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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »