Department of Computer ScienceWe welcome Samuel Kamau, who has joined CS as the Administrative Manager. read more about Kamau joins CS »
Eddy Cue, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services, will give a special talk at Duke on September 29 at 3:30 pm. The title of his talk is “The Tech Life.” Eddy oversees Apple’s industry-leading content stores including the iTunes Store and Apple Music, as well as Apple Pay, Siri, Maps, iAd, Apple’s innovative iCloud services, and Apple’s productivity and creativity apps. A Duke alumnus, Eddy earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Economics from Duke in 1986. He joined Apple in 1989. He’… read more about Apple's Cue, Duke CS/Econ Alum to Speak at Duke »
Bruce Donald has been awarded a new R01 grant from the NIH entitled "Deep Topological Sampling of Protein Structures." Total funding will be $1.2M over 4 years. read more about NIH Grant Awarded to Donald »
In response to the strain that increased demand for computer science classes has imposed on a small faculty, CS Chair Pankaj Agarwal plans to enhance the department through collaborations with other departments, as well as pursuing initiatives for enhancing minorities' involvement in computer science. read more about Agarwal Seeks Solution for Small Faculty Size »
Xi He (G) has been awarded a Google 2017 Fellowship. Her project is titled "Private Mobility Data Publication, Integration." The fellowship begins on September 1. read more about Xi He Awarded 2017 Google Fellowship »
The department is pleased to announce the appointment of Pankaj K. Agarwal as department chair effective August 15. Agarwal is the RJR Nabisco Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics. He received his PhD from Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in 1989 and joined Duke as an assistant professor in computer science the same year. He served as department chair 2004-2010. His research focuses on developing efficient algorithms for large-scale geometric problems, which arise in a wide range of applications. "I am… read more about Agarwal Named Department Chair »
Jun Yang has agreed to serve as an Associate Chair of the department for a three year term effective August 15, 2017. Besides assisting Pankaj Agarwal with many of chair's responsibilities, Yang also will be leading some of the department's strategic initiatives. read more about Yang Named Associate Chair »
Cynthia Rudin and colleagues are training computers to build statistical models to predict future criminal behavior, called recidivism, that are just as accurate as black-box models, but more transparent and easier to interpret. read more about Rudin Trains Computers to Predict Recidivism »
Ben Burchfiel (G) and his thesis advisor have developed new technology that enables machines to make sense of 3-D objects in a richer and more human-like way. read more about Burchfiel Helps Robots See in 3D »
A two-week Adventures in Alice Programming workshop to teach middle school and high school teachers how to program and to integrate programming into their disciplines was led by Susan Rodger and five undergraduates: Natalie Huffman (Duke), Jonathan Kuo (Duke), Erich Narten (UNC Charlotte), Jack Wrigley (Amherst College), and Vicki Zhang (Duke). read more about Alice Workshop 2017 Led by Rodger »
Duke students are participating in DTech, a partnership between the Departments of Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering designed to attract and retain women in computing studies and create a pipeline of women into industry. read more about Duke Technology Scholars Program Helps Women Thrive in Tech »
Rong Ge has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "AF: Large: Collaborative Research: Nonconvex Methods and Models for Learning: Towards Algorithms with Provable and Interpretable Guarantees." Total funding will be $499,998, for 5 years starting June 1. Abstract read more about Ge Awarded NSF Grant »
The Department congratulates our newest graduates who were awarded degrees for 2016-17 at commencement ceremonies on May 14. Photos read more about Graduation: Degrees Conferred for 2016-17 »
Vincent Conitzer participated in a Duke in DC panel on the coming effects of artificial intelligence on the job market. read more about Conitzer on Duke in DC Panel »
Ashwin Machanavajjhala and Sam Haney (G) work to ensure that Census statistics can be mined for insights about the nation without leaking private information about individuals. read more about Machanavajjhala and Haney Develop "Differential Privacy" Methods for Census Data »
