Latest News Pawn to Queen Four: CMU Celebrates 50 Years of Speech Research Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Friday, October 28, 2022 Talking to computers is the norm these days, from digital assistants in smartphones and smart devices to translation applications that break down language barriers. But 50 years ago, when Carnegie Mellon University began its work in speech understanding, all that was a pipe dream. The university recently gathered to celebrate five decades of research that enables people to talk to computers and — more importantly — computers to understand their speech at the P2Q4 Symposium. Read More Visualization Tool Helps Law Enforcement Identify Human Trafficking Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, October 25, 2022 A data visualization tool developed by School of Computer Science researchers, collaborators from other universities and experts in the field could assist law enforcement agencies working to combat human trafficking by identifying patterns in online escort advertisements that often indicate illegal activity. Read More Award-winning research paves the way for provably-safe sandboxing using WebAssembly Tuesday, October 11, 2022 "This is code downloaded from the internet. Are you sure you want to run it?" In today's computer programming landscape, developers often face the challenge of safely using untrusted code. Libraries and frameworks, for example, help coders skip large amounts of tedious and duplicative work, but using code from unverified sources can become hazardous without the right safeguards in place. Read More Carnegie Mellon's hacking team wins DEF CON CTF Thursday, August 18, 2022 Carnegie Mellon showed off its computer security talent by winning DEF CON's Capture the Flag competition, the “Superbowl of hacking,” for the sixth time. The team was composed of CMU students in the Plaid Parliament of Pwning, who joined forces with CMU Alum Professor Robert Xiao’s Maple Bacon (at the University of British Columbia) and CMU Alum startup Theori.io. Read More SCS Faculty Receive More Than $1.6M in NSF CAREER Awards Full Stack Engineer - Technology for Effective and Efficient Learning (TEEL) Lab by Full Stack Engineer - Technology for Effective and Efficient Learning (TEEL) Lab | Tuesday, July 26, 2022 Three Carnegie Mellon University researchers in the School of Computer Science recently earned Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation. The awards are the foundation's most prestigious for young faculty researchers. Read More Researchers propose ephemeral approach to IoT privacy Josh Quicksall by Josh Quicksall | Wednesday, July 6, 2022 Whether you are at the office, the gym, or even at a friend’s house for a BBQ this summer, chances are an IoT device is going to gather some sort of data about you. Compounding the fact that this data may be sensitive is the reality that many of these devices gather data on anyone within range, whether they are the owners of the device or not. Read More Optical Microphone Developed by CMU Researchers Sees Sound Like Never Before Dual-Shutter Vibration-Sensing System Uses Ordinary Cameras To Achieve Extraordinary Results Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, June 21, 2022 A camera system developed by Carnegie Mellon University researchers can see sound vibrations with such precision and detail that it can reconstruct the music of a single instrument in a band or orchestra. Read More SCS Alum Named to Time Magazine's List of 100 Most Influential People Full Stack Engineer - Technology for Effective and Efficient Learning (TEEL) Lab by Full Stack Engineer - Technology for Effective and Efficient Learning (TEEL) Lab | Friday, June 3, 2022 Genomics expert and School of Computer Science alumnus Michael Schatz was named to Time Magazine's 2022 list of the 100 most influential people for his work to fill in the gaps of the human genome sequence with the Telomere-to-Telomere Consortium (T2T). Read More Platzer Selected for Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for Artificial Intelligence SCS Professor Will Head Institute for the Reliability of Autonomous Dynamical Systems at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, June 1, 2022 Computer systems increasingly manage and control networks such as the trains crisscrossing a country or the planes taking off and landing at an airport. Failures in these systems not only disrupt critical infrastructure but can also put people's lives at risk. Read More A theory of consciousness from a theoretical computer science perspective: Insights from the Conscious Turing Machine (CTM) Murdoch Building, Classroom 814 and Zoom by Murdoch Building, Classroom 814 and Zoom | Friday, May 27, 2022 The quest to understand consciousness, once the purview of philosophers and theologians, is now actively pursued by scientists of many stripes. This paper studies consciousness from the