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Articles by Jesse Polhemus

Startup@Brown (9/26-27) Brings Together Innovative Startups And Talented Students

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Hosted by Brown University's Department of Computer Science and organized in collaboration with Hack@Brown and Brown Entrepreneurship, Startup@Brown is a weekend-long conference from September 26-27 that aims to bring together innovative startups and talented students.Startup@Brown will include Talks (speakers include trailblazing founders, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists), a Startup Fair (students can walk around, meet with …

Steve Wozniak Cites "SciLi Tetris" Hack

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In a recent Facebook post, Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and personal computer pioneer, referenced the renowned "SciLi Tetris" hack in which a fully functional game of Tetris was played with the Science Library as an interface. To read Steve's comment:Go hereUnder the comment from Evan Koblentz, click the "View more replies" …

The Atlantic Interviews David Laidlaw On The Possibilities Of VR

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Professor David Laidlaw of Brown University's Department of Computer Science has just been interviewed by Maria Konnikova of the Atlantic, who questioned prominent scientists, psychologists, engineers, and developers on the rapid changes occurring in virtual reality and the possibilities that the field offers. Alongside such colleagues as Henry Fuchs of the University of North Carolina at …

MongoDB Intern Spotlight Features Benjamin Murphy '18

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MongoDB's Intern Spotlight has just profiled Brown CS student Benjamin Murphy '18, one of the 34 students in their intern program in Engineering and Marketing, which was designed to "transform development and operations" for how the company runs applications.The entire interview is available here.  

Ian Gonsher Featured In MAKE Magazine

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Ian Gonsher, who currently co-teaches CSCI1951-C Designing Humanity Centered Robots with Michael Littman, has just been featured in MAKE magazine. Ian and Michael's course focuses on using iterative design to develop robots for solving tasks that help people, and it appears to have been at least a partial inspiration for …

Read More: Brown CS Alums Continue To Innovate And Pioneer

Brown CS alums who enter the field continue to rank highly as successful innovators and industry pioneers. Click these links to learn more:Brown CS Alum James Hendler Has Been Honored By The Association Of Moving Image ArchivistsBrown CS Alum Aimee Lucido Speaks Out About Industry SexismPedro Felzenszwalb And Alum David Blei Talk About …

Leiserson, Raphael, And Brown CS Colleagues Create A Web App To Help Researchers Explore Cancer Genetics

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by Kevin Stacey (Science News Officer, Physical Sciences)Click here for a quick video introduction to MAGI.Brown University computer scientists have developed a new interactive tool to help researchers and clinicians explore the genetic underpinnings of cancer. The tool — dubbed MAGI, for Mutation Annotation and Genome Interpretation — is an …

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