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SCS Faculty Receive Endowed Professorships

by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, December 16, 2021

Four School of Computer Science professors recently received endowed faculty chairs in recognition of their work and to support further research.

Repulsive Energies Lead CMU Researchers To Rethink Computer Graphics

by Aaron Aupperlee | Monday, December 13, 2021

Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University are making beautiful shapes by simulating forces that are literally repulsive — like the force between two charged particles.

When computers reason about shapes, they assume that objects can move freely through each other, like a cartoon ghost passing through a wall. As anyone who has ever struggled to untangle a mass of headphone cables knows, that's not how real objects behave — yet it is a common and vexing problem in 3D modeling.

How To Give Users More Freedom in Secure Group Messaging Apps

by Daniel Tkacik | Tuesday, November 23, 2021

A Ph.D. candidate in Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Science Department wants group messaging apps like WhatsApp to give their users more control over their messages.

Innovative Caching Method Honored With Best Paper at SOSP

by Aaron Aupperlee | Friday, November 19, 2021

Caching tiny objects can be a big deal to social media companies, IoT devices and other services scattered across the internet. Items like a tweet, the connections of a social network or identifying information about a smart doorbell may all be small in size — about 100 to 200 bytes — but delivering them quickly is largely important.

David Touretzky, AI4K12 Team Will Receive Outstanding Educator Award

by Aaron Aupperlee | Monday, November 15, 2021

David Touretzky, a research professor in Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Science Department, will receive the 2022 AAAI/EAAI Outstanding Educator award for his work with the Artificial Intelligence for K-12 Initiative.

Tech Visionary Kai-Fu Lee Chats With SCS Dean About Future of AI

by Aaron Aupperlee | Friday, November 12, 2021

Advancements in artificial intelligence will present society with both progress and problems, but Kai-Fu Lee, a venture capitalist attempting to peer into the future of AI, believes that humanity will push through those challenges and move forward.

Pamela McCorduck's Contributions to the Birth of AI Continued Through Her Generosity

by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, October 26, 2021

As scientists laid the foundations of artificial intelligence, Pamela McCorduck was there.

The inquisitive, kind, gracious and open-minded woman soaked up the beginnings of modern technology through conversations and interactions with the researchers shaping the field.

McCorduck, an author who wrote some of the first novels and histories about AI and was a generous friend of CMU, died October 18. She was 80.

Luis von Ahn, Tom Moran Honored With Alumni Achievement Awards

by Aaron Aupperlee | Monday, October 18, 2021

Two School of Computer Science graduates have received Alumni Achievement Awards for their exceptional accomplishments and leadership.

CMU Learning Lab To Help Design, Develop Community College Computer Science Curriculum

by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, October 7, 2021

The Technology for Effective and Efficient Learning Lab (TEEL Lab) at Carnegie Mellon University will collaborate with the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) to create a more engaging and inclusive curriculum for teaching information technology and computer science in community colleges. 

Jan Hoffmann receives Amazon Research Award

by Daniel Tkacik | Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Jan Hoffmann will receive an Amazon Research Award for his work on serverless computing. 

Hoffmann, an associate professor in the Computer Science Department and part of CMU's CyLab Security and Privacy Institute, will use the award to fund his project, "Automatic Static Resource Analysis for Serverless Computing."

Five SCS Students Named Siebel Scholars

by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Five graduate students at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science have received Siebel Scholars awards for 2022. Karan Ahuja, Priya Donti, Yasmine Kotturi, Ryan Shi and Kayo Yin will each receive $35,000 as part of the program.

Using Human Problem-Solving To Inspire Better AI Scheduling

by Megan Harris | Friday, September 17, 2021

Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science are studying how humans organize their days and how they react to changes in their schedules to help build better artificial intelligence tools.

CMU-Led Team Wins Neural Networks Verification Competition

by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Five SCS Specialties Ranked No. 1 by U.S. News and World Report

by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science racked up five top-ranked specialty areas and maintained its No. 1 overall ranking for computer science in U.S. News and World Report's 2022 Best Colleges rankings. 

