Latest News Shah Earns NSF CAREER Award by | Friday, February 21, 2020 Nihar Shah, an assistant professor in the School of Computer Science's Machine Learning and Computer Science Departments, has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, the organization's most prestigious award for young faculty members. Read More Kolter, Gkioulekas Named Sloan Research Fellows by | Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Zico Kolter, an associate professor in the Computer Science Department (CSD), and Ioannis Gkioulekas, an assistant professor in the Robotics Institute, are among 126 early career researchers to receive 2020 Sloan Research Fellowships. Read More Ranysha Ware Awarded Prize for Work on Internet Fairness by | Friday, February 7, 2020 Ranysha Ware, a Ph.D. student in Carnegie Mellon University’s Computer Science Department, has received a 2020 Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP) from the Internet Engineering Task Force. She is being recognized for her work on congestion control fairness. Read More Hebert Installed as SCS Dean by | Thursday, January 30, 2020 It's fitting that the installation of School of Computer Science Dean Martial Hebert would begin with a musical intro from Carnegie Mellon University's robot bagpiper, McBlare. After all, Hebert spent his career at the Robotics Institute until taking the helm of SCS this past August. Read More Four SCS Students Named Facebook Fellows by | Wednesday, January 29, 2020 Four Ph.D. candidates in the School of Computer Science are among 36 outstanding students in computer science and engineering from 16 universities who have been named 2020 recipients of the Facebook Fellowship Program. Read More Harlene Samra Earns Inaugural Krulcik Scholarship by | Monday, December 23, 2019 School of Computer Science junior Harlene Samra has so many doubts about whether she belongs in SCS that she's slapped an "imposter" sticker on her laptop. After all, when other people are pulling all-nighters, she's keeping a healthy sleep schedule. She binges TV shows. She works all weekend on assignments that might take someone else all of two hours. Read More Kolter’s Team Wins First Place on Kaggle Competition with Over 2700 Teams by | Wednesday, December 18, 2019 The team of researchers was composed of Zico Kolter, Shaojie Bai, Devin Wilmott, Mordechai Kornbluth, and Jonathan Mailoa, who won a Kaggle competition onPredicting Molecular Properties this past September.Shaojie Bai, a doctoral student with the Machine Learning Department and team member, said the team completed the project during an internship at the Bosch Center for AI (BCAI). Read More Seshan Named 2019 ACM Fellow by | Wednesday, December 11, 2019 The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named Srinivasan Seshan, professor and head of the Computer Science Department, one of 58 new ACM fellows who are being honored for fundamental contributions in such areas as artificial intelligence, cloud computing and wireless networking. The ACM cited Seshan "for contributions to computer networking, mobile computing and wireless communications." Read More SCS Announces Dissertation Award Winners, ACM Nominees by | Monday, December 9, 2019 The School of Computer Science has announced that Carlo Angiuli, who recently earned his Ph.D. from the Computer Science Department, has received the 2018-2019 SCS Dissertation Award. Presented annually, the award recognizes outstanding work by an SCS graduate student and includes a cash prize and distinguished lectures by the recipient. Read More Ding Earns 2019 Stehlik Scholarship by | Monday, December 2, 2019 School of Computer Science senior Wenxin (Freda) Ding always dreamed of being a teacher. And while she's majoring in computer science and math — not teaching — her dedication to helping others ranks high among the reasons she's earned the 2019 Mark Stehlik SCS Alumni Undergraduate Impact Scholarship. Read More CMU Researchers Propose New Rules for Internet Fairness by | Friday, November 15, 2019 Just weeks after a team of Carnegie Mellon researchers demonstrated that Google's new congestion control algorithm (CCA) gives an unfair advantage to its own traffic, the same team has proposed new guidelines for how future algorithms should be developed. Read More Two Endowed Professorships Created for Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Gifts Totaling $6 Million by Cadence Design Systems and CEO Lip-Bu Tan Will Advance Research and Teaching by | Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Cadence Design Systems Inc. and its CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, have made significant gifts of $3 million each to support Carnegie Mellon University faculty members working in computer-related fields. Read More CMU Women Prominent Among Rising Stars 2019 Annual Workshop Boosts Women in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering by | Friday, November 8, 2019 Women from Carnegie Mellon University outnumbered those from every other institution at Rising Stars 2019, an annual workshop for early career women in computer science and electrical and computer engineering. They