Latest News Duolingo Named to Time Magazine's List of 100 Most Influential Companies Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, April 29, 2021 Duolingo's little green owl found itself among prestigious company this week when Time Magazine named the Carnegie Mellon University spinoff and Pittsburgh startup to its list of the 100 most influential companies for 2021. Read More Misha Ivkov Earns Stehlik Scholarship Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Misha Ivkov's hands shook during his first college computer science exam. Carnegie Mellon University was a bit overwhelming, much different from high school. But Ivkov got through that first exam — after that, everything was fine, he said — and the soon-to-graduate computer science major went from fearing college during his first weeks to relishing his classes and helping other students find the same experience. "I really enjoyed taking all these classes, so I wanted to be sure other students did too," Ivkov said. "I wanted students to succeed." Read More SCS Remembers Adobe Founder and Ph.D. Alum Charles Geschke Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, April 27, 2021 A creator of software that revolutionized the way people collaborate, Charles M. Geschke left his mark on Carnegie Mellon University long after earning his degree. "Chuck" Geschke, who received a Ph.D. in computer science from CMU in 1973 and continued to give back to the university throughout his life, died Friday, April 16, at 81. Read More Algorithm Uses Online Ads To Identify Human Traffickers Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, April 22, 2021 Ads peddling the victims of human trafficking hide among millions of escort listings online. While identifying similar ads could be the key to taking down a human trafficking organization, the sheer volume of listings — with new ones added each day — makes the task a daunting one for law enforcement. Read More Mani Revists AI Grand Challenges in New Article Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Chess turned out to be an easy one. Translating speech in near real-time is mostly done. The accident-avoiding car? Maybe halfway there. Read More SCS Faculty Awarded Five Grants Through Google's Inaugural Research Scholar Program Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Friday, April 9, 2021 Six Carnegie Mellon University faculty members, including five affiliated with the School of Computer Science, received grants through Google's inaugural Research Scholar Program. The program provides up to $60,000 to support the research efforts of early career professors. Read More SCS Juniors Named Goldwater Recipients Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, April 6, 2021 Two School of Computer Science students received the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship for 2021. Arvind Mahankali and Jinhyung Park were among four Carnegie Mellon University students granted the scholarship, which is awarded to sophomores and juniors who show promise as leaders in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics. Read More Blelloch Receives 2021 Babbage Award Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, March 30, 2021 The IEEE Computer Society has honored Guy Blelloch with the 2021 Charles Babbage Award for his contributions to parallel programming, parallel algorithms and the interface between them. Read More Woodruff Earns Award for Teaching Excellence Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Monday, March 29, 2021 To adjust to teaching virtually during the pandemic, David Woodruff let his students set the pace. That meant sticking around on Zoom for an extra 20 minutes at the end of lectures. It meant longer office hours — two hours instead of one. And it meant cutting one lecture from his courses to slow the pace. Read More SCS Grad Student Cracks Mars Rover Code Michael Henninger by Michael Henninger | Tuesday, March 9, 2021 Down here on Earth, nearly 130 million miles from Mars, Adithya Balaji eagerly watched high-definition video of Perseverance and its successful descent onto the red planet. From his desk in Raleigh, North Carolina, Balaji took note of the rover's parachute and its peculiar orange and white pattern. He thought it was likely functional, perhaps for aligning cameras. Within the pattern, however, lay hidden a call for humanity to continue to push out toward the unknown. Read More SCS Faculty Among Team That Earns MURI Award Daniel Tkacik by Daniel Tkacik | Monday, March 8, 2021 School of Computer Science faculty members Lujo Bauer and Matt Fredrikson are part of a research team that won a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Award. Read More CMU Remembers Computer Science Visionary Howard Wactlar Michael Henninger by Michael Henninger | Friday, March 5, 2021 Carnegie Mellon University lost a remarkable visionary this week with the death of Howard Wactlar, who