We welcome Ashlee Long, who joins the department as a staff assistant. read more about Ashlee Long Joins Staff »
Kristin Stephens-Martinez joined Duke’s Computer Science faculty in 2018 as an assistant professor of the practice. Her range of experience includes data science, software engineering, computer networking, human-computer interface, education, and information visualization. ---- Data scientist Kristin Stephens-Martinez's well-ordered mind seeks data of all kinds. She has studied over 4,000 students' wrong answers when they predicted the output of code, collected five-years of her own… read more about New Faculty: Kristin Stephens-Martinez Takes a “Meaning-full” Approach to Data Science »
AiFi, a company founded by CS alumni Steve Gu and Ying Zheng, announces the availability of its checkout-free solution for retailers. read more about AiFi, founded by alums Steve Gu and Ying Zheng, tracks shoppers' behaviors »
As numbers and facts continue to accumulate in today’s world of big data, a growing challenge is how to sift through the reams of data for relevant discoveries. It’s a critical and timely issue because policymakers and scientists base wide-ranging decisions on the results of data analysis. But old methods of data analysis don’t always work well with super-sized data sets. "Big data" needs some big new ideas. Enter Sudeepa Roy, assistant professor of computer science. Roy is a database researcher who is creating new ways… read more about Sudeepa Roy: Making Sense of “Big Data” Databases »
(Pictured, from left: Kilian Weinberger (AAAI 2018 program co-chair), Vince Conitzer, Rachel Freedman, Sheila McIlraith (AAAI 2018 program co-chair) Two patients need a kidney, but only one donor is available: who receives the organ? The question may seem grim, yet it is one that medical professionals face often. In recent years, several countries have begun using algorithms developed by AI experts to match patients and donors. That led Rachel Freedman, who graduated from Duke in 2017, to ask whether patient… read more about AAAI 2018 Student Paper Award Given for paper Co-authored by Conitzer and Freedman »
Missy Cummings presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland about the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence (AI). read more about Missy Cummings Presents at Davos »
Cynthia Rudin writes about scrapping secret proprietary algorithms in decisions about bail, sentencing, and parole in favor of transparent machine-learning algorithms such as CORELS. read more about Rudin Uses Machine-Learning Algorithm to Predict Re-Arrest »
A core principle of computer architecture for fast computing is the principle of locality. Adopting a similar principle for DNA computing, John Reif and students Hieu Bui, Shalin Shah, Reem Mokhtar, Tianqi Song, and Sudhanshu Garg show that a significant improvement in computing time is possible by using the principle of locality. read more about Reif and Students Research DNA Computing Time Using Locality »
Debmalya Panigrahi has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "CAREER: New Directions in Graph Algorithms." Total funding will be $515,998 over 5 years. The award will support Panigrahi's research into fundamental problems in graph algorithms seeking generic solutions for core algorithmic challenges in modern networks: efficiency at scale, uncertainty and impreciseness of network requirements, and correlation effects. This is NSF's most prestigious… read more about Panigrahi Receives NSF CAREER Award »
The Washington Post reports on a new AP Computer Science course that Owen Astrachan was instrumental in developing. The course was created in an effort to broaden the demographic base of students in computer science. read more about Washington Post Features Astrachan's work on New AP Course »
Anna Lowegard, a CBB student in the Donald Lab, was recently awarded a PhRMA predoctoral fellowship in informatics. Informatics awards support career development of scientists engaged in research that significantly integrates state-of-the-art information technology developed with advanced biological, chemical, and pharmacological sciences. read more about Lowegard receives PhRMA Fellowship »
The Department welcomes Kristin Stephens-Martinez, who has joined CS as an Assistant Professor of the Practice of Computer Science read more about Stephen-Martinez Joins Faculty »
Sophomore Carter Zenke (U) and senior Tanner Johnson (U) created the Mobile Citizens after-school program in Durham to broaden participation in computer science. In the program, middle schoolers develop their own apps. read more about Duke Students Bring Computer Science to Middle Schoolers »
Duke hosted the 2017 annual ACM Regional Programming Contest on November 11. There were six Duke teams. The Duke team Wing placed highest, taking 4th place overall out of 171 teams. Wing team members were Liang Lyu, Yunhao Qing, and Yikai Wu. ---- It started with stars. At the 2017 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Mid-Atlantic Regional Programming Contest, participants were asked to write code to reorganize the stars on the U.S. flag to make the… read more about Duke Hosted ACM Programming Contest 2017 »
David Kotz (G '91) has been appointed interim provost at Dartmouth. read more about Alum Update: Kost »
The Chronicle of Higher Education discusses the early successes and challenges of The Duke Technology Scholars Project (DTech), a career-training program that seeks to increase gender diversity in the technology industry. read more about DTech Experiences Successes and Challenges »
Eddy Cue (AB ’86), Apple’s senior vice president of internet software and services met with Duke Technology (DTech) Scholars in an effort to inspire more Duke women undergrads to choose careers in computer science and electrical & computer engineering. Duke Today article read more about CS Alum and Apple Innovator Eddy Cue Meets with DTech Scholars »
Graduate student awards for 2016-17 were presented at the annual departmental meeting. (Pictured from left: DGS Landon Cox, Abe Frandsen, Pulkit Misra, Chair Pankaj Agarwal.) Outstanding PhD Dissertation Hieu Bui Advisor: John Reif Localized DNA Computation Outstanding Prelim Exam Pulkit Misra Advisor: Alvin Lebeck Enabling Lightweight Transactions with Precision Time Yuan Deng Advisor: Vincent Conitzer Disarmament Games… read more about Grad Student Awards 2016-17 »
CS welcomes Georgia Tse (U '17), who has joined the department as a Program Coordinator. read more about CS Welcomes Tse »
We 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 »