CMU Computer Scientists Use Algorithm To Innovate Roots of Democracy

by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, August 5, 2021

When 30 Michiganders convened last fall to draw up recommendations for tackling COVID-19, an algorithm developed in part by Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists helped bring them together. 

School of Computer Science Part of Four New NSF AI Institutes

CMU Contributing to Innovations in Caregiving, Agriculture, Wireless Networks

by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, July 29, 2021

Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science will contribute fundamental and cutting-edge research to a government-led push to bring about life-changing advances through artificial intelligence.  

 The U.S. National Science Foundation today announced a $220 million investment in 11 new Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes. School of Computer Science (SCS) researchers will participate in four of the new institutes.

Former SCS Dean Randal Bryant Recognized for Contributions to Computer-Aided Verification

by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, July 29, 2021

Randal Bryant, the Founders University Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus, and a former dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, recently received an award from the International Conference on Computer-Aided Verification (CAV) for his pioneering contributions to the foundations of the theory and practice of satisfiability modulo theories (SMT).

Balcan Named Simons Investigator

by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, July 22, 2021

The Simons Foundation recently appointed Maria Florina “Nina” Balcan, the Cadence Design Systems professor in computer science, a Simons Investigator in theoretical computer science.

Ghosh Named DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellow

by Aaron Aupperlee | Monday, July 19, 2021

The Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Souradip Ghosh, an incoming Ph.D. student in the Computer Science Department, as one of its Computational Science Graduate Fellows (CSGF).

The fellowship funds full tuition, provides a yearly stipend and professional development allowance, and offers access to DOE national laboratories and supercomputers. The DOE selected 32 students for its 2021-22 CSGF program.

New Faculty, Ph.D. Alumni Honored for Dissertations

by Aaron Aupperlee | Friday, July 16, 2021

An incoming School of Computer Science faculty member and a former Ph.D. student recently received honors for their dissertations.

Veloso Ranked Among Most Highly Influential Women in Engineering

by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Manuela Veloso, a renowned artificial intelligence researcher, computer scientist and roboticist at Carnegie Mellon University, is among the most influential women in engineering, according to a new list compiled by Academic Influence.

Fang, Sandholm honored for significant contributions to AI

by Aaron Aupperlee | Friday, July 2, 2021

Fei Fang and Tuomas Sandholm, both faculty members in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, were recently recognized by the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) for significant research in AI.

Fang received the 2021 Computers and Thought Award and Sandholm the 2021 John McCarthy Award. They are among the many CMU faculty members investigating AI and expanding its applications and ensuring its ethical, unbiased and transparent use.

SCS Faculty, Ph.D. Student Named to Innovators Under 35 List

by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Virginia Smith, an assistant professor in the Machine Learning Department, and Priya Donti, a Ph.D. candidate in the Computer Science and Engineering and Public Policy departments, have been named to MIT Technology Review's prestigious annual list of Innovators Under 35. The list recognizes exceptionally talented technologists whose work has great potential to transform the world.

Computer History Museum Honored Raj Reddy

Pioneer in Robotics, AI, Speech Recognition Inducted as Fellow

by Aaron Aupperlee | Monday, June 21, 2021

The Computer History Museum (CHM) celebrated a pioneer in robotics, artificial intelligence, and speech recognition as it inducted Raj Reddy, Carnegie Mellon University's Moza Bint Nasser University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics, as a fellow on Thursday, June 24.

The honor recognizes extraordinary individuals for a lifetime of achievement in computing and technology.

Three SCS Faculty Members Receive Amazon Research Awards

by Aaron Aupperlee | Friday, June 4, 2021

Amazon selected five Carnegie Mellon University faculty members to receive funding in its latest round of Amazon Research Awards. Of the five selected, three are School of Computer Science faculty members: Katerina Fragkiadaki, Ruben Martins and Heather Miller. David Danks and Sivaraman Balakrishnan from the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences also received fellowships.