Duke Computer Science

EVENT: Join us for a Duke CS Seminar on Fri., Nov. 22 from 12:00-1:00 PM EDT in Rubenstein 153.

Jon Kleinberg, Tisch Univ. Prof. in Dept's of Computer Science and Information Science at Cornell University will discuss language generation in the limit.

https://duke.is/9/y7pa

EVENT: Join us for a Duke CS Colloquium on Monday, Nov. 4, from 12:00-1:00 PM EDT in LSRC D106.

Andrej Risteski, Assistant Professor of Machine Learning at Carnegie Mellon University, will discuss elucidating the design space of score-based losses. https://duke.is/5/pqbr

EVENT: Join us for a Duke CS Seminar on Friday, Oct. 4 from 12:00-1:00 PM EDT in Physics 205. Chin Ho Lee, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at NC State University will discuss boosting uniformity in quasirandom groups. You don't want to miss it! https://duke.is/2/ee8c

EVENT: Join us for a Duke CS Seminar on Friday, Sep. 27 from 12:00-1:00 PM EDT in Gross Hall 270. Yiling Chen, Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University will discuss the equilibrium of data markets with externality.
Lunch will be served at 11:45.
Don't miss it! https://duke.is/y/xame

EVENT: Join us on Monday, Sep. 16 from 12-1 p.m. in LSRC D106 for a colloquium on leveraging LLM-assistants to mediate conflict in online discussions about divisive topics. The presentation will be given by Chris Bail, Professor of Sociology, Political Science and Public Policy here at Duke University.

Lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m.

You don't want to miss it! https://duke.is/b/7f3r

Duke CS Prof Michael Reiter was the recipient of the 2024 Lasting Research Award from the Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (ACM CODASPY).

Reiter Recognized for his Work on Computer Security and Privacy Michael Reiter, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering, was the recipient of the 2024 Lasting Research Award from the Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (ACM CODASPY).

EVENT: Join us for a Duke CS Colloquium Mon, Aug. 26, 12-1:00 PM ET in LSRC D106, lunch at 11:45 AM. Noga Alon, Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University presents "The Fruitful Interplay Between Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science."

https://duke.is/j/ck68

Dr. Pardis Emami-Naeini, an expert in security and privacy, usability, and human-computer interaction, has won a 2024 Google AI Research Scholar Program award in the Privacy category, aimed at supporting early-career academics for her project entitled "Designing A Usable Security And Privacy Label 'Dictionary'" with $60,000 funding awarded. Congratulations, Pardis!

Pardis Emami-Naeini Receives Google AI Research Award Dr. Pardis Emami-Naeini, an expert in security and privacy, usability, and human-computer interaction, has won a 2024 Google AI Research Scholar Program Award in the Privacy category, aimed at supporting early-career academics for her project Designing A Usable Security And Privacy Label “Dictiona...

4 Duke CS students received NSF Graduate Research Fellowships: Jonathan Donnelly, who worked with Cynthia Rudin and will pursue a PhD in Machine Learning at Duke. Jabari Kwesi worked with Pardis Emami-Naeini, and will pursue a PhD in Human Computer Interaction at Duke. Megan Richards is a recent Duke ECE-CS grad who plans to pursue a PhD in ML. She worked with Mark Sendak at DIHI and Ricardo Henao of Duke ECE. Ruoyu (Roy) Xie worked with Bhuwan Dhingra and will pursue a PhD in Natural Language Processing at Duke. Congratulations to all! research.gov/grfp/

Duke Sophomore CS-Chem Major Ayush Jain, Junior Math Major-CS Minor Michelle Si, and Junior Math-CS Major Marie-Hélène Tomé were named 2024 Goldwater Scholars by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. Based on academic merit and supporting students who show promise of being future research leaders, this is a prestigious national award for undergraduates in math, natural science, and engineering. Congratulations! http://bit.ly/dukecs2024-goldwater-scholars

EVENT: Join us Tuesday, Apr. 16 at 5-6:00 PM ET on Zoom for Finding and Securing a Computing Education Postdoc: This is How We Do It. This is part of the Identity & Computing Lecture Series, sponsored by The Alliance for Identity-Inclusive Computing Education (AiiCE). Hear from current Postdoc speakers about how they overcame obstacles to find, apply to, secure, and work in their positions as computing education postdoctoral researchers. Learn how mentoring can make or break the experience, with a Q&A session after the presentation. https://duke.is/5/5f8y

Dr. Nicki Washington, Duke CS Professor and AiiCE Director received The National Center for Women & Information Technology's (NCWIT's) 2024 Joanne McGrath Cohoon Service Award, which recognizes her exceptional commitment to and success in creating long-lasting systemic change that makes computing more inclusive for all people marginalized by race and gender. Her innovative approach advances the broadening participation in computing of historically excluded groups. Congratulations! https://bit.ly/dukecs2024-ncwit-service-award-nicki-washington