Henning Schulzrinne appointed FCC’s Senior Advisor for Technology
Schulzrinne will serve in this role until December, when he returns to his former position of chief technology officer for the FCC, a position he held 2011-14.
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Steven Nowick launches working group on massive-scale computing systems
Researchers working on extreme-scale computing systems will collaborate with those working to solve ambitious problems in the physical sciences, medicine, and engineering.
Columbia researchers presenting eight papers at this year’s SIGGRAPH
Columbia University researchers are presenting eight papers at this year’s SIGGRAPH, held July 24-26 at Anaheim’s convention center. High-level descriptions … Continue reading Columbia researchers presenting eight papers at this year’s SIGGRAPH
Martha Kim receives Borg Early Career Award
Martha Kim, associate professor of Computer Science at Columbia University and director of the ARCADE Lab, has been named a … Continue reading Martha Kim receives Borg Early Career Award
Shree Nayar’s eternal camera is one of Popular Science’s top 10 innovations of 2016
The camera’s photodiodes collect light and convert it to power, allowing the camera to operate without external power.
Adam Cannon and Jae Woo Lee recognized for teaching excellence
Update: Since being awarded the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching for Faculty, Adam Cannon has earned the additional honor of … Continue reading Adam Cannon and Jae Woo Lee recognized for teaching excellence
Suman Jana, Protecting security and privacy in an age of perceptual computing
“I like to break things. To open a thing and see its inner workings and really understand how it works … Continue reading Suman Jana, Protecting security and privacy in an age of perceptual computing
Allison Bishop earns NSF CAREER award
Allison Bishop, an assistant professor within Columbia’s Computer Science Department and a member of the Data Science Institute, has been … Continue reading Allison Bishop earns NSF CAREER award
David S. Johnson: In Memoriam
David S. Johnson, a leading expert in the area of computational complexity and the design and analysis of algorithms, died … Continue reading David S. Johnson: In Memoriam
Three from Computer Science named Sloan Research Fellows
They are Matei Ciocarlie (robotic manipulation), Roxana Geambasu (data security and privacy), and Daniel Hsu (algorithmic statistics and machine learning).
Steven Bellovin named first Technology Scholar by Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
He will help balance federal government’s efforts to prevent terrorism with need to protect privacy and civil liberties.
Daniel Hsu named one of “AI’s 10 to watch”
Fitting models using unlabeled data (vs labeled data) is limited by computational barriers. Daniel Hsu works to overcome such barriers … Continue reading Daniel Hsu named one of “AI’s 10 to watch”
Jonathan Gross retires after 47 years of teaching and research at Columbia
After 47 years of teaching and research at Columbia, Jonathan Gross retired last semester, following a highly active career that … Continue reading Jonathan Gross retires after 47 years of teaching and research at Columbia
Julia Hirschberg and David Blei elected 2015 ACM Fellows
Two professors in the Computer Science department at Columbia University have been elected 2015 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellows: … Continue reading Julia Hirschberg and David Blei elected 2015 ACM Fellows
Vishal Misra named IEEE Fellow
For contributions to “network traffic modeling, congestion control and Internet economics,” Vishal Misra has been named a Fellow of the … Continue reading Vishal Misra named IEEE Fellow
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