by Bruce Donald Campbell (RISD, Brown CS Visiting Scientist)What do you get when you bring together a seasoned popular art school illustrator, an accomplished computer graphics scientist with a new virtual reality surround theater, a respected scientist with a compelling field of study, and twenty-one eager participants in a semester-long …
Travel and Leisure lists Providence as the 3rd most charming city in America. Its rich colonial-era history, bustling art scene, and quaint gas-lantern-lined streets easily make the Rhode Island capital a top contender. The article highlights Wickenden Street as one of the city’s main attractions with its antique stores, cafes, …
GoLocalProv has named Professor Michael Littman of Brown CS as one of the 50 Greatest Living Rhode Islanders! He was listed alongside How To Get Away With Murder actress Viola Davis and Brown “Engin. 9” professor Barrett Hazeltine, among other famous names. Michael is known for his work in reinforcement …
Professor Amy Greenwald of Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS), along with colleagues from Harvard University, the Computing Community Consortium, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and other organizations, have just returned from the successful Artificial Intelligence for Social Good conference, which they co-organized. Held in …
A letter to the Brown University community from President Christina Paxson on May 27, 2016, announced that Maurice Herlihy and Eli Upfal of the Department of Computer Science (Brown CS) have joined colleagues from across the University in being appointed to named chairs. Maurice is the An Wang Professor of Computer …
Notable this year for the size of the graduating class (168 undergrads, breaking last year's record by 28%) and every year for sentiment, well-deserved pride, and a sense of fun, Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS) celebrated Commencement 2016 this past weekend.Festivities began on Friday with the Hooding Ceremony, where friends …
Three papers from Professor Eli Upfal’s research group were recently accepted to Knowledge Discovery and Data Science (KDD’16), a top-tier conference in the Big Data research community. A total of 784 papers were submitted to the conference, of which 70 were accepted as full papers and 72 were accepted as …
Students who have recently arrived at the CIT may only know Peter Wegner, now retired for more than a decade, through his vigorous participation in colloquia. Others will be familiar with his research in programming languages. But as he near a half-century at Brown, not just the course of his …
by Kevin Stacey (Science News Officer, Physical Sciences)For most students a senior thesis represents a valuable learning exercise and the culmination of several years of careful study. Brown University senior Wilson Cusack’s was certainly both of those, but it’s also about to be an international agricultural technology project sponsored by …
WebGazer.js has already received significant attention on Reddit and Hacker News. Click either of the previous links to share the story and take part in the discussion.In an age where technological advancements have made extremely high levels of responsiveness, interactivity, and customization almost omnipresent, eye tracking (using a device to measure eye position …
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