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PhD candidate Esha Ghosh, PhD alumna Olya Ohrimenko, and professor Roberto Tamassia of Brown University’s Computer Science Department have been selected for the Best Student Paper Award at the 13th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS 2015), to be held in New York on June 2-5, 2015.“With …

On Friday, May 22, 2015, the Brown CS family gathered in Pizzitola Sports Center to celebrate three golden anniversaries: the Undergraduate Teaching Assistant program, undergraduate participation in research, and Andy van Dam at Brown. The tributes and reminiscences were insightful, heartfelt, eloquent, and often extremely funny. You can watch a …

Here's a provocative question: "What do actual AI researchers think of the risks of AI?"

Ramez Naam of The Libertarian Republic notes that Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, and Bill Gates have all expressed recent concern about "killer AI" scenarios despite having a lack of AI expertise. Instead, he turns to …

Writing on the topic of surveillance reform in Lawfare, Timothy Edgar, a Visiting Fellow at the Watson Institute, again proves himself one of the few scholars able to consistently pierce the bubble of political rhetoric for the benefit of the layperson.
 
"[Rand] Paul’s machinations have no chance of causing …

Digital Den recently toured the Yurt as part of last week's Visualization and Creativity in Immersive 3D Environments — From Cave to YURT symposium, describing it as "a wonderful event...fascinating".  You can read the whole article here. 

Brown University's Department of Computer Science (Brown CS) today announces the start of a fundraising campaign to build a $10,000,000 endowment for its Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA) program. The campaign's web site, with testimonials from former UTAs such as Mike Fredrickson of Pixar and Philip Levis of Stanford University, is …

As the countdown to the Visualization and Creativity in Immersive 3D Environments -- from Cave to YURT symposium continues and excitement about the Yurt grows, the online magazine of Rhode Island National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) has taken notice. Take a look at page …

by Jesse C. Polhemus As the department approaches its silver anniversary, Brown CS is making a comprehensive effort to document our early history online and in print. Our themes are the intellectual daring of our academic home, the making of things never before imagined, and the spirit of community that’s guided …

His readers and followers across a variety of media platforms will be interested to note that Shriram Krishnamurthi has burnished his list of honors with an unusual addition: he's now a Quora Top Writer for 2015. Citing the "consistency, quality, and thoughtfulness" of his posts, he's been recognized for his …