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In the middle of a pandemic, some Brown CS alums found a new opportunity to give back. Inspired by a neighbor who bought a second monitor to help his mother teach her elementary school students remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, alum Matt Lerner founded Two Screens for Teachers just two months ago. …

Applying to a doctoral program can be challenging for anyone, and for applicants from historically underrepresented groups (HUGs) who may not have adequate access to research experiences or mentors, it can be especially daunting. It’s thought to be a considerable contributor to the lack of diversity in computer science departments …

by Rujul Singh“I’ve learned that sometimes you really can change the world by just putting your ideas out in an academic publication,” laughs Brown CS PhD alum Morgan McGuire ‘06, “and sometimes you have be the one who believes in them enough to drive them towards realization yourself.” In his …

by Charlotte Whatley and Emily Wu Full Stack at Brown (FSAB), Brown University’s software engineering club, hosted its very first virtual hackathon, Hack@Home, on October 9-12, 2020.Hack@Home brought together over 300 high schoolers and college students over a four-day weekend of hacking. The event combined all the best aspects of a …

In his newly-released third book, The Alignment Problem, Brown CS alum Brian Christian returns to the intersection of computer science with human ethics and thought. Already winning praise from experts such as Cathy O'Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction, it focuses on the consequences of allowing machine learning systems an increasing power to …

From creating a computer camp for girls in Rwanda to founding a company that uses machine learning to produce 3D models based on satellite photos, maps, and laser scans, Brown CS alums are known for career paths that often take them far beyond Silicon Valley, with a particular focus on CS education …

“We’re facing a tipping point in terms of global cybersecurity and privacy, as a result of the pandemic forcing everybody out of the streets and their offices and into their home offices and online,” says Timothy Edgar, Brown CS Visiting Fellow in International Studies and Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for …

Two students from Brown University, Andrea Greene-Horace and Yanling He, have just received the CrowdStrike Foundation's NextGen Scholarship, which supports the development of the next generation of talent and leadership in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. No more than six of these scholarships are given each year, and Brown students have received …