perspective of Theoretical Computer Science (TCS), a branch of mathematics concerned with understanding the underlying principles of computation and complexity. Read More Baharav Awarded CMWA Scholarship Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, May 12, 2022 The Carnegie Mellon Women's Association (CMWA) has awarded Carmel Baharav, a senior graduating with a degree in computer science, a $1,500 scholarship as one of its 2022 award recipients. Baharav was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, Society of Women Engineers and the Db choir. She was also a teacher's assistant, which she called one of the most impactful experiences she had at CMU. "I have gotten to know so many students and hopefully have been able to help some of them," Baharav said. Read More SCS Seniors Shine as Scholar Athletes ASA Conference Room, Gates Hillman 6115 and Zoom by ASA Conference Room, Gates Hillman 6115 and Zoom | Thursday, May 12, 2022 Nadia Susanto and Michael OBroin will both earn degrees from the School of Computer Science during Carnegie Mellon University's upcoming Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 15. But they'll also leave the university with something not every student can claim: top-notch records as athletes.Nadia Susanto Read More SCS Ph.D. Students Designed, Taught New Course To Make Computer Science More Welcoming, Inclusive Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, April 27, 2022 The Computer Science Department's new course focusing on issues of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in computer science and society got its start when a group of graduate students decided to create the training they wished they had received. Read More NSF Awards CMU Researchers $3M To Accelerate Next-Gen Networking, Computing Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Carnegie Mellon Researchers in the School of Computer Science and College of Engineering will use nearly $3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help develop intelligent, resilient and reliable next-generation (NextG) networks. The NSF awarded $37 million to 37 different projects at universities across the country. Read More Your Eyes Control Your Smartphone With CMU's New Gaze-Tracking Tool EyeMU Enables Users To Interact With Their Screens Without Lifting a Finger Blelloch-Skees Conference Room, Gates Hillman 8115 and Zoom by Blelloch-Skees Conference Room, Gates Hillman 8115 and Zoom | Monday, April 18, 2022 As more people watch movies, edit video, read the news and keep up with social media on their smartphones, these devices have grown to accommodate the bigger screens and higher processing power needed for more demanding activities.The problem with unwieldy phones is they frequently require a second hand or voice commands to operate — which can be cumbersome and inconvenient. Read More Pair of SCS Faculty Named Science Talent Search Notable Alumni Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, March 31, 2022 The Society for Science included renowned Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists Mary Shaw and Dana Scott in its recent list of notable alumni from the Science Talent Search program. Read More SCS Ph.D. Students Selected for Amazon Graduate Research Fellowship Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, March 23, 2022 Amazon awarded its second round of research fellowships to five graduate students with ties to the School of Computer Science. They include Emily Black, Saurabh Garg, Natalia Lombardi de Oliveira, Emre Yolcu and Minji Yoon. The program supports graduate students researching automated reasoning, computer vision, robotics, language technology, machine learning, operations research and data science. The students will be invited to interview for a science internship at Amazon. Read More Raj Reddy To Receive Honorary Degree at CMU Commencement Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, March 22, 2022 Raj Reddy, a pioneer in robotics, artificial intelligence and speech recognition, will receive an honorary degree during Carnegie Mellon University's 2022 Commencement ceremonies in May. Read More SCS Alumna Parlays Programming Into Publishing Susie Cribbs by Susie Cribbs | Thursday, March 17, 2022 Any Carnegie Mellon University grad who reads Sindya Bhanoo's short story, "His Holiness," will know she has a CMU connection the instant they see the line, "It will take time, but my heart is in this work." What might be more surprising is that Bhanoo, who just published her first collection of short fiction, "Seeking Fortune Elsewhere," majored in computer science. Read More Former CMU Computer Science Professor, Turing Winner Honored With Dickson Prize in Science Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, March 3, 2022 At a time when researchers had abandoned neural networks as a tool for achieving deep learning, Geoffrey Hinton persisted. His work on deep