnegie Mellon University is embarking on a five-year, $12 million research effort to reverse-engineer the brain, seeking to unlock the secrets of neural circuitry and the brain's learning methods. Researchers will use these insights to make computers think more like humans. Read More
Moore Named Industrialist of the Year by | Thursday, January 7, 2016 Andrew Moore, dean of the School of Computer Science, was honored as Industrialist of the Year by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors' Western Pennsylvania chapter at a ceremony Jan. 7 at the Duquesne Club. Read More
Pfenning and Fall Named 2015 ACM Fellows by | Wednesday, December 9, 2015 Frank Pfenning, head of the Computer Science Department, and Kevin Fall, the deputy director and chief technology officer of the Software Engineering Institute, have been named 2015 fellows by the Association for Computing Machinery in recognition of their contributions to computer science. Read More
