Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science (SCS) is one of the world’s premier institutions for computer science research and education. SCS has seven academic units: the Computer Science Dept., the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, the Institute for Software Research, the Lane Center for Computational Biology, the Language Technologies Institute, the Machine Learning Dept., and the Robotics Institute.
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Commencement 2012 Schedule
Congratulations and best wishes to all our graduating students!
2012 Student Awards:
> The Allen Newell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
goes to Hui Han Chin. Congratulations Hui Han and advisor Gary Miller!
> The Alan J. Perlis
Student Teaching Awards go to
undergraduate student Adam Blank
and graduate student Wolfgang Richter.
Congratulations Wolfgang and Adam!
NEW PUZZLE! to tickle the grey cells...... The Puzzle Toad brings you Puzzle No. 37: "Zeroize Me". Check solution to Puzzle No. 36 along with other puzzles and their solutions!
Registration is now OPEN for the 2012 ACTIVATE Workshops for High School Teachers. Watch Video
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Clarke, Veloso Featured at Turing 100 Celebration Edmund M. Clarke and Manuela Veloso, professors of computer science, are among the distinguished scientists invited to give talks at The Alan Turing Centenary Conference, June 22-24 in Manchester, England. The conference hosted by the University of Manchester celebrates Turing, one of the most influential computer scientists of all time, on what would have been his 100th birthday. News Brief
Social Security’s IT System Could Benefit By Joining the Cloud, Carnegie Mellon Scientist SaysIn House Testimony, Scherlis Says SSA System Needs To Look More Like Google’s
The Social Security Administration (SSA) should restructure its already massive information technology (IT) systems so they can be readily scaled up, much like the systems used by Google and Amazon, William L. Scherlis, professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, testified today before the House Ways and Means Committee’s Social Security subcommittee. News Release
Picking the Brains of Strangers Improves Efforts To Make Sense of Online Information Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon Researchers Explore Distributed SensemakingPeople who have already sifted through online information to make sense of a subject can help strangers facing similar tasks without ever directly communicating with them, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Research have demonstrated. News Release
Revolutionary Technology Enables Objects To Know How They Are Being Touched Disney, CMU Researchers Envision ‘Smart Doorknobs’ and Gesture-controlled Smartphones
A doorknob that knows whether to lock or unlock based on how it is grasped, a smartphone that silences itself if the user holds a finger to her lips and a chair that adjusts room lighting based on recognizing if a user is reclining or leaning forward are among the many possible applications of Touché, a new sensing technique developed by a team at Disney Research, Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon University. News Release
New Book Draws Lessons From Social Science To Guide Creation of Thriving Online Communities Evidence Derived From University Research at Carnegie Mellon, Michigan, MinnesotaOnline communities are among the most popular destinations on the Internet, but attempts to create social networking sites often meet with failure. In a new book, Carnegie Mellon University’s Robert E. Kraut and the University of Michigan’s Paul Resnick use evidence from the social sciences and their own research to suggest ways that organizers can effectively address major design challenges. News Release
Carnegie Mellon Researchers Create Dynamic View Of City Based on Foursquare Check-in Data “Livehoods” Reflect Both Geography and the People Who Frequent an AreaThe millions of “check-ins” generated by foursquare, the location-based social networking site, can be used to create a dynamic view of a city’s workings and character, Carnegie Mellon University researchers say. In contrast to static neighborhood boundaries and dated census figures, these “Livehoods” reflect the ever-changing patterns of city life. News Release
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