pioneered computing on campus for nearly half a century while advancing the nation's research agenda through his work with the federal government. Read More SCS Names First Assistant Dean for Entrepreneurship Initiatives Matthew Wein by Matthew Wein | Wednesday, March 3, 2021 Katharine "Kit" Needham has been named the School of Computer Science's inaugural assistant dean for entrepreneurship initiatives. Read More Peet Named Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Experience Matthew Wein by Matthew Wein | Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Veronica Peet has been named the School of Computer Science's first assistant dean for undergraduate experience. Peet joined SCS nearly two years ago as a senior academic advisor to first-year students, working with Tom Cortina, then the assistant dean for undergraduate education. Her new position emerged from departmental restructuring that saw Cortina elevated to associate dean for undergraduate programs. Read More CMU Researchers Win NSF-Amazon Fairness in AI Awards Byron Spice by Byron Spice | Tuesday, February 16, 2021 Three Carnegie Mellon University research teams have received funding through the Program on Fairness in Artificial Intelligence, which the National Science Foundation sponsors in partnership with Amazon. The program supports computational research focused on fairness in AI, with the goal of building trustworthy AI systems that can be deployed to tackle grand challenges facing society. Read More Workshop Sparks State Initiatives in AI Education Byron Spice by Byron Spice | Monday, February 8, 2021 A two-day virtual workshop organized by the AI4K12 Initiative involving education leaders from across the country has helped spark new K-12 artificial intelligence efforts in several states, said David Touretzky, research professor in computer science. Read More SCS Celebrates Simon, Alumni Research Professorships Byron Spice by Byron Spice | Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Artur Dubrawski will receive the Alumni Research Professorship of Computer Science and Carleton Kingsford will receive the Herbert A. Simon Professorship of Computer Science in a virtual ceremony at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4. Read More Xinyu Wu Wins Ada Lovelace Fellowship Byron Spice by Byron Spice | Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Xinyu Wu, a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science Department who studies the theoretical foundations of quantum computing, is one of five recipients of 2021 Ada Lovelace Fellowships, presented by Microsoft Research. Read More How CyLab researchers are safeguarding digital transactions CS Faculty Jan Hoffman & PhD Student Ankush Das open-source Nomos Daniel Tkacik by Daniel Tkacik | Monday, January 25, 2021 In 2013, a Pennsylvania man became the richest person on Earth… for about two minutes. PayPal had accidentally credited his account $92 quadrillion dollars. That’s a 92 with 15 zeros behind it. But within minutes, PayPal realized their mistake, and took it all back. Too bad. Read More Brothers Complete Long Journey To Doctorates Heidi Opdyke by Heidi Opdyke | Monday, January 25, 2021 Read More Blum, Forlizzi Named ACM Fellows Byron Spice by Byron Spice | Wednesday, January 13, 2021 School of Computer Science faculty members Manuel Blum and Jodi Forlizzi are among 95 distinguished computer scientists named 2020 fellows by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Read More Fall/Winter 2020 Full Issue Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Download the Fall/Winter 2020 issue. (PDF reader required.) Read More From Video Signals to Bytes: Preserving the Legacy of CS at CMU Cristina Rouvalis by Cristina Rouvalis | Tuesday, January 12, 2021 The image from the videotape is blurry, deteriorated from the passage of time, but the professor is razor-sharp as he talks about the future. Herb Simon stands in front of a class at Carnegie Mellon University, musing about the difference between artificial and natural intelligence. Read More Edmund Clarke Pioneered Methods for Detecting Software, Hardware Errors CMU Professor Earned Turing Award, Computer Science's Highest Honor Byron Spice by Byron Spice | Wednesday, December 23, 2020 Edmund M. Clarke, University Professor Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University and co-recipient of the 2007 Turing Award – computer science's equivalent of the Nobel Prize – died Dec. 22 of COVID-19, following a long illness. Read More The Salad Days of AI Students Create Digital Green Thumbs To Nurture Vegetables in Automated Greenhouses Byron Spice by Byron Spice | Wednesday, December 16, 2020 Nidhi Jain has never had much luck growing plants. "I've tried to work with plants, but they didn't want to work with me," said the senior computer science major from California. "So I've stuck to succulents." 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Duolingo Named to Time Magazine's List of 100 Most Influential Companies Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, April 29, 2021 Duolingo's little green owl found itself among prestigious company this week when Time Magazine named the Carnegie Mellon University spinoff and Pittsburgh startup to its list of the 100 most influential companies for 2021. Read More
