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Students, faculty, and friends honored Roberto Tamassia for his service as BrownCS Department Chair at a special TGIF on May 9 and a dinner on May 27. At the two events, Roberto looked back on his seven-year term; thanked Brown and BrownCS students, faculty, and staff; and congratulated his successor, …

by Kevin Stacey (Science News Officer, Physical Sciences)As the Brown community came together to celebrate Commencement in the University’s 250th year, computer science alumni reunited this weekend to celebrate another anniversary. This year marks the 35th year of Brown’s Department of Computer Science , which was founded in 1979.Much has …

Just weeks after a successful thesis defense, Brown University Computer Science (BrownCS) graduate Matteo Riondato PhD ’14 has just won the Best Student Poster award at the 2014 SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) International Conference on Data Mining (SDM).“I was amazed,” he comments. “It’s a wonderful conclusion to …

Roberto Tamassia is stepping down. At the end of his seven-year tenure as Brown University Computer Science (BrownCS) Department Chair (two terms, plus a transitional year as Professor Ugur Cetintemel prepares to take on the role), he takes a moment to look back on the years past from his office …

Brown University’s Department of Computer Science (BrownCS) alumni continue their tradition of achievement, with Jack Stankovic PhD '79 about to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of the University from University of York, U.K.Now a professor at the University of Virginia, Stankovic was one of the first graduates of the …

Brown University’s Department of Computer Science has exceeded its own record for the largest number of Seed Awards in a single year, with six faculty members sharing five awards in 2014. Ugur Cetintemel, Sorin Istrail, Chad Jenkins, Tim Kraska, Michael Littman, and Ben Raphael received the awards from Brown University’s …

by Kevin Stacey (Science News Officer, Physical Sciences)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.Middle school teacher Adam Newall calls it “the eternal question” of introductory algebra. As students …

Professor Jeff Huang and 19 students enrolled in his CS2951-L seminar on Human-Computer Interaction released the first free dataset with information on the academic development of all professors in 50 top US Computer Science graduate programs. As part of an assignment, the students were given a fixed budget in Amazon …

by Kevin Stacey (Science News Officer, Physical Sciences)The idea of a smart home sounds promising enough. Who doesn’t want a house full of automated gadgets — from light switches to appliances to heating systems — that know exactly when to turn on, turn off, heat up or power down? But …