also won two of the four prizes in the workshop's Research Pitch Competition. Read More ACM Names Tom Cortina as Distinguished Member by | Monday, November 4, 2019 The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named Thomas Cortina, teaching professor in the Computer Science Department and assistant dean for undergraduate education in the School of Computer Science, one of 62 computer scientists worldwide to be recognized this year as Distinguished Members for their outstanding contributions. Read More CMU Researchers Find Google's New Congestion Control Algorithm Treats Data Unfairly by | Tuesday, October 22, 2019 If the Internet had its own superhero, it might be the congestion control algorithm (CCA), an essential piece of code internet giants use to ensure that the web isn't crippled by a massive data traffic jam. They've been used since the 1980s to slow data transfers when they sense a network is becoming overloaded. Read More Google Supports CMU Outreach to Women Computer Scientists Grant Program Inspired by Success of SCS's Pioneering OurCS Workshop by | Wednesday, October 9, 2019 The School of Computer Science's OurCS research-focused workshop for undergraduate women considering graduate studies in computer science is among the recipients of this year's Google exploreCSR grants, which were inspired, in turn, by the success of OurCS. Read More SCS Students Named 2020 Siebel Scholars by | Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Six Carnegie Mellon University students — five of them from the School of Computer Science — have been named 2020 Siebel Scholars, a highly competitive award that supports top graduate students in the fields of business, computer science, energy science and bioengineering. Read More CMU Computer Science Academy Releases New Curriculum Free Coursework Suitable for After-School Programs, Summer Camps, Middle Schools by | Monday, September 16, 2019 Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Science Academy has released a new version of its free online curriculum for teaching high school computer programming that's tailored for use in after-school programs, summer camps or middle schools. Read More Beckmann Earns NSF Early CAREER Award by | Thursday, September 12, 2019 Nathan Beckmann, an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department, has received a five-year, roughly $500,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award for young faculty members. Read More Study Shows Apps Are Rife With Privacy Compliance Issues by | Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Android users can choose from more than 2.7 million apps in the Google Play Store — a daunting number for a privacy researcher who wants to investigate if those apps comply with privacy laws. But fear not, privacy researchers. There's a new tool in town, and it's revealed some eye-opening data about the state of privacy for Android apps. Read More Carnegie Mellon Team Flexes Hacking Prowess, Wins Fifth DefCon Title by | Monday, August 12, 2019 Carnegie Mellon University’s competitive hacking team, the Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), just won its fifth hacking world championship in seven years at this year’s DefCon security conference, widely considered the “World Cup” of hacking. The championship, played in the form of a virtual game of ''capture the flag,'' was held August 8-11 in Las Vegas. PPP now holds two more DefCon titles than any other team in the 23-year history of DefCon hosting the competition. Read More Hebert Named Dean of Carnegie Mellon's Top-Ranked School of Computer Science Acclaimed Computer Scientist and AI Researcher Has Led Robotics Institute Since 2014 by | Thursday, August 8, 2019 Martial Hebert, a leading researcher in computer vision and robotics, has been named dean of Carnegie Mellon University's world-renowned School of Computer Science (SCS), effective August 15. Hebert, director of the Robotics Institute in SCS since 2014, will lead a school with more than 270 faculty members and approximately 2,300 students. He has been a CMU faculty member for the last 35 years. Read More Procaccia Wins Social Choice and Welfare Prize by | Thursday, July 25, 2019 Ariel Procaccia, an associate professor in the Computer Science Department, has been awarded the 2020 Social Choice and Welfare Prize for his work on social choice and fair division. Read More Summer 2019 Issue by | Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Read More Carnegie Mellon and Facebook AI Beats Professionals in Six-Player Poker "Superhuman" Card Shark Achieves New AI Milestone by | Thursday, July 11, 2019 An artificial intelligence program developed by Carnegie Mellon University in collaboration with Facebook AI has defeated leading professionals in six-player No-Limit Texas Hold'em, the world's most popular form of poker.The AI, called Pluribus, defeated poker professional Darren Elias, who holds the record for most World Poker Tour titles; and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, winner of six World Series of Poker events. Each pro separately played 5,000 hands of poker against five copies of Pluribus. 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Shah Earns NSF CAREER Award by | Friday, February 21, 2020 Nihar Shah, an assistant professor in the School of Computer Science's Machine Learning and Computer Science Departments, has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, the organization's most prestigious award for young faculty members. Read More
