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"Brown University’s Computer Science program," writes Best Computer Science Degrees, "is considered one of the best programs in the nation for its innovative research and teaching methods." Using a wide selection of criteria, ranging from awards and recognition to research opportunities and innovative programs, they placed Brown CS fifth in …

Today, we begin a project to highlight the wide-ranging and innovative research of our PhD students as they prepare to leave Brown CS. Our first contributor, Ryan Cabeen, discusses his work below. To see other PhD research overviews, click here. What is the structure of the neural circuitry of the brain?  How does …

"We want to bring computing to all, but which all do we mean?" ask Kathi Fisler, Shriram Krishnamurthi, and Emmanuel Schanzer, co-directors of Bootstrap, one of the nation's leading computer science literacy programs, in a recent BLOG@CACM post. "There’s one natural interpretation —probably the one imagined by most of the general public— which is that 'all' means 'all students.' Unfortunately, …

Bootstrap, one of the nation's leading computer science literacy programs, co-directed by Brown CS faculty members Shriram Krishnamurthi and Kathi Fisler (adjunct), continues to extend its reach. Bootstrap has just announced a partnership to use its approach to building systems to teach modeling in physics, an important component of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). This project is a collaboration with …

Billed as one of the "hottest sessions" of NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference, the year's largest event for graphics processing unit developers, a presentation by VR Lab Manager Tom Sgouros (brace yourself for a pun) was a uniquely behind-the-scenes look at a major technological accomplishment. "Only Where It Yurts" walked attendees through the 20 computers, …

Brown CS’s new course, csciStartup, is already showing signs of success! This course was aimed towards students with a startup idea they were passionate about pursuing, and csciStartup gave these students the opportunity to work on developing their products with the support of fellow classmates and insight from various local and national …

by Kevin Stacey (Science News Officer, Physical Sciences)PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — National Science Foundation Director France Córdova and U.S. Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island joined students, faculty and administrators at Brown on April 8 for a firsthand look at some of the NSF-supported research happening at the University.The visit …

PhD Candidate David Abel of Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS) has just been selected from a highly competitive pool of students to join the fifth cohort of the Open Graduate Education program. "The formal tools of CS can help ground age-old philosophical questions, while philosophy can bring unique methods …

To learn about how more and more Brown University students are majoring in CS and enrolling in our classes, click any of the links below:More Brown Students Are Majoring In CS Than Any Other SubjectBrown CS Is Graduating 38% More Undergraduates Than Last Year, With 232 Predicted to Graduate in 2017BDH Reports On …

Email encryption has been available for more than two decades, but providing the layperson with access to secure email (now much in demand in the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations) has proven difficult. How will it work? Despite multiple years of effort from Yahoo, Google, and others, various issues, …