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"Computer science education," says Professor Shriram Krishnamurthi of Brown CS, "is a difficult and fascinating problem, sitting at the intersection of the technical and human." In a recent plenary talk ("The Role of Computer Science in Computer Science Education") on June 26 at ACM FCRC, he showed how solving even seemingly simple …

Professor Sohini Ramachandran of Brown University's Center for Computational Molecular Biology (she also serves as its Director) and Department of Computer Science has just received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Sohini's Ramachandran Group of researchers addresses problems in population genetics and evolutionary theory, generally using humans as a study system. Their work uses mathematical modeling, applied …

"Standing in line for coffee at Brown’s campus center," writes Andrea Sachs of The Washington Post, "I started to question the wisdom of choosing that other college town to the north. Her ramble across Providence is full of not-to-be-missed places to eat, play, and learn.The full article is available here.The image above is © …

by Noel Rubinton, Research Communications ManagerBenjamin Nacar, a systems programmer for Brown CS and also a pianist, composer, and music arranger, took his audiences to the moon and back with three concerts this month in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon mission.Twice at the RISD Museum …

"In today's security environment," says Professor Seny Kamara of Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS), "we believe it's necessary to have systems that fully encrypt the user's data at every point in its life cycle." He's talking about end-to-end encryption, the focus of his Encrypted Systems Lab and new startup Aroki Systems. Last year, the …

At this spring's Commencement ceremony in the Olney-Margolies Athletic Center, Brown CS presented undergraduate diplomas to 259 students. It was another historic number, beating previous records of 249 last year, 205 the year before, and 168 in 2016. Here are just a few of the places where our newest alums will be …

by Rujul SinghFrom the IBM punch cards of the 1960’s to the machine learning labs of today, Brown University's Department of Computer Science has undergone decades of transformational change since its founding. The Brown CS Digital Archive (BCSDA) is a crowdsourced effort to preserve this history, curating items from faculty, staff, students, …

Within the span of a single year, Brown CS faculty members have won two of the field's highest distinctions for teaching: Professor Shriram Krishnamurthi received the SIGSOFT Influential Educator Award and Professor Andy van Dam earned the inaugural ACM SIGGRAPH Distinguished Educator Award. ("We're teaching twins," commented Andy when the two gathered for the …

by Ajula Van Ness-OtunnuOn April 30, 2019, Brown CS Professor Seny Kamara was announced as a winner of The Responsible Computer Science Challenge from Omidyar Network, Mozilla, Schmidt Futures, and Craig Newmark Philanthropies. Seny worked in collaboration with colleagues Suresh Venkatasubramanian (University of Utah) and Sorelle A. Friedler (Haverford College) to “integrate ethics and responsibility …