Congratulations to recipients of the 2017 undergraduate student awards which were presented at commencement ceremonies on May 14. Alex Vasilos Memorial Award Friends and colleagues of the late Alex Vasilos donated the Alex Vasilos Memorial Award to the Department of Computer Science to recognize deserving students. This year's recipients: Arun Ganesh For outstanding research in algorithms for online service, for graduating with highest distinction, for excellence in the classroom, and for strong… read more about Undergraduate Awards Presented 2017 »
ACM has named Owen Astrachan recipient of the 2016 Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award for three decades of innovative computer science pedagogy and inspirational community leadership in broadening the appeal of high school and college introductory computer science courses. read more about Astrachan Named ACM Outstanding Educator »
Ashwin Machanavajjhala has received the IEEE ICDE 2017 Influential Paper Award for his 2006 paper "L-diversity: privacy beyond k-anonymity." read more about Machanavajjhala receives Influential Paper Award »
Department Chair Ron Parr and CS faculty hosted a reception for CS alumni during Duke's 2017 Alumni Reunion. The reception featured remarks by Owen Astrachan and Landon Cox on their latest efforts to incorporate mobile technologies into our undergraduate curriculum, and a discussion of the new DTech Scholars Program by Monica Jenkins. Photos read more about CS Alumni Reception 2017 »
CS welcomes Tonya Mozingo-Ware (S) who has joined CS as Assistant to the Chair. read more about Mozingo-Ware Joins Staff »
Alvin Lebeck is the inaugural editor of Computer Architecture Today, the recently-launched ACM SIGARCH blog whose mission is to inform the broad computing community about current activities, advances and future directions in computer architecture. read more about Lebeck Edits New ACM SIGARCH Blog »
Algorithms, like humans, can discriminate. Cynthia Rudin addresses this problem by creating publicly available tools for transparent algorithms. read more about Rudin Creates Tools for Transparent Algorithms »
With the quip "The doctor said it might help me quit," Vincent Conitzer won the New Yorker's weekly contest in which readers send in suggested captions. Conitzer felt drawn to this cartoon because his three-year-old son is going through a shark phase. read more about Conitzer Wins Weekly New Yorker Caption Contest »
Progress in artificial intelligence has been rapid in recent years. Vincent Conitzer discusses concerns about AI's impact on human societies. read more about Conitzer Keeps AI Debate Grounded in Reality »
Cynthia Rudin, a rising star in the field of machine learning, focuses on writing algorithms that are easily interpretable by human experts for practical tasks like predicting energy grid reliability or diagnosing sleep apnea. She holds a dual appointment in Computer Science and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. read more about Rudin Designs Algorithms to Help Turn Raw Information into Informed Choices »
Vincent Conitzer is one of three winners of Blue Sky Awards sponsored by CCC (Computing Community Consortium) for his paper "Moral Decision Making Frameworks for Artificial Intelligence." read more about Conitzer Takes CCC Blue Sky Award »
Duke's involvement in Google's Capacity program, designed to address dramatic increases in undergraduate Computer Science enrollments, has resulted in new approaches to the engagement of women and underrepresented students and increased access to peer mentoring. read more about Duke Partners with Google to Address the Capacity Crunch »
Rupert Freeman (G) has been selected to receive a Facebook Fellowship for the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 academic years. read more about Freeman Selected for Facebook Fellowship »
We welcome Alison Hriciga, who has joined CS as the Graduate & Financial Assistant. read more about Hriciga Joins Staff »
Three Duke papers were selected for honorable mention as IEEE micro top picks in computer architecture for 2016. There are 12 top picks and 12 honorable mentions from across a large number of conferences. The Duke papers are from Ben Lee’s and Alvin Lebeck’s research groups. The papers are: Siyang Wang, Xiangyu Zhang, Yuxuan Li, Ramin Bashizade, Song Yang, Chris Dwyer, Alvin R. Lebeck, “Accelerating Markov Random Field Inference using Molecular Optical Gibbs Sampling Units,” Proc. 43rd International Symposium on Computer… read more about Duke Receives Three Architecture Top Pick Honorable Mentions »