Latest News Pamela McCorduck's Contributions to the Birth of AI Continued Through Her Generosity Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More Luis von Ahn, Tom Moran Honored With Alumni Achievement Awards Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Monday, October 18, 2021 Two School of Computer Science graduates have received Alumni Achievement Awards for their exceptional accomplishments and leadership. Read More CMU Learning Lab To Help Design, Develop Community College Computer Science Curriculum Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More Jan Hoffmann receives Amazon Research Award Daniel Tkacik 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." Read More Five SCS Students Named Siebel Scholars Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More Using Human Problem-Solving To Inspire Better AI Scheduling Megan Harris 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. Read More CMU-Led Team Wins Neural Networks Verification Competition Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, September 15, 2021 Carnegie Mellon University researchers led a team to victory in the 2021 International Verification of Neural Networks Competition with an open-source tool that can provide a guarantee of the behavior of a critical part of modern artificial intelligence. Read More Five SCS Specialties Ranked No. 1 by U.S. News and World Report Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More CMU Computer Scientists Use Algorithm To Innovate Roots of Democracy Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More Former SCS Dean Randal Bryant Recognized for Contributions to Computer-Aided Verification Aaron Aupperlee 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). Read More School of Computer Science Part of Four New NSF AI Institutes CMU Contributing to Innovations in Caregiving, Agriculture, Wireless Networks Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More Balcan Named Simons Investigator Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More Ghosh Named DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellow Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More New Faculty, Ph.D. Alumni Honored for Dissertations Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More Veloso Ranked Among Most Highly Influential Women in Engineering Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More Fang, Sandholm honored for significant contributions to AI Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More SCS Faculty, Ph.D. Student Named to Innovators Under 35 List Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More Computer History Museum Honored Raj Reddy Pioneer in Robotics, AI, Speech Recognition Inducted as Fellow Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More Three SCS Faculty Members Receive Amazon Research Awards Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More Two Alumni With SCS Ties Earn Fulbrights Heidi Opdyke by Heidi Opdyke | Thursday, June 3, 2021 Two alumni with ties to the School of Computer Science were among the eight from Carnegie Mellon University recently awarded grants through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Read More Amazon Names Five Graduate Research Fellows as Part of New SCS Collaboration Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, June 1, 2021 Five Carnegie Mellon University students with ties to the School of Computer Science were selected for the inaugural Amazon Graduate Research Fellows Program. Amazon and CMU established the program to further the company's commitment to supporting promising researchers across academia. In recent years, the company has collaborated with several major universities to help amplify the work being done by master's and Ph.D. students. The five fellows are Nil-Jana Akpinar, Natalia Lombardi de Oliveria, Divyansh Kaushik, Emre Yolcu and Minji Yoon. Read More Nina Balcan Honored With Cadence Design Systems Professorship Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, May 20, 2021 Maria Florina "Nina" Balcan recently received the inaugural Cadence Design Systems Chair in Computer Science for the impact her work has had in her departments and across Carnegie Mellon University. Read More SCS Alum Wins Top SIGMOD Dissertation Award Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Huanchen Zhang, who earned his Ph.D. from the School of Computer Science in 2020, has won the 2021 ACM SIGMOD Jim Gray Dissertation Award, which recognizes the previous year's best dissertation in the database field. Read More CMU Research Forms Basis for Automatic Database Tuning Service SCS Alums, Faculty Found OtterTune Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, May 12, 2021 A School of Computer Science grad student's dissertation has been transformed into a service aimed at improving the databases that power popular websites. OtterTune, a play on the once ubiquitous Auto-Tune, uses machine learning to automatically optimize databases, improving performance and efficiency and potentially saving companies time and money. Users could see faster loading times and improved services with a database humming along in the background. Read More Research by CMU, Twitter Could Improve Cache Efficiency by 60% Team Wins Top Paper Award at USENIX NSDI Conference Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Research from Carnegie Mellon University may soon help Twitter run faster and more efficiently. Juncheng Yang, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science, and Rashmi Vinayak, an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department, worked with Yao Yue from Twitter to develop Segcache to make better use of DRAM cache. 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Pamela McCorduck's Contributions to the Birth of AI Continued Through Her Generosity Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More
