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 …
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" …
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 …
Professor Stan Zdonik of Brown University's Department of Computer Science and his co-authors have just won the Very Large Data Base Endowment (VLDB)'s 10-Year Best Paper Award for research ("C-Store: A Column-oriented DBMS") originally published in Proceedings of the VLDB in 2005. VLDB is an organization that promotes scholarly work on …
Since its founding in 1979, Brown University's Department of Computer Science has created a pioneering community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni. To read more about the development of the department over the years, click on these links:Watch Video From Celebrate With Andy: 50 Years Of CS At BrownCelebrate With Andy: 50 Years Of CS At BrownBrownCS …
The Yurt, Brown University's newest 3D virtual reality environment, launched in 2015 and has earned worldwide praise. To read more, click on these links:"A Virtual World Ready To Be Utilized," Motif Magazine Raves About The YurtBrown Daily Herald Takes Readers Into "Another World" Inside The YurtBrown News Investigates The Yurt's Advantages For Scientific And …
In addition to impacting the local and national community, Brown CS community members are making global strides. To read more, click on these links:Brown CS Finds A Unique Way To Celebrate Impressive Heidelberg Laureate Forum RepresentationAnna Lysyanskaya Offers Ukraine Commentary On WPRIJohn Hughes Delivers An Invited Lecture At The Collège De FranceBrown CS …
Brown CS students excel in hackathons around the nation and have earned numerous accolades. To read more, click on these links:Two Brown CS Teams Win CyberSEED PrizesBrown CS Students Win Three Awards At HackMITChristian Mathiesen And Teammates Take First Place At LinkedIn’s Intern HackdayAaron Gokaslan ’18 Wins HackPrinceton Best iOS App AwardThe Providence Journal Reports On …
