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is a summer enrichment program for local area high school students run by the School of Computer Science since 1991. 22 June - 7 August 2009 |
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Luis von Ahn, assistant professor of computer science, was featured in a segment of PBS’s Nova scienceNow, which began its summer season on WQED. It's not too late to check it out! Click HERE to see the video of the episode and for additional video and audio of Luis.
Congratulations and best wishes to all of our 2009 SCS graduates!
Watch keynote speaker Eric Schmidt's speech and other commencement-related speeches at Carnegie Mellon on iTunes U.
NEW PUZZLE! to tickle the grey cells...... The Puzzle Toad brings you Puzzle No. 27: "Another Hat Problem". You can also check out the other puzzles and solutions!
Faculty Interview!:
Peter Lee, Professor, and Head of Computer Science Department. Full interview
Take the "Muddy Boots" Photo Tour of the School of Computer Science new buildings!
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Randal E. Bryant, university professor and dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science (SCS), has been reappointed to a five-year term as dean, effective July 1. Since Bryant became dean in 2004, the school has established the world’s first Machine Learning Department, launched the National Science Foundation-sponsored Quality of Life Technology Center with the University of Pittsburgh and conceived and constructed the Gates and Hillman Centers, new classroom, lab and office buildings that the school will occupy later this summer.
News release
A new algorithm developed by Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists has revealed for the first time how genetic networks in the fruit fly evolve during the insect’s life cycle. Scientists have known that the relationships between fruit fly genes change over time, but existing experimental approaches can not capture the details of those changes as they occur. The new algorithm, called Tesla, incorporates machine learning techniques that now enable researchers to figure out how the rewiring of those networks takes place as the insect develops. News release
A 21st century "pen pal" program, established by Carnegie Mellon University's Global Connection Program in partnership with the UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE), will expand this fall and participants will receive training at the GigaPan Dialogues International Workshop June 22-24. News brief
Professors Earn Prestigious HP Innovation Research Awards! Noah Smith and Greg Ganger were among 60 recipients worldwide to receive awards as part of HP’s 2009 Innovation Research Program, which is designed to create opportunities for colleges, universities and research institutes around the world to conduct breakthrough collaborative research with HP.
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Researchers from the School of Computer Science have developed two new tools to help computer programmers select from among thousands of options within the application programming interfaces (APIs) that are used to write applications in Java, today’s most popular programming language. The tools - Jadeite and Apatite - take advantage of human-centered design techniques to significantly reduce the time and guesswork associated with finding the right classes and methods of APIs.
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Gene regulatory networks in cell nuclei are similar to cloud computing networks, such as Google or Yahoo!, researchers report today in the online journal Molecular Systems Biology. This finding by an international team led by Carnegie Mellon University computational biologist Ziv Bar-Joseph helps explain not only the robustness of cells, but also some seemingly incongruent experimental results that have puzzled biologists.
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Quality of Life Technology Center Hosts International Symposium! Speakers at the inaugural meeting include Margaret Giannini, director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Office on Disability; Isao Shimoyama, professor in the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Information Technology, and Alan Jette, director of the Health & Disability Research Institute at Boston University. Assistive robotics, safe driving technology, human awareness technology, mobility aids and privacy issues are among the topics to be addressed. News release
Bill Gates will be returning to Carnegie Mellon University on Sept. 22, 2009, to dedicate the Gates Center for Computer Science. While details of the visit have not been finalized, Gates will be on hand for the ceremony celebrating the university's long history in computer science excellence. With a lead gift of $20 million, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has made possible the Gates Center, one of two signature buildings for Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science. The buildings are scheduled to be occupied in August. News release