Department of Computer Science
Three Duke students received awards from the Computing Research Association (CRA) for Outstanding Undergraduate Research: Runliang (Oscar) Li - Finalist, Hui (Frederick) Xu - Honorable Mention, and Rohith Kuditipudi - Honorable Mention. Congratulations! read more about Duke Students Win CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Research Awards »
Congratulations to Kamesh Munagala and joint authors Yu Cheng, Kangning Wang, and Nick Gravin (Shanghai UFE). They recently won the Best Paper Award for "A Simple Mechanism for a Budget Constrained Buyer" at WINE 2018: The 14th Conference on Web and Internet Economics. read more about Munagala, Cheng, Wang, and Gravin Receive Best Paper Award at WINE 2018 »
Bruce M. Maggs, the Pelham Wilder Professor of Computer Science, has been named an ACM Fellow for his contributions to the development of content distribution networks and the theory of computer networks. As a fellow, Maggs joins a select group of the top 1% of ACM professional members. ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, is the world's largest educational and scientific computing society. read more about Bruce Maggs Named ACM Fellow »
Congratulations to Aaron Lowe and Pankaj Agarwal for winning the 2018 Best Paper Award at the 26th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems in November. Their winning paper was on “Flood Risk Analysis on Terrains under the Multi-Flow-Direction Model.” It examines the flooding query problem, using a data structure that quickly estimates how much rain has to fall in a region so that a query point is flooded. The goal of the paper… read more about Aaron Lowe and Pankaj Agarwal Win 2018 Best Paper Award at ACM SIGSPATIAL »
Five Duke University faculty members, including Krishnendu Chakrabarty, and one staff member have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). read more about Krishnendu Chakrabarty named AAAS Fellow »
Duke researchers like Vince Conitzer, Kimberly J. Jenkins University Professor of New Technologies and Professor of Computer Science discuss how AI can help decision making. read more about Can Artificial Intelligence Help Us Be More Moral? »
Could a computer write sonnets convincing enough to fool people into thinking they were written by human poets rather than machines? One Duke team created an algorithm to find out. read more about Duke Data Science Team Wins Computer-Generated Poetry Competition »
Duke University recently hosted global technology leader and trailblazer, Dr. Sandra Johnson. As the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in computer engineering in the US, Dr. Johnson inspired a crowd on November 8. read more about Meet Dr. Sandra Johnson, Computer Engineering "Hidden Figure" »
We live in a world where data is the new currency. Every aspect of our lives is tracked digitally, especially through the internet and mobile devices. However, sensitive information can be gleaned from this data and could cause social and financial harm to the individual. Ashwin Machanavajjhala is a brilliant, creative scholar and pioneer in the important field of database privacy. While he could have spent his career in industry, his desire to blend research with teaching led him to a faculty position at… read more about Privacy Expert Awarded for Teaching Excellence »
With an endless onslaught of news and opinion pounding us from traditional outlets, blogs and social media, fact-checking helps a weary public determine which political claims are accurate and which ones aren’t. A fact-checking app being developed by a team lead by Jun Yang and and Bill Adair will rely on a database of fact-checks that were published by organizations such as The Washington Post, PolitiFact and FactCheck.org. The database grew out of an earlier partnership between the Reporters’ Lab and… read more about Real-Time Fact-Checking: There's (Almost) An App For That »
We welcome Alberto Bartesaghi as Associate Professor of Computer Science, Biochemistry, and Electrical & Computer Engineering. Read about him in Duke's new faculty member profiles. read more about We Welcome Alberto Bartesaghi »
Computer scientist and statistician Rebecca Steorts has been developing state-of-the-art statistics and machine learning techniques to help human rights groups take on the grim task of tallying Syria's war dead. read more about Rebecca Steorts Develops Techniques to Tally War Dead »
