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10/09/2026

10/08/2026

Brown CS PhD Alums Alexandra Papoutsaki And Daphne Yao Become CS Department Chair And Department Head

It’s been a meteoric rise through CS academia for two Brown CS PhD alums this summer. Alexandra Papoutsaki has just become department chair at Pomona College’s computer science department and Danfeng (Daphne) Yao was appointed the computer science department head at NC State.

Discover more about their new roles at Brown CS News: https://cs.brown.edu/news/2026/10/07/brown-cs-phd-alums-alexandra-papoutsaki-and-daphne-yao-become-cs-department-chair-and-department-head/

10/02/2026

Introducing The CNTR Career Atlas Project

CNTR has started a new project, and they're looking for student feedback. The Career Atlas is intended to help students explore the different educations, backgrounds, and experiences at the intersection of tech and society.

Learn more at Brown CS Blog:

This semester, CNTR is starting a new project called the Career Atlas, and we’re really excited to bring students into the process from the beginning. The idea is to turn real career journeys into visual pathways that students can explore.

10/01/2026

09/25/2026

"This Is Not Inevitable": Ellie Pavlick Weighs In On ARIA And The Future Of AI

In a new Q+A, the leader of Brown's National Science Foundation-funded AI Research Institute on Interaction for AI Assistants (ARIA) reviews the last few weeks in the world of artificial intelligence.

Learn more at Brown CS Blog: https://blog.cs.brown.edu/2026/09/25/ellie-pavlick-weighs-in-on-aria-and-the-future-of-ai

09/21/2026

Brown CS is seeking applicants for two Professors of the Practice in Computer Science with a focus on Artificial Intelligence, one junior at the assistant rank and the other senior at the associate rank, with a focus on teaching foundational and advanced AI courses for our graduate programs. The initial appointment is for a three-year term and is renewable, with potential for promotion and longer-term contracts, and a preferred start date no later than July 2027.

Learn more at https://cs.brown.edu/about/positions and apply at https://apply.interfolio.com/192839.

09/16/2026

BAM Talks To Brown CS Alum Heidi Erwin About Her Career In Game Design

Recently included in the Forbes 30 Under 30, Heidi designed Brown's first independent concentration in Game Design and Development. Her latest move is co-founding Minetta Interactive, a new mobile gaming startup located in New York City.

Learn more at Brown CS Blog: https://blog.cs.brown.edu/2026/09/16/bam-talks-to-brown-cs-alum-heidi-irwin-about-her-career-in-game-design

09/16/2026

In a new article by Miriam Davison, The Brown Daily Herald reports on three classes at Brown that focus on AI. One of them is Brown CS faculty member Suresh Venkatasubramanian's CSCI 2953-B So You Think You Want to Govern AI?, which tackles cybersecurity issues including deepfakes, copyright, privacy, national security and decision-making.

Learn more at Brown CS News: https://blog.cs.brown.edu/2026/09/16/a-new-bdh-article-looks-at-suresh-venkatasubramanians-csci-2953-b-so-you-think-you-want-to-govern-ai

09/15/2026

Maurice Herlihy Receives The Fondation Sciences Mathématiques De Paris 2026 Chaire d’Excellence Award

Maurice is headed off to Paris on a fully funded, six-month research and teaching opportunity to explore distributed computing and finally master French verbs in the imperfect subjunctive voice.

Read more at Brown CS News: https://cs.brown.edu/news/2026/09/15/maurice-herlihy-receives-the-fondation-sciences-math%C3%A9matiques-de-paris-2026-chaire-dexcellence-award/

09/14/2026

"Creative Scholars Project: No AI Was Used to Create This Document"

https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:5ehrpk7s/

Founded in 2012, the Creative Scholars Project (CSP) is a weekly forum open to all members of the Brown and RISD creative community interested in better understanding their creative process and learning from the creative process of others. CSP offers an interdisciplinary space for participants to present and discuss their past, present, and future projects, fostering dialogue and insight into the creative process as it unfolds across the humanities, sciences, arts, engineering and beyond. It also offers a space to explore any interesting confluence of ideas that might lead to interdisciplinary research projects or innovations in teaching.

This piece, co-written by Carlos Aizenman (Professor of Neuroscience, Professor of Brain Science), Elisabeth Sylvan (Adjunct Lecturer in Engineering), and Ian Gonsher (Assistant Professor of Practice in Engineering), reflects conversations we had in the spring semester. We meet weekly at 9:00 on Fridays. If you'd like to get involved, email [email protected].

Image credit: Carlos Aizenman (2021) Purkinje Neurons, Based on Ramón y Cajal, 1899