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Alexander Szalay, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Physics and Astronomy, has been named a recipient of the 2020 Viktor Ambartsumian International Science Prize. Established in 2009, the prize—named for the famed Armenian astronomer regarded as the founder of theoretical astrophysics in the former Soviet Union—is awarded every two years to outstanding scientists from…

Congratulations to three Computer Scientists faculty who are recipients of the National Science Foundation’s Early CAREER Award.   Ilya Shpitser five-year CAREER award will support his project, “Robust Causal and Statistical Inference in High Dimensional Structured Systems with Hidden Variables,” which aims to significantly advance understanding of all major tasks in causal systems with hidden…

Congratulations to CS’s Ilya Shpitser who is a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Early CAREER Award. Ilya’s five-year CAREER award will support his project, “Robust Causal and Statistical Inference in High Dimensional Structured Systems with Hidden Variables,” which aims to significantly advance understanding of all major tasks in causal systems with hidden variables: identification,…

Raman Arora, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, is a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Early CAREER Award, which recognizes early stage scholars with high levels of promise and excellence. Raman’s five-year CAREER award will support his project, “Understanding Inductive Biases in Modern Machine Learning,” which will focus on developing an explanatory…

Election to the academy is considered among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer and honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice, or education, and to the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology. Members are elected by current NAE members. This is wonderful and well-deserved recognition of Russ’…

With support from NSF, he will explore new methods to enable secure multi-party computation.

Chenxi Liu, a PhD student in Computer Science is among 54 students selected as 2019 Google AI Fellows. Ten years ago, Google created the PhD Fellowship Program to recognize and support outstanding graduate students who are doing exceptional research in Computer Science and related fields who seek to influence the future of technology, according to…

His research focuses on theoretical computer science, including pseudorandomness, complexity theory, distributed computing, and cryptography.

Eisner was cited for “significant contributions to probabilistic models and algorithms for finding linguistic structure, especially lexicalized syntax and morphology.”

Cutting-edge research plays a key role in advancing the security and privacy of users across the Internet. To accelerate the next generation of security and privacy breakthroughs, Google has created the Security and Privacy Research Awards. In February 2019, Google announced that Matthew Green, cryptographer and associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at…

The award is presented annually to a physician or team who partners with patients, families, colleagues, and staff members to optimize patient outcomes and eliminate preventable harm.

Gregory Hager and K.T. Ramesh are both faculty members in the Whiting School of Engineering.