Kolter, Gkioulekas Named Sloan Research Fellows by | Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Zico Kolter, an associate professor in the Computer Science Department (CSD), and Ioannis Gkioulekas, an assistant professor in the Robotics Institute, are among 126 early career researchers to receive 2020 Sloan Research Fellowships. Read More
Ranysha Ware Awarded Prize for Work on Internet Fairness by | Friday, February 7, 2020 Ranysha Ware, a Ph.D. student in Carnegie Mellon University’s Computer Science Department, has received a 2020 Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP) from the Internet Engineering Task Force. She is being recognized for her work on congestion control fairness. Read More
Hebert Installed as SCS Dean by | Thursday, January 30, 2020 It's fitting that the installation of School of Computer Science Dean Martial Hebert would begin with a musical intro from Carnegie Mellon University's robot bagpiper, McBlare. After all, Hebert spent his career at the Robotics Institute until taking the helm of SCS this past August. Read More
Four SCS Students Named Facebook Fellows by | Wednesday, January 29, 2020 Four Ph.D. candidates in the School of Computer Science are among 36 outstanding students in computer science and engineering from 16 universities who have been named 2020 recipients of the Facebook Fellowship Program. Read More
Harlene Samra Earns Inaugural Krulcik Scholarship by | Monday, December 23, 2019 School of Computer Science junior Harlene Samra has so many doubts about whether she belongs in SCS that she's slapped an "imposter" sticker on her laptop. After all, when other people are pulling all-nighters, she's keeping a healthy sleep schedule. She binges TV shows. She works all weekend on assignments that might take someone else all of two hours. Read More
Kolter’s Team Wins First Place on Kaggle Competition with Over 2700 Teams by | Wednesday, December 18, 2019 The team of researchers was composed of Zico Kolter, Shaojie Bai, Devin Wilmott, Mordechai Kornbluth, and Jonathan Mailoa, who won a Kaggle competition onPredicting Molecular Properties this past September.Shaojie Bai, a doctoral student with the Machine Learning Department and team member, said the team completed the project during an internship at the Bosch Center for AI (BCAI). Read More
Seshan Named 2019 ACM Fellow by | Wednesday, December 11, 2019 The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named Srinivasan Seshan, professor and head of the Computer Science Department, one of 58 new ACM fellows who are being honored for fundamental contributions in such areas as artificial intelligence, cloud computing and wireless networking. The ACM cited Seshan "for contributions to computer networking, mobile computing and wireless communications." Read More
SCS Announces Dissertation Award Winners, ACM Nominees by | Monday, December 9, 2019 The School of Computer Science has announced that Carlo Angiuli, who recently earned his Ph.D. from the Computer Science Department, has received the 2018-2019 SCS Dissertation Award. Presented annually, the award recognizes outstanding work by an SCS graduate student and includes a cash prize and distinguished lectures by the recipient. Read More
Ding Earns 2019 Stehlik Scholarship by | Monday, December 2, 2019 School of Computer Science senior Wenxin (Freda) Ding always dreamed of being a teacher. And while she's majoring in computer science and math — not teaching — her dedication to helping others ranks high among the reasons she's earned the 2019 Mark Stehlik SCS Alumni Undergraduate Impact Scholarship. Read More
CMU Researchers Propose New Rules for Internet Fairness by | Friday, November 15, 2019 Just weeks after a team of Carnegie Mellon researchers demonstrated that Google's new congestion control algorithm (CCA) gives an unfair advantage to its own traffic, the same team has proposed new guidelines for how future algorithms should be developed. Read More
Two Endowed Professorships Created for Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Gifts Totaling $6 Million by Cadence Design Systems and CEO Lip-Bu Tan Will Advance Research and Teaching by | Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Cadence Design Systems Inc. and its CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, have made significant gifts of $3 million each to support Carnegie Mellon University faculty members working in computer-related fields. Read More
CMU Women Prominent Among Rising Stars 2019 Annual Workshop Boosts Women in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering by | Friday, November 8, 2019 Women from Carnegie Mellon University outnumbered those from every other institution at Rising Stars 2019, an annual workshop for early career women in computer science and electrical and computer engineering. They also won two of the four prizes in the workshop's Research Pitch Competition. Read More