Graduate student awards for 2017-18 were presented at the 2018 annual departmental meeting. Congratulations to the recipients: Outstanding PhD Dissertation Rupert Freeman Advisor: Vincent Conitzer Eliciting and Aggregating Information for Better Decision Making Xi He (ACM Dissertation Award Nominee) Advisor: Ashwin Machanavajjhala Policy Driven Data Sharing with Provable Privacy Guarantees Nathaniel Kell Advisor: Debmalya Panigrahi … read more about Grad Student Awards 2017-18 »
A person stepping forward to donate a kidney can set off a chain that saves dozen of lives. An article in Quartz features work by Vince Conitzer and his colleagues in AI, economics, and philosophy. read more about How AI Changed Organ Donation in the US »
An article by Vincent Conitzer, "Natural Intelligence Still has its Advantages," appears in the Wall Street Journal. read more about Article by Vince Conitzer Appears in Wall Street Journal »
Vincent Conitzer has been awarded an NSF grant titled "RI: Small: Designing Preferences, Beliefs, and Identities for Artificial Intelligence." Total funding is $400,000. read more about Vince Conitzer Receives NSF Grant for AI Research »
Bruce Donald was honored at a 60th birthday tribute organized by his former students. More than 50 colleagues, students, and postdocs gathered at Duke Gardens for what was a full day of talks followed by dinner, some from as far away as California, New York, France, Switzerland and China. read more about Bruce Donald Honored by Colleagues and Students »
Congratulations to recipients of the 2018 undergraduate student awards which were presented at commencement ceremonies on May 13. 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: Harrison Graham Lundberg - For outstanding research contributions in database for an inter-query contention analyzer for cluster computing… read more about Undergraduate Awards Presented 2018 »
The Department congratulates our newest graduates who were awarded degrees for 2017-18 at commencement ceremonies on May 13. Visit the CS Facebook page to see graduation photos. Go to: PhD Degrees | MS Degrees | MSEC Degrees | Undergraduate Degrees PhD Degrees Bing Xie - Advisor: Jeffrey Chase. Output Performance of Petascale File Systems. Yan Chen - Advisor: Ashwin Machanavajjhala. Applying Differential Privacy with… read more about Graduation: Degrees Conferred for 2017-18 »
Tianyu Wang (G) has been named to the inaugural cohort of Energy Data Analytics PhD Student Fellows. read more about Tianyu Wang Named an Energy Data Analytics Fellow »
We welcome Jennifer Schmidt, who joins the Department as the Chair's Assistant. read more about Jennifer Schmidt Joins Staff »
We welcome Luke Westfield who joins the Department as an IT Analyst. read more about Luke Westfield Joins Lab Staff »
Frank Starmer, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, has won the Duke School of Medicine's 2018 Distinguished Faculty Award. Med School | Local Paper read more about Frank Starmer Receives Med School Award »
The inaugural Computer Science Undergraduate Project Showcase celebrated student inquiry in computer science. Students presented 22 posters on projects from mentored research, class projects, and independent work. More | Photos read more about Undergraduate Research Showcase 2018 »
The Salisbury Post recounts challenges overcome by recent graduate Samantha Washko. read more about Samantha Washko Profiled by Salisbury Post »
A paper co-authored by Debmalya Panigrahi has been selected as an honorable mention for the Best Paper Award at WWW 2018. The paper is titled "Minimizing Latency in Online Ride and Delivery Services." read more about Paper by Debmalya Panigrahi takes Honorable Mention »
Bruce Donald has been awarded an R01 grant from the NIH entitled "Computational Structure-Based Protein Design." Total funding will be $1,403,624 over 4 years. read more about Bruce Donald receives NIH Grant for Protein Design »
Vince Conitzer participated in a Duke conference designed to explore promising uses of AI and the challenges they pose in administering diverse governmental functions involving science, technology, health and intellectual property. Conference site | Video read more about Vince Conitzer a Panelist on AI in the Administrative State »
Congratulations to Ashwin Machanavajjhala, who has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. read more about Ashwin Machanavajjhala Promoted »
Amanda Randles has been named the recipient of the 2017 ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award for developing HARVEY, a massively parallel circulatory simulation code capable of modeling the full human arterial system at subcellular resolution. ACM | People of ACM | Duke BME read more about Amanda Randles Receives ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award »