Luis von Ahn, Tom Moran Honored With Alumni Achievement Awards Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Monday, October 18, 2021 Two School of Computer Science graduates have received Alumni Achievement Awards for their exceptional accomplishments and leadership. Read More
CMU Learning Lab To Help Design, Develop Community College Computer Science Curriculum Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More
Jan Hoffmann receives Amazon Research Award Daniel Tkacik 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." Read More
Five SCS Students Named Siebel Scholars Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More
Using Human Problem-Solving To Inspire Better AI Scheduling Megan Harris 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. Read More
CMU-Led Team Wins Neural Networks Verification Competition Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, September 15, 2021 Carnegie Mellon University researchers led a team to victory in the 2021 International Verification of Neural Networks Competition with an open-source tool that can provide a guarantee of the behavior of a critical part of modern artificial intelligence. Read More
Five SCS Specialties Ranked No. 1 by U.S. News and World Report Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More
CMU Computer Scientists Use Algorithm To Innovate Roots of Democracy Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More
Former SCS Dean Randal Bryant Recognized for Contributions to Computer-Aided Verification Aaron Aupperlee 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). Read More
School of Computer Science Part of Four New NSF AI Institutes CMU Contributing to Innovations in Caregiving, Agriculture, Wireless Networks Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More
Balcan Named Simons Investigator Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More
Ghosh Named DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellow Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More
New Faculty, Ph.D. Alumni Honored for Dissertations Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More
Veloso Ranked Among Most Highly Influential Women in Engineering Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More
Fang, Sandholm honored for significant contributions to AI Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More
SCS Faculty, Ph.D. Student Named to Innovators Under 35 List Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More
Computer History Museum Honored Raj Reddy Pioneer in Robotics, AI, Speech Recognition Inducted as Fellow Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More
Three SCS Faculty Members Receive Amazon Research Awards Aaron Aupperlee 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. Read More
Two Alumni With SCS Ties Earn Fulbrights Heidi Opdyke by Heidi Opdyke | Thursday, June 3, 2021 Two alumni with ties to the School of Computer Science were among the eight from Carnegie Mellon University recently awarded grants through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Read More
Amazon Names Five Graduate Research Fellows as Part of New SCS Collaboration Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, June 1, 2021 Five Carnegie Mellon University students with ties to the School of Computer Science were selected for the inaugural Amazon Graduate Research Fellows Program. Amazon and CMU established the program to further the company's commitment to supporting promising researchers across academia. In recent years, the company has collaborated with several major universities to help amplify the work being done by master's and Ph.D. students. The five fellows are Nil-Jana Akpinar, Natalia Lombardi de Oliveria, Divyansh Kaushik, Emre Yolcu and Minji Yoon. Read More
Nina Balcan Honored With Cadence Design Systems Professorship Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, May 20, 2021 Maria Florina "Nina" Balcan recently received the inaugural Cadence Design Systems Chair in Computer Science for the impact her work has had in her departments and across Carnegie Mellon University. Read More
SCS Alum Wins Top SIGMOD Dissertation Award Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Huanchen Zhang, who earned his Ph.D. from the School of Computer Science in 2020, has won the 2021 ACM SIGMOD Jim Gray Dissertation Award, which recognizes the previous year's best dissertation in the database field. Read More
CMU Research Forms Basis for Automatic Database Tuning Service SCS Alums, Faculty Found OtterTune Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, May 12, 2021 A School of Computer Science grad student's dissertation has been transformed into a service aimed at improving the databases that power popular websites. OtterTune, a play on the once ubiquitous Auto-Tune, uses machine learning to automatically optimize databases, improving performance and efficiency and potentially saving companies time and money. Users could see faster loading times and improved services with a database humming along in the background. Read More
Research by CMU, Twitter Could Improve Cache Efficiency by 60% Team Wins Top Paper Award at USENIX NSDI Conference Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Research from Carnegie Mellon University may soon help Twitter run faster and more efficiently. Juncheng Yang, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science, and Rashmi Vinayak, an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department, worked with Yao Yue from Twitter to develop Segcache to make better use of DRAM cache. Read More
