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A two-week Adventures in Alice Programming workshop to teach K-12 teachers how to program and to integrate programming into their disciplines was held. It was led by Prof. Susan Rodger, teacher Chari Distler, and Duke undergraduates Carolyn Sun, Ademola Olayinka (U) and Anh Trinh (U). In addition to programming 3D virtual worlds, the teachers got a chance to step into a real virtual world, the Duke Immersive Virtual Environment. Photos read more about Alice Workshop 2016 Led by Rodger »

Congratulations to recipients of the 2016 undergraduate student awards which were presented at commencement ceremonies on May 15. 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: William James Victor (Double major in computer science and mathematics) For outstanding excellence in both fields, for graduating with highest distinction based… read more about Undergraduate Awards Presented 2016 »

The rapidly growing field of computational social choice, at the intersection of computer science and economics, deals with the computational aspects of collective decision making. This handbook, written by thirty-six prominent members of the computational social choice community and co-edited by Vincent Conitzer, covers the field comprehensively. Amazon read more about New Book by Conitzer »

Over 300 Pratt Engineering and CS students connected with 37 companies at the 7th spring TechConnect networking fair. The evening started with a panel of industry representatives. The reps, some who are alum, shared information, advice, insights and stories about their organizations, the job market and what they wish they had known when they were students. Web site | Photos read more about TechConnect 2016 Spring »

We welcome Amanda Randles, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, as secondary faculty. Randles is a CS alumna (BA,'05). Her research in biomedical simulation and high performance computing focuses on the development of new computational tools that she uses to provide insight into the localization and development of human diseases ranging from atherosclerosis to cancer. read more about Randles Joins Faculty »

(Photographed, from left, DSG Landon Cox, Seyed Majid Zahedi, Zhenyu Zhou, Brandon Fain, Nat Kell, and Chair Ron Parr.) Graduate student awards for 2014-15 were presented at the annual departmental meeting. Congratulations to the recipients: Outstanding PhD Award Janardhan Kulkarni Advisor: Kamesh Munagala Design of Scheduling Algorithms Using Game Theoretic Ideas Outstanding Prelim Award Seyed Majid Zahedi Advisor: Benjamin Lee Fair and… read more about Grad Student Awards 2014-15 »

inDuke TechConnect 2015, an event hosted by the Duke University Department of Computer Science, Pratt School of Engineering, and Career Center to bring students and employers together for networking and education was held in September. Web Site read more about TechConnect 2015 »

Susan Rodger has been reappointed as Professor of the Practice (PoP) of Computer Science. Rodger has been with the department since 1994. She has played a key role in shaping the CS undergraduate experience through her teaching, advising, and mentoring. Recipient of the ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator award, she is a nationally recognized figure in computer science education. Rodger has also been a tireless champion of diversity in our field. read more about Rodger Reappointed »

George Konidaris is the winner of a Young Faculty Award (YFA) from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The YFA aims to provide high-impact fundung to exceptional junior faculty in the first few years of their appointment. Konidaris plans to use the award to fund his research on learning high-level task descriptions that robotics can use to rapidly find solutions to new tasks. read more about Konidaris Receives DARPA Young Faculty Award »

CS is delighted to welcome Sudeepa Roy as an assistant professor. Roy comes to us from the University of Washington where she was a postdoctoral researcher in the database group. Roy received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania where she was the recipient of a Google Ph.D. Fellowship in Structured Data. She grew up in Kolkata, India, and earned her master's and bachelor's degrees in Computer Science in India from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and Jadavpur University, respectively. Roy's research… read more about Roy Joins Faculty »

Vincent Conitzer has been named the Kimberly J. Jenkins University Professor of New Technologies effective September 1, 2015. The Jenkins Chair is designated for the appointment of a scholar who has achieved national or international distinction and whose work is concerned with the social and cultural impact of information technologies, including the Internet. read more about Conitzer Named Jenkins Chair »

CS is delighted to welcome Rong Ge as an assistant professor. Ge comes to us from Microsoft Research New England, where he was a postdoctoral researcher for two years. Ge received his Ph.D. degree from Princeton University. Ge's research focuses on the design and analysis of algorithms, especially for machine learning problems. Many machine learning problems are hard in the worst case, but are solved efficiently in practice. The key thread running through Ge's work is to identify natural properties of "real-life" instances… read more about Ge Joins Faculty »