learning has spanned decades and eventually led to the technology enabling a smartphone to translate foreign languages in near-real time. Read More Reinforcement Learning Bolsters Automated Detection of Concrete Cracks Method Could Enable Autonomous Drones To Monitor Safety of Bridges Byron Spice by Byron Spice | Tuesday, March 1, 2022 Rust never sleeps, and cracking concrete doesn't get a day off either. The Jan. 28 collapse of Pittsburgh's Fern Hollow Bridge was a dramatic reminder of that fact. The exact cause of the collapse won't be known until the National Transportation Safety Board completes a months-long study, but Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed autonomous drone technology that someday might prevent similar catastrophes and lesser mishaps caused by deterioration. Read More Expert in Ethics and AI Joins CMU Faculty This Fall School Will Receive $3.5 Million To Support Work Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, February 24, 2022 Vincent Conitzer expects much to be the same when he returns to Carnegie Mellon University this coming fall. It will still be the best place in the world for computer science and the technical expertise will still be unmatched. Many of the colleagues, professors and even his Ph.D. advisor will also still be around. Read More Manuela Veloso Elected to National Academy of Engineering Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, February 17, 2022 Manuela Veloso, head of JPMorgan Chase AI Research and the Herbert A. Simon University Professor Emeritus in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, was elected as a 2022 member of the National Academy of Engineering for her contributions to machine learning and its applications in robotics and the financial services industry. The honor is among the highest professional distinctions bestowed on engineers. Read More CyLab faculty named Intel’s 2021 Outstanding Researchers Daniel Tkacik by Daniel Tkacik | Tuesday, February 15, 2022 CyLab faculty Justine Sherry, Vyas Sekar, and James Hoe have been selected among the winners of Intel’s 2021 Outstanding Researcher Award for their collaborati Read More Fang, Kothari Receive 2022 Sloan Research Fellowships Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, February 15, 2022 Fei Fang and Pravesh Kothari, both assistant professors in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, will receive 2022 Sloan Research Fellowships. 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Pawn to Queen Four: CMU Celebrates 50 Years of Speech Research Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Friday, October 28, 2022 Talking to computers is the norm these days, from digital assistants in smartphones and smart devices to translation applications that break down language barriers. But 50 years ago, when Carnegie Mellon University began its work in speech understanding, all that was a pipe dream. The university recently gathered to celebrate five decades of research that enables people to talk to computers and — more importantly — computers to understand their speech at the P2Q4 Symposium. Read More
Visualization Tool Helps Law Enforcement Identify Human Trafficking Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, October 25, 2022 A data visualization tool developed by School of Computer Science researchers, collaborators from other universities and experts in the field could assist law enforcement agencies working to combat human trafficking by identifying patterns in online escort advertisements that often indicate illegal activity. Read More
Award-winning research paves the way for provably-safe sandboxing using WebAssembly Tuesday, October 11, 2022 "This is code downloaded from the internet. Are you sure you want to run it?" In today's computer programming landscape, developers often face the challenge of safely using untrusted code. Libraries and frameworks, for example, help coders skip large amounts of tedious and duplicative work, but using code from unverified sources can become hazardous without the right safeguards in place. Read More
Carnegie Mellon's hacking team wins DEF CON CTF Thursday, August 18, 2022 Carnegie Mellon showed off its computer security talent by winning DEF CON's Capture the Flag competition, the “Superbowl of hacking,” for the sixth time. The team was composed of CMU students in the Plaid Parliament of Pwning, who joined forces with CMU Alum Professor Robert Xiao’s Maple Bacon (at the University of British Columbia) and CMU Alum startup Theori.io. Read More
SCS Faculty Receive More Than $1.6M in NSF CAREER Awards Full Stack Engineer - Technology for Effective and Efficient Learning (TEEL) Lab by Full Stack Engineer - Technology for Effective and Efficient Learning (TEEL) Lab | Tuesday, July 26, 2022 Three Carnegie Mellon University researchers in the School of Computer Science recently earned Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation. The awards are the foundation's most prestigious for young faculty researchers. Read More