Misha Ivkov Earns Stehlik Scholarship Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Misha Ivkov's hands shook during his first college computer science exam. Carnegie Mellon University was a bit overwhelming, much different from high school. But Ivkov got through that first exam — after that, everything was fine, he said — and the soon-to-graduate computer science major went from fearing college during his first weeks to relishing his classes and helping other students find the same experience. "I really enjoyed taking all these classes, so I wanted to be sure other students did too," Ivkov said. "I wanted students to succeed." Read More
SCS Remembers Adobe Founder and Ph.D. Alum Charles Geschke Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, April 27, 2021 A creator of software that revolutionized the way people collaborate, Charles M. Geschke left his mark on Carnegie Mellon University long after earning his degree. "Chuck" Geschke, who received a Ph.D. in computer science from CMU in 1973 and continued to give back to the university throughout his life, died Friday, April 16, at 81. Read More
Algorithm Uses Online Ads To Identify Human Traffickers Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Thursday, April 22, 2021 Ads peddling the victims of human trafficking hide among millions of escort listings online. While identifying similar ads could be the key to taking down a human trafficking organization, the sheer volume of listings — with new ones added each day — makes the task a daunting one for law enforcement. Read More
Mani Revists AI Grand Challenges in New Article Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Chess turned out to be an easy one. Translating speech in near real-time is mostly done. The accident-avoiding car? Maybe halfway there. Read More
SCS Faculty Awarded Five Grants Through Google's Inaugural Research Scholar Program Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Friday, April 9, 2021 Six Carnegie Mellon University faculty members, including five affiliated with the School of Computer Science, received grants through Google's inaugural Research Scholar Program. The program provides up to $60,000 to support the research efforts of early career professors. Read More
SCS Juniors Named Goldwater Recipients Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, April 6, 2021 Two School of Computer Science students received the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship for 2021. Arvind Mahankali and Jinhyung Park were among four Carnegie Mellon University students granted the scholarship, which is awarded to sophomores and juniors who show promise as leaders in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics. Read More
Blelloch Receives 2021 Babbage Award Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Tuesday, March 30, 2021 The IEEE Computer Society has honored Guy Blelloch with the 2021 Charles Babbage Award for his contributions to parallel programming, parallel algorithms and the interface between them. Read More
Woodruff Earns Award for Teaching Excellence Aaron Aupperlee by Aaron Aupperlee | Monday, March 29, 2021 To adjust to teaching virtually during the pandemic, David Woodruff let his students set the pace. That meant sticking around on Zoom for an extra 20 minutes at the end of lectures. It meant longer office hours — two hours instead of one. And it meant cutting one lecture from his courses to slow the pace. Read More
SCS Grad Student Cracks Mars Rover Code Michael Henninger by Michael Henninger | Tuesday, March 9, 2021 Down here on Earth, nearly 130 million miles from Mars, Adithya Balaji eagerly watched high-definition video of Perseverance and its successful descent onto the red planet. From his desk in Raleigh, North Carolina, Balaji took note of the rover's parachute and its peculiar orange and white pattern. He thought it was likely functional, perhaps for aligning cameras. Within the pattern, however, lay hidden a call for humanity to continue to push out toward the unknown. Read More
SCS Faculty Among Team That Earns MURI Award Daniel Tkacik by Daniel Tkacik | Monday, March 8, 2021 School of Computer Science faculty members Lujo Bauer and Matt Fredrikson are part of a research team that won a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Award. Read More
CMU Remembers Computer Science Visionary Howard Wactlar Michael Henninger by Michael Henninger | Friday, March 5, 2021 Carnegie Mellon University lost a remarkable visionary this week with the death of Howard Wactlar, who pioneered computing on campus for nearly half a century while advancing the nation's research agenda through his work with the federal government. Read More
