Edward Felten was elected as a 2011 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Kay Ousterhout'11, Comuter Science major wins $250,000 Hertz Fellowship for Graduate Study.

Prof. David Blei has received a 2011 Young Investigator Research Award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR).

Congratulations to Professor Michael Freedman, recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship, 2011.

The IEEE Board of Directors elevates Professor Kai Li to IEEE Fellow. The Board of Directors confers the title of Fellow upon a person of outstanding and extraordinary qualifications and experience in IEEE-designated fields, who has made important individual contributions to one or more of those fields.

Congratulations to Hijung (Valentina) Shin and Patrick Wendell, two of the three winners of the 2011 Computing Research Association's Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award. Congratulations to Kay Ousterhout and Michael Ty who were selected for Honorable Mention.

In 2001 archaeologists in Peru found 20 conch shell trumpets in an ancient ceremonial center. Researchers used software to characterize the acoustic properties of each shell, reconstruct the shell's interior, and study how the shape of the stone ceremonial chamber where they were found would alter the sound.

Professor Ed Felten has been named the first chief technologist to the Federal Trade Commission. He will advise the agency on issues relating to technology and help guide related government policy.

Need to Know on PBS interview Professors Andrew Appel and Ed Felten on the problems and vulnerabilities of electronic voting machines.

Results from the Oct 24th Greater New York Regional ACM Programming Competition, placed Princeton's five 3-person teams, coached by Jarett Schwartz (COS '11), in 1st, 2nd, 6th, 8th, and 13th out of 48 teams.

Princeton computer scientists David Blei and Sean Garrish have developed a new method to search academic journals and other collections of documents, such as websites, to trace the origins and spread of ideas.

Princeton researchers join nationwide project to boost energy efficiency of buildings