Researchers propose ephemeral approach to IoT privacy Josh Quicksall by Josh Quicksall | Wednesday, July 6, 2022 Whether you are at the office, the gym, or even at a friend’s house for a BBQ this summer, chances are an IoT device is going to gather some sort of data about you. Compounding the fact that this data may be sensitive is the reality that many of these devices gather data on anyone within range, whether they are the owners of the device or not. Read More
Optical Microphone Developed by CMU Researchers Sees Sound Like Never Before Dual-Shutter Vibration-Sensing System Uses Ordinary Cameras To Achieve Extraordinary Results Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, June 21, 2022 A camera system developed by Carnegie Mellon University researchers can see sound vibrations with such precision and detail that it can reconstruct the music of a single instrument in a band or orchestra. Read More
SCS Alum Named to Time Magazine's List of 100 Most Influential People Full Stack Engineer - Technology for Effective and Efficient Learning (TEEL) Lab by Full Stack Engineer - Technology for Effective and Efficient Learning (TEEL) Lab | Friday, June 3, 2022 Genomics expert and School of Computer Science alumnus Michael Schatz was named to Time Magazine's 2022 list of the 100 most influential people for his work to fill in the gaps of the human genome sequence with the Telomere-to-Telomere Consortium (T2T). Read More
Platzer Selected for Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for Artificial Intelligence SCS Professor Will Head Institute for the Reliability of Autonomous Dynamical Systems at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, June 1, 2022 Computer systems increasingly manage and control networks such as the trains crisscrossing a country or the planes taking off and landing at an airport. Failures in these systems not only disrupt critical infrastructure but can also put people's lives at risk. Read More
A theory of consciousness from a theoretical computer science perspective: Insights from the Conscious Turing Machine (CTM) Murdoch Building, Classroom 814 and Zoom by Murdoch Building, Classroom 814 and Zoom | Friday, May 27, 2022 The quest to understand consciousness, once the purview of philosophers and theologians, is now actively pursued by scientists of many stripes. This paper studies consciousness from the perspective of Theoretical Computer Science (TCS), a branch of mathematics concerned with understanding the underlying principles of computation and complexity. Read More
Baharav Awarded CMWA Scholarship Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, May 12, 2022 The Carnegie Mellon Women's Association (CMWA) has awarded Carmel Baharav, a senior graduating with a degree in computer science, a $1,500 scholarship as one of its 2022 award recipients. Baharav was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, Society of Women Engineers and the Db choir. She was also a teacher's assistant, which she called one of the most impactful experiences she had at CMU. "I have gotten to know so many students and hopefully have been able to help some of them," Baharav said. Read More
SCS Seniors Shine as Scholar Athletes ASA Conference Room, Gates Hillman 6115 and Zoom by ASA Conference Room, Gates Hillman 6115 and Zoom | Thursday, May 12, 2022 Nadia Susanto and Michael OBroin will both earn degrees from the School of Computer Science during Carnegie Mellon University's upcoming Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 15. But they'll also leave the university with something not every student can claim: top-notch records as athletes.Nadia Susanto Read More
SCS Ph.D. Students Designed, Taught New Course To Make Computer Science More Welcoming, Inclusive Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, April 27, 2022 The Computer Science Department's new course focusing on issues of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in computer science and society got its start when a group of graduate students decided to create the training they wished they had received. Read More
NSF Awards CMU Researchers $3M To Accelerate Next-Gen Networking, Computing Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Carnegie Mellon Researchers in the School of Computer Science and College of Engineering will use nearly $3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help develop intelligent, resilient and reliable next-generation (NextG) networks. The NSF awarded $37 million to 37 different projects at universities across the country. Read More
