To learn about how more and more Brown University students are majoring in CS and enrolling in our classes, click any of the links below:More Brown Students Are Majoring In CS Than Any Other SubjectBrown CS Is Graduating 38% More Undergraduates Than Last Year, With 232 Predicted to Graduate in 2017BDH Reports On …
Email encryption has been available for more than two decades, but providing the layperson with access to secure email (now much in demand in the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations) has proven difficult. How will it work? Despite multiple years of effort from Yahoo, Google, and others, various issues, …
As the field of robotics begins to make serious headway with the challenge of robotic grasping, Professor Stefanie Tellex's Humans to Robots Laboratory (H2R) at Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS) continues to draw attention. In a recent IEEE Spectrum article, Sergey Levine of Google mentions the "substantially broader …
"Stunned silence" is how Professor Anna Lysyanskaya of Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS) describes the reaction to a recent speech by President Barack Obama at the South by Southwest Conferences and Festivals (SXSW). In an interview with Le Nouvel Observateur, she comments on the consensus among cryptologists that secure encryption …
In trying times, perhaps one of the most substantial contributions that academics can offer is to use their position of unbiased knowledge to propose reasoned solutions to global crises. In the wake of recent atrocities in Brussels, Timothy Edgar, a senior fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, has done just that, recommending in Lawfare that …
A detailed recent news item in Bloomberg by Adam Satariano and Chris Strohm dissects the ongoing Apple/FBI controversy that arose from the court order to unlock an iPhone used by one of the accused perpetrators of the San Bernardino massacre. Initially, they find, the Obama administration and Apple shared a certain amount of common ground, …
A new article published by Medium shows the importance of applying computer science to various disciplines, as well as details on an interesting connection between Brown CS and one of the first digital historians.Brown CS faculty member Maurice Herlihy’s father is the center of this captivating story. David J. Herlihy was …
The presentation of the first Randy F. Pausch '82 Computer Science Undergraduate Summer Research Award, given this year to Trent Green, honors a remarkable computer scientist, recognizes strong achievement from a young student, and represents a milestone in the continued growth of the Brown CS undergraduate research program. Filled with teamwork, responsibility,
This past weekend, team Brown Secure (composed of Brown University students Luke Camery, Nicholas Curcio, Sarah McNeil, and Dayton Williams, all juniors, and coached by Brown CS Professor John Savage) attended the third annual Atlantic Council Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge. The event features teams from across the country and is designed to give students a …
The robots return! Rhode Island Robot Block Party will take place on Saturday, April 9, 2016, from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at Pizzitola Sports Center (235 Hope Street). Rhode Island Robot Block Party, an expo founded by the Rhode Island Students of the Future in partnership with the Humanity Centered Robotics …
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