by Luke Camery, Meta-URAGaurav Manek is a deep learning researcher at the Infocomm Research Institute in Singapore. Gaurav graduated from Brown last year after an accelerated bachelor's program in Computer Science. When asked how his research career began, he told Luke and the MURAs that: "I first heard about Professor …
Click the link that follows for more content about Michael Littman.This is one for the record books, but somehow it's escaped widespread notice. It's no secret that Professor John Savage wrote the first textbook on circuit complexity and Professor Andy van Dam co-created the first hypertext system, but few know that the voice of Professor …
Click the links that follow for more content about Alexandra Papoutsaki and other Brown CS alums.In the past ten years, more than 30 Brown CS graduates have taken teaching-focused faculty positions across the country. Often, these are at liberal arts institutions, such as (most recently): Foteini Baldimtsi at George Mason University; Hammurabi Mendes at Davidson …
Click the link that follows for more content on Peter Wegner.At yesterday's faculty meeting, Professor Emeritus Peter Wegner of Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS) received a recognition award that celebrates his sustained and dedicated work as editor of the Brown University Faculty Bulletin, which began in 1988. The honor follows closely after …
Overall enrollment is currently up and introductory course enrollment is up as well. To read more stories about the Brown CS department's increasing enrollment click here.Brown’s Department of Computer Science continues to grow as more students choose concentrations in computer science. This year, the department is predicted to graduate 232 undergraduates, …
by Kevin Stacey (Science News Officer, Physical Sciences)If someone asks you to hand them a wrench from a table full of different sized wrenches, you’d probably pause and ask, “which one?” Robotics researchers from Brown University have now developed an algorithm that lets robots do the same thing — ask …
In the wake of a former Uber engineer's allegations of sexual harassment and rampant sexism at the company, Brown CS alum Aimee Lucido, also an Uber employee, has penned a compelling response. Writing for Medium, she reflects on her own experience, explains why she continues to work for the company, and offers a …
Lauren Clarke, Academic and IP Programs Manager for Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS) has just received one of the highest honors for members of Brown staff, a Brown University Excellence Award. "The biggest challenge in putting together Lauren's nomination," says Department Chair Ugur Cetintemel, "was to make her contributions …
Click the link that follows for more praise of Providence.Our visiting lecturers and other guests often tell us that traveling to Providence by air is surprisingly stress-free, and two recent articles confirm it. Conde Nast names T.F. Green Airport the third best in the country, beating out Tampa, Austin, Salt …