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 Questions of privacy, encryption, and government surveillance are typically complicated, often not well understood by the general public, and almost always politically fraught. Apple's recent refusal to comply with the FBI's request for the access owned by one of the perpetrators of last year's massacre in San Bernardino is a …

Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS) is happy to announce that Erik Sudderth has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, effective July 1, 2016. Erik came to Brown CS in 2009 after receiving his B.S. from the University of California, San Diego and his Sc.M. and Ph.D. from MIT, …

A recent article in the Boston Globe confirms something that few Brown University students, faculty, and staff are unaware of: gorgeous coastline is just a few miles down the road. Family Vacation Critic, the family travel site for TripAdvisor, has chosen Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly as one of the top …

Professor John Savage of Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS) closed 2015 with a number of important achievements in the area of cybersecurity, including being appointed to Rhode Island's first Cybersecurity Commission, re-appointed as an EastWest Institute Professorial Fellow, and serving as a panelist at the Wuzhen, China meeting of the IEEE Experts …

Self-described as a "different kind of hackathon" designed with goals of inclusiveness, experimentation, learning, and collaboration in mind, Hack@Brown turned three this year and showed strong success on all counts. Held on February 6-7, 2015, with support from Brown CS and numerous corporate sponsors, the event brought in 450 students from as far away …

by Michael MarkellHack@Brown, with support from Brown CS, is holding their third annual hackathon this weekend, February 6-7! The event will bring in 450 students from 84 schools, travelling from as far as the UK, the Netherlands, Canada, and Mexico, as well as 65 industry mentors, many of which are Brown alums. Governor …

"The field of computer science education," writes Megan Smith, the CTO of the United States, "has come a long way in just a few years." In her recent posting, she explicitly singles out Bootstrap, a CS education outreach program co-developed by Kathi Fisler (WPI and an adjunct at Brown CS), Shriram …

The White House announced today a major nationwide effort to bring computer science education to all students across the country, noting that computer science skills are considered “a new basic skill necessary for economic opportunity and social mobility.” A computer science curriculum developed in part by faculty at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) …

Program Prepares Visionary and Strategic Leaders to Meet the Global, Technical, Human and Policy Challenges of CybersecurityPROVIDENCE, RI – Jan. 20, 2016 – Brown University today announced the launch of its Executive Master in Cybersecurity program with enrollment for fall 2016 beginning now.  The 16-month program builds on the university’s …

The number of new startups launched in the US each year is quickly increasing and many successful ones have been founded by recent CS graduates. Current and future students may be wondering how they too can succeed with a startup of their own. Brown CS has this in mind with …