Latest News 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 Carnegie Mellon Welcomes Third Cohort of I-Corps Site Teams by | Sunday, December 6, 2015 Carnegie Mellon University students, faculty and alumni are recognized leaders in producing successful startup companies, and the university houses several centers and programs for promoting innovation and growth. Fueled by such entrepreneurship, the National Science Foundation-sponsored Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Site is one of the Carnegie Mellon vehicles that drives relationships with internal and external partners in the business community. Read More Computer System Will Be an Angel on Your Shoulder, Whispering Advice, Step-by-Step Instruction Carnegie Mellon Developing Wearable Cognitive Assistant With NSF Support by | Monday, November 30, 2015 Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are building a computer system called Gabriel that, like the angel that is its namesake, will seemingly look over a person's shoulder and whisper instructions for tasks as varied as repairing industrial equipment, resuscitating a patient or assembling IKEA furniture. Read More Carnegie Mellon's Hacking Team Wins Seventh Straight Capture the Flag Competition by | Thursday, November 19, 2015 Carnegie Mellon's hacking team, the Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), won its seventh straight capture the flag competition last week at the annual Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) conference hosted by New York University. Read More System Recognizes Objects Touched by User, Enabling Context-Aware Smartwatch Apps Carnegie Mellon, Disney Method Exploits Conductivity of Human Body by | Sunday, November 8, 2015 A new technology developed by Carnegie Mellon University and Disney Research could enable smartwatches to automatically recognize what objects users are touching — for instance, whether the wearer is using a laptop, operating a saw, or riding a motorcycle — creating new opportunities for context-aware apps. Read More Carnegie Mellon and Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Part of NSF's "Big Data Brain Trust" Researchers Will Confront Challenges of Big Data as Members of the Northeast Data Innovation Hub by | Sunday, November 1, 2015 Today, the National Science Foundation announced the funding of four regional Big Data Innovation Hubs. Read More Then and Now: The 2,850-mile, no-hands road trip In 1995, Dean Pomerleau (CS’92) and Todd Jochem (CS’93,’96) of CMU took an epic journey from Pittsburgh to San Diego. by | Wednesday, October 28, 2015 The great American road trip is a time-honored way to spend a summer vacation. During the last two weeks of July 1995, Dean Pomerleau (CS’92) and Todd Jochem (CS’93,’96) of CMU’s Robotics Institute packed their gear into a 1990 Pontiac Trans Sport minivan and took an epic, 2,850-mile journey from Pittsburgh to San Diego. Read More Celebrating Women in Computing Veloso, CMU Play Major Role at Grace Hopper Celebration by | Sunday, October 25, 2015 Carnegie Mellon women in computing are furthering innovation across the globe, as evidenced when they joined with women technologists from around the globe at the annual Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) of Women in Computing Conference, Oct. 14–16 in Houston. Read More Undergraduate Women Will Meet Leading Researchers at OurCS Workshop by | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Carnegie Mellon faculty members Manuela Veloso, Marlene Behrman and Lenore Blum will share their insights on computer science research with undergraduate women at the OurCS workshop Oct. 24–25. 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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
Carnegie Mellon Welcomes Third Cohort of I-Corps Site Teams by | Sunday, December 6, 2015 Carnegie Mellon University students, faculty and alumni are recognized leaders in producing successful startup companies, and the university houses several centers and programs for promoting innovation and growth. Fueled by such entrepreneurship, the National Science Foundation-sponsored Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Site is one of the Carnegie Mellon vehicles that drives relationships with internal and external partners in the business community. Read More
Computer System Will Be an Angel on Your Shoulder, Whispering Advice, Step-by-Step Instruction Carnegie Mellon Developing Wearable Cognitive Assistant With NSF Support by | Monday, November 30, 2015 Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are building a computer system called Gabriel that, like the angel that is its namesake, will seemingly look over a person's shoulder and whisper instructions for tasks as varied as repairing industrial equipment, resuscitating a patient or assembling IKEA furniture. Read More
Carnegie Mellon's Hacking Team Wins Seventh Straight Capture the Flag Competition by | Thursday, November 19, 2015 Carnegie Mellon's hacking team, the Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), won its seventh straight capture the flag competition last week at the annual Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) conference hosted by New York University. Read More
System Recognizes Objects Touched by User, Enabling Context-Aware Smartwatch Apps Carnegie Mellon, Disney Method Exploits Conductivity of Human Body by | Sunday, November 8, 2015 A new technology developed by Carnegie Mellon University and Disney Research could enable smartwatches to automatically recognize what objects users are touching — for instance, whether the wearer is using a laptop, operating a saw, or riding a motorcycle — creating new opportunities for context-aware apps. Read More
Carnegie Mellon and Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Part of NSF's "Big Data Brain Trust" Researchers Will Confront Challenges of Big Data as Members of the Northeast Data Innovation Hub by | Sunday, November 1, 2015 Today, the National Science Foundation announced the funding of four regional Big Data Innovation Hubs. Read More
Then and Now: The 2,850-mile, no-hands road trip In 1995, Dean Pomerleau (CS’92) and Todd Jochem (CS’93,’96) of CMU took an epic journey from Pittsburgh to San Diego. by | Wednesday, October 28, 2015 The great American road trip is a time-honored way to spend a summer vacation. During the last two weeks of July 1995, Dean Pomerleau (CS’92) and Todd Jochem (CS’93,’96) of CMU’s Robotics Institute packed their gear into a 1990 Pontiac Trans Sport minivan and took an epic, 2,850-mile journey from Pittsburgh to San Diego. Read More
Celebrating Women in Computing Veloso, CMU Play Major Role at Grace Hopper Celebration by | Sunday, October 25, 2015 Carnegie Mellon women in computing are furthering innovation across the globe, as evidenced when they joined with women technologists from around the globe at the annual Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) of Women in Computing Conference, Oct. 14–16 in Houston. Read More
Undergraduate Women Will Meet Leading Researchers at OurCS Workshop by | Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Carnegie Mellon faculty members Manuela Veloso, Marlene Behrman and Lenore Blum will share their insights on computer science research with undergraduate women at the OurCS workshop Oct. 24–25. Read More