Your Eyes Control Your Smartphone With CMU's New Gaze-Tracking Tool EyeMU Enables Users To Interact With Their Screens Without Lifting a Finger Blelloch-Skees Conference Room, Gates Hillman 8115 and Zoom by Blelloch-Skees Conference Room, Gates Hillman 8115 and Zoom | Monday, April 18, 2022 As more people watch movies, edit video, read the news and keep up with social media on their smartphones, these devices have grown to accommodate the bigger screens and higher processing power needed for more demanding activities.The problem with unwieldy phones is they frequently require a second hand or voice commands to operate — which can be cumbersome and inconvenient. Read More
Pair of SCS Faculty Named Science Talent Search Notable Alumni Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, March 31, 2022 The Society for Science included renowned Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists Mary Shaw and Dana Scott in its recent list of notable alumni from the Science Talent Search program. Read More
SCS Ph.D. Students Selected for Amazon Graduate Research Fellowship Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, March 23, 2022 Amazon awarded its second round of research fellowships to five graduate students with ties to the School of Computer Science. They include Emily Black, Saurabh Garg, Natalia Lombardi de Oliveira, Emre Yolcu and Minji Yoon. The program supports graduate students researching automated reasoning, computer vision, robotics, language technology, machine learning, operations research and data science. The students will be invited to interview for a science internship at Amazon. Read More
Raj Reddy To Receive Honorary Degree at CMU Commencement Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, March 22, 2022 Raj Reddy, a pioneer in robotics, artificial intelligence and speech recognition, will receive an honorary degree during Carnegie Mellon University's 2022 Commencement ceremonies in May. Read More
SCS Alumna Parlays Programming Into Publishing Susie Cribbs by Susie Cribbs | Thursday, March 17, 2022 Any Carnegie Mellon University grad who reads Sindya Bhanoo's short story, "His Holiness," will know she has a CMU connection the instant they see the line, "It will take time, but my heart is in this work." What might be more surprising is that Bhanoo, who just published her first collection of short fiction, "Seeking Fortune Elsewhere," majored in computer science. Read More
Former CMU Computer Science Professor, Turing Winner Honored With Dickson Prize in Science Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, March 3, 2022 At a time when researchers had abandoned neural networks as a tool for achieving deep learning, Geoffrey Hinton persisted. His work on deep learning has spanned decades and eventually led to the technology enabling a smartphone to translate foreign languages in near-real time. Read More
Reinforcement Learning Bolsters Automated Detection of Concrete Cracks Method Could Enable Autonomous Drones To Monitor Safety of Bridges Byron Spice by Byron Spice | Tuesday, March 1, 2022 Rust never sleeps, and cracking concrete doesn't get a day off either. The Jan. 28 collapse of Pittsburgh's Fern Hollow Bridge was a dramatic reminder of that fact. The exact cause of the collapse won't be known until the National Transportation Safety Board completes a months-long study, but Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed autonomous drone technology that someday might prevent similar catastrophes and lesser mishaps caused by deterioration. Read More
Expert in Ethics and AI Joins CMU Faculty This Fall School Will Receive $3.5 Million To Support Work Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, February 24, 2022 Vincent Conitzer expects much to be the same when he returns to Carnegie Mellon University this coming fall. It will still be the best place in the world for computer science and the technical expertise will still be unmatched. Many of the colleagues, professors and even his Ph.D. advisor will also still be around. Read More
Manuela Veloso Elected to National Academy of Engineering Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, February 17, 2022 Manuela Veloso, head of JPMorgan Chase AI Research and the Herbert A. Simon University Professor Emeritus in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, was elected as a 2022 member of the National Academy of Engineering for her contributions to machine learning and its applications in robotics and the financial services industry. The honor is among the highest professional distinctions bestowed on engineers. Read More
CyLab faculty named Intel’s 2021 Outstanding Researchers Daniel Tkacik by Daniel Tkacik | Tuesday, February 15, 2022 CyLab faculty Justine Sherry, Vyas Sekar, and James Hoe have been selected among the winners of Intel’s 2021 Outstanding Researcher Award for their collaborati Read More
Fang, Kothari Receive 2022 Sloan Research Fellowships Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, February 15, 2022 Fei Fang and Pravesh Kothari, both assistant professors in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, will receive 2022 Sloan Research Fellowships. Read More
