
News
April 20, 2016
Computer science, neuroscience see large growth in number of concentrators
The computer science department will have new 41 AB concentrators in addition to 121 BSE concentrators from the Class of 2018, compared to 28 AB concentrators and 102 BSE concentrators the previous year.
April 20, 2016
Deep learning Improves Robotic Vision
Distinguishing an actual book from a photo of a book seems so simple that we humans don't even think about it. But for a computer, it is another story.
April 17, 2016
Researchers discover new steps in the escalating cat-and-mouse game of internet censorship
Researchers have found that the "Great Firewall" technology that controls internet traffic entering and leaving China is not merely an apparatus that statically blocks traffic.
April 17, 2016
On the Rise: Computer science becomes top major, expanding faculty as it transforms fields
Five years ago, the most popular majors for members of the Class of 2011 were economics, politics, history, the Woodrow Wilson School, and operations research and financial engineering. Computer science, which awarded 36 degrees in 2011, wasn’t even close to cracking the top five.
April 15, 2016
Prof. Appel's TEDx Talk on Internet Voting
Professor Appel gave a TEDx talk at the local Princeton University TEDx event.
April 14, 2016
Three Princeton students named Goldwater Scholars for STEM study
Princeton sophomore Sara Fridovich-Keil and juniors Siddhartha Jayanti and Peter Park have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships, the premier award for outstanding undergraduates interested in careers in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.
April 13, 2016
Ensafi Receives ISTF's Advanced Networking Research Prize
Congratulations to Dr. Roya Ensafi who received the Advanced Networking Research Prize at the Internet Engineering Task Force conference in Buenos Aires. Ensafi was recognized for her work on "Examining How the Great Firewall Discovers Hidden Circumvention Servers".
April 13, 2016
ACM names Prof. Jennifer Rexford the 2016-2017 Athena Lecturer
The Association for Computing Machinery’s Council on Women in Computing named Professor Jennifer Rexford the 2016-2017 Athena Lecturer.
March 31, 2016
Katta, Alipourfard, Rexford, and Walker receive Best Paper Award at SOSR
Congratulations to Naga Katta, Omid Alipourfard, Professor Jennifer Rexford, and Professor David Walker for receiving Best Paper Award at the Symposium on SDN Research (SOSR) in Santa Clara.
March 28, 2016
Prof. Braverman awarded 2016 Presburger Award
Professor Mark Braverman has been awarded the 2016 Presburger Award by The European Association for Theoretical Computer Science.
March 1, 2016
‘Computer Science for All’ (Really)
You’re in one of the biggest lecture halls on campus, but it’s still too small. You’re sitting in an aisle and can’t see the screen. The sound system stops working halfway through.
February 25, 2016
Prof. Barbara Engelhardt recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship
Congratulations to Professor Barbara Engelhardt, recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship.
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