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Click the link that follows for more Brown CS content about how our students continue to distinguish themselves at hackathons and competitions nationwide. Over just the past few years, Brown CS students have traversed the country to win prizes at competitions such as HackMIT, CyberSEED, and LinkedIn's Intern Hackday. But for CyberStart, …

by Jack RoswellLast month, over 1000 hackers from across the globe, from Stockholm to San Francisco, gathered at HackMIT. For 24 hours, they worked in teams of no more than four to transform their ideas into reality. Some took a practical approach, making programs to sharpen an image, or websites to …

The judicial systems of eight states utilize a computational process sometimes referred to as algorithmic sentencing, which uses algorithms to assess the risk of a criminal committing future crimes. This assessment then provides guidance for judges as they make sentencing decisions, and it's recently come under fire from critics who argue that …

Click the link that follows for more Brown CS content about Philip Klein."Our justice system can't guarantee fair outcomes," says Professor Philip Klein of Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS), "but it can guarantee fair processes. Gerrymandering is a political issue more than a technical one, but we're …

Click the link that follows for more Brown CS content about Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS), explains the Brown Daily Herald, has reached some significant milestones. Last spring, not including joint concentrators, it graduated 144 students, surpassing economics as the department with the most graduates. 440 students also declared a …

Brown CS has seven different introductory courses in computer science. If you're not sure which one to choose, take a look at:this flowchart this guidethese videos (Part 1 and Part 2)

Click any of the links that follow for more Brown CS content about George Konidaris.One of the biggest challenges to robots working autonomously is their lack of intuition. For example, in a task like grasping, intuition gives humans the ability to look at an object and instantly make sound judgements about its fragility, center of …