ACM Names Tom Cortina as Distinguished Member by | Monday, November 4, 2019 The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named Thomas Cortina, teaching professor in the Computer Science Department and assistant dean for undergraduate education in the School of Computer Science, one of 62 computer scientists worldwide to be recognized this year as Distinguished Members for their outstanding contributions. Read More
CMU Researchers Find Google's New Congestion Control Algorithm Treats Data Unfairly by | Tuesday, October 22, 2019 If the Internet had its own superhero, it might be the congestion control algorithm (CCA), an essential piece of code internet giants use to ensure that the web isn't crippled by a massive data traffic jam. They've been used since the 1980s to slow data transfers when they sense a network is becoming overloaded. Read More
Google Supports CMU Outreach to Women Computer Scientists Grant Program Inspired by Success of SCS's Pioneering OurCS Workshop by | Wednesday, October 9, 2019 The School of Computer Science's OurCS research-focused workshop for undergraduate women considering graduate studies in computer science is among the recipients of this year's Google exploreCSR grants, which were inspired, in turn, by the success of OurCS. Read More
SCS Students Named 2020 Siebel Scholars by | Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Six Carnegie Mellon University students — five of them from the School of Computer Science — have been named 2020 Siebel Scholars, a highly competitive award that supports top graduate students in the fields of business, computer science, energy science and bioengineering. Read More
CMU Computer Science Academy Releases New Curriculum Free Coursework Suitable for After-School Programs, Summer Camps, Middle Schools by | Monday, September 16, 2019 Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Science Academy has released a new version of its free online curriculum for teaching high school computer programming that's tailored for use in after-school programs, summer camps or middle schools. Read More
Beckmann Earns NSF Early CAREER Award by | Thursday, September 12, 2019 Nathan Beckmann, an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department, has received a five-year, roughly $500,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award for young faculty members. Read More
Study Shows Apps Are Rife With Privacy Compliance Issues by | Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Android users can choose from more than 2.7 million apps in the Google Play Store — a daunting number for a privacy researcher who wants to investigate if those apps comply with privacy laws. But fear not, privacy researchers. There's a new tool in town, and it's revealed some eye-opening data about the state of privacy for Android apps. Read More
Carnegie Mellon Team Flexes Hacking Prowess, Wins Fifth DefCon Title by | Monday, August 12, 2019 Carnegie Mellon University’s competitive hacking team, the Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), just won its fifth hacking world championship in seven years at this year’s DefCon security conference, widely considered the “World Cup” of hacking. The championship, played in the form of a virtual game of ''capture the flag,'' was held August 8-11 in Las Vegas. PPP now holds two more DefCon titles than any other team in the 23-year history of DefCon hosting the competition. Read More
Hebert Named Dean of Carnegie Mellon's Top-Ranked School of Computer Science Acclaimed Computer Scientist and AI Researcher Has Led Robotics Institute Since 2014 by | Thursday, August 8, 2019 Martial Hebert, a leading researcher in computer vision and robotics, has been named dean of Carnegie Mellon University's world-renowned School of Computer Science (SCS), effective August 15. Hebert, director of the Robotics Institute in SCS since 2014, will lead a school with more than 270 faculty members and approximately 2,300 students. He has been a CMU faculty member for the last 35 years. Read More
Procaccia Wins Social Choice and Welfare Prize by | Thursday, July 25, 2019 Ariel Procaccia, an associate professor in the Computer Science Department, has been awarded the 2020 Social Choice and Welfare Prize for his work on social choice and fair division. Read More
Carnegie Mellon and Facebook AI Beats Professionals in Six-Player Poker "Superhuman" Card Shark Achieves New AI Milestone by | Thursday, July 11, 2019 An artificial intelligence program developed by Carnegie Mellon University in collaboration with Facebook AI has defeated leading professionals in six-player No-Limit Texas Hold'em, the world's most popular form of poker.The AI, called Pluribus, defeated poker professional Darren Elias, who holds the record for most World Poker Tour titles; and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, winner of six World Series of Poker events. Each pro separately played 5,000 hands of poker against five copies of Pluribus. Read More
