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As we get ready for next week's Visualization and Creativity in Immersive 3D Environments -- from Cave to YURT symposium (click here for details), we're taking a moment to tell some of the most interesting stories from the Yurt's creation. In this 80-second video, PhD student Johannes Novotny explains a …

Inside Microsoft Research reports that PhD candidate Jonathan Mace and Professor Rodrigo Fonseca of Brown CS, collaborating with Microsoft Researchers Peter Bodik and Madan Musuvathi, have created a new server resource management framework, known as Retro. It identifies the cause of bottlenecks in cloud systems, then optimizes cloud resources to …

This year alone, 771 Brown students took introductory CS classes. The rest are probably asking themselves:* What kinds of things can I do with a CS degree?
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by Aaron Gokaslan '18 On April 12, 2015, Brown University students Laura Shea ‘18 (a computer science and math concentrator) and I (also ‘18, a computer science concentrator) came in second place in software at HackPrinceton. Our team, with fellow students Ergeta Muca and Anthony Lobko, designed a website to convert …

"The primary educational focus of undergrads is classes," says Professor James Hays, "but research can also be enormously educational. Research allows undergrads to collaborate with faculty to make new discoveries, to expand the boundaries of computer science, and ultimately to improve people's lives. Research can be intimidating, though – it’s …

"Although rising public anger is welcome, it is misdirected."Timothy Edgar, a Visiting Fellow at the Watson Institute, turns his attention to the future of intellligence in an article published today by Foreign Affairs. After quickly sketching the current context of increasing public skepticism, Edgar offers an explicit rebuttal of the …

MBA Crystal Ball recently interviewed Shriram Krishnamurthi, whose wide-ranging comments address professional schools, digital literacy, venture capital, and technology itself. "Real solutions require not just technology," he says, "but also social, political, and other structural changes. Given those other forces, technology can be influential almost everywhere, from education to health …

CNet reports that Brown CS alumnus Masi Oka '97 will once again be taking up the role of Hiro Nakamura, and perhaps with it the sword of Takezo Kensei and a formidable ability to alter the space-time continuum. No plot details for "Heroes Reborn" (a sequel to the popular "Heroes" …

Only six months after receiving a ranking as the country's third best school for software developers at startups, Brown University's graduate program in Computer Science has been rated by LinkedIn as the country's best graduate program in Computer Science for producing software developers at top companies. Once again, Brown CS …

Community outreach connects Brown CS students to the Providence area. For more articles on how Brown CS students inspire and lead members of the greater Providence community click here.The Robot Block Party is a celebration of National Robotics Week held on April 11, 2015 at the Pizzitola Center at Brown …