Brown CS Blog

"Back then," Peter Norvig '78, now Director of Research at Google, says of his days at Brown, "nobody owned their own computer, so people would congregate where the computers were and hang out late at night. There was a real sense of camaraderie. The best things were my fellow students and the faculty …

At least in terms of square area or number of unique views, Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS) has just achieved a new level of visibility. To honor their award at last month's HackMIT, Brown CS students Linda Chang, Aaron Gokaslan, and Chen Ye (together with Laura Pang of MIT) were …

by David Whitney and Jesse C. PolhemusIn 2014, the Northeast Robotics Colloquium (NERC) brought more than 150 participants to Brown University’s Sayles Hall. This year, Professor Stefanie Tellex of Brown’s Computer Science Department, who founded the conference, serves on its steering committee, and is one of the current organizers, is …

Following on his appointment to Rhode Island's first Cybersecurity Commission and a recent EastWest Institute Professorial Fellowship, John Savage continues to be sought out for his cybersecurity expertise by a number of international stakeholders:In May, he attended the IEEE Experts in Technology and Policy Forum (ETAP) San Jose meeting.Last month, he traveled to New York City to take …

Next week, Brown CS is looking forward to perhaps its strongest ever presence at this year’s Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, the world’s largest gathering of women technologists. Among other highlights, Professor Anna Lysyanskaya is going to be delivering a lecture (“Authorized but Anonymous: Taking Charge of your …

by Kevin Stacey (Science News Writer, Physical Sciences)A curriculum that helps middle and high school students learn algebra by creating their own video games is getting a $1.5-million boost from the National Science Foundation.The curriculum, called Bootstrap, is a 10-week classroom module in which each student programs her own working game …

by Kevin Stacey (Science News Officer, Physical Sciences)Around 300 Brown and RISD students gathered last weekend for the inaugural Startup@Brown conference. The two-day event aimed to bring students together with a distinguished group of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and business leaders to learn the ins and outs of the startup world.Attendees went to workshops …

Brown CS alums continue to rank highly as industry pioneers. Click here for a list of related stories.Prospects for Brown University graduates in the technology sector continue to be extremely positive: today's issue of the Brown Daily Herald cites Google and Microsoft, followed by IBM, Stanford University, Harvard University, and others, as the top two employers of …

When we asked Brown CS students why they're taking Jeff Huang's hugely popular CS 1300 User Interfaces class, some of the first things they cited were his expertise and approachability, the friendly TAs, and the extremely relevant course material. But getting to play a great vintage video game can't hurt, either.   Jeff explains a recent input assignment, …

co-written with Linda Chang, Aaron Gokaslan, and Cliff WeitzmanBrown CS students continue to distinguish themselves at a number of hackathons. To read more on this topic, click here.At last week's HackMIT, which brought together more than 1,000 hackers from around the world to collaborate on new software and hardware projects, five …