SCS Names First Assistant Dean for Entrepreneurship Initiatives Matthew Wein by Matthew Wein | Wednesday, March 3, 2021 Katharine "Kit" Needham has been named the School of Computer Science's inaugural assistant dean for entrepreneurship initiatives. Read More
Peet Named Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Experience Matthew Wein by Matthew Wein | Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Veronica Peet has been named the School of Computer Science's first assistant dean for undergraduate experience. Peet joined SCS nearly two years ago as a senior academic advisor to first-year students, working with Tom Cortina, then the assistant dean for undergraduate education. Her new position emerged from departmental restructuring that saw Cortina elevated to associate dean for undergraduate programs. Read More
CMU Researchers Win NSF-Amazon Fairness in AI Awards Byron Spice by Byron Spice | Tuesday, February 16, 2021 Three Carnegie Mellon University research teams have received funding through the Program on Fairness in Artificial Intelligence, which the National Science Foundation sponsors in partnership with Amazon. The program supports computational research focused on fairness in AI, with the goal of building trustworthy AI systems that can be deployed to tackle grand challenges facing society. Read More
Workshop Sparks State Initiatives in AI Education Byron Spice by Byron Spice | Monday, February 8, 2021 A two-day virtual workshop organized by the AI4K12 Initiative involving education leaders from across the country has helped spark new K-12 artificial intelligence efforts in several states, said David Touretzky, research professor in computer science. Read More
SCS Celebrates Simon, Alumni Research Professorships Byron Spice by Byron Spice | Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Artur Dubrawski will receive the Alumni Research Professorship of Computer Science and Carleton Kingsford will receive the Herbert A. Simon Professorship of Computer Science in a virtual ceremony at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4. Read More
Xinyu Wu Wins Ada Lovelace Fellowship Byron Spice by Byron Spice | Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Xinyu Wu, a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science Department who studies the theoretical foundations of quantum computing, is one of five recipients of 2021 Ada Lovelace Fellowships, presented by Microsoft Research. Read More
How CyLab researchers are safeguarding digital transactions CS Faculty Jan Hoffman & PhD Student Ankush Das open-source Nomos Daniel Tkacik by Daniel Tkacik | Monday, January 25, 2021 In 2013, a Pennsylvania man became the richest person on Earth… for about two minutes. PayPal had accidentally credited his account $92 quadrillion dollars. That’s a 92 with 15 zeros behind it. But within minutes, PayPal realized their mistake, and took it all back. Too bad. Read More
Brothers Complete Long Journey To Doctorates Heidi Opdyke by Heidi Opdyke | Monday, January 25, 2021 Read More
Blum, Forlizzi Named ACM Fellows Byron Spice by Byron Spice | Wednesday, January 13, 2021 School of Computer Science faculty members Manuel Blum and Jodi Forlizzi are among 95 distinguished computer scientists named 2020 fellows by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Read More
Fall/Winter 2020 Full Issue Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Download the Fall/Winter 2020 issue. (PDF reader required.) Read More
From Video Signals to Bytes: Preserving the Legacy of CS at CMU Cristina Rouvalis by Cristina Rouvalis | Tuesday, January 12, 2021 The image from the videotape is blurry, deteriorated from the passage of time, but the professor is razor-sharp as he talks about the future. Herb Simon stands in front of a class at Carnegie Mellon University, musing about the difference between artificial and natural intelligence. Read More
Edmund Clarke Pioneered Methods for Detecting Software, Hardware Errors CMU Professor Earned Turing Award, Computer Science's Highest Honor Byron Spice by Byron Spice | Wednesday, December 23, 2020 Edmund M. Clarke, University Professor Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University and co-recipient of the 2007 Turing Award – computer science's equivalent of the Nobel Prize – died Dec. 22 of COVID-19, following a long illness. Read More
The Salad Days of AI Students Create Digital Green Thumbs To Nurture Vegetables in Automated Greenhouses Byron Spice by Byron Spice | Wednesday, December 16, 2020 Nidhi Jain has never had much luck growing plants. "I've tried to work with plants, but they didn't want to work with me," said the senior computer science major from California. "So I've stuck to succulents." Read More
