12 CS Students Win Prestigious Fellowships
Graduate students from the department have been selected to receive scholarships. The diverse group is a mix of those new … Continue reading 12 CS Students Win Prestigious Fellowships
Student & Alumni News
Confluent IPO: Remaking The Massive Database Industry
Jun Rao (PhD’00) co-founded Confluent, a platform that makes it easy to connect apps, systems, and an entire organization with real-time data flow and processing. The company develops database technologies, launched its IPO recently.
Congratulations to the Class of 2021
The department is extremely proud of all of our students and would like to honor this year’s graduates! We … Continue reading Congratulations to the Class of 2021
Meet Columbia Engineering’s 2021 Valedictorian and Salutatorian
Noah Huber-Feely (CS) and Alex Paskov (APAM), valedictorian and salutatorian of Columbia Engineering’s undergraduate class of 2021, have earned the School’s highest academic honors.
How Do You Change the Face of the Entertainment Industry?
In her role as the programming director at Diverso, Columbia College junior Shailha Alam is trying to do just that.
‘Shark Tank’: Mark Cuban ‘Looks Up To’ the Founder of Hopscotch – So He Invested $550,000 in Her App That Teaches Kids to Code
Samantha John (SEAS ’09) took her first computer science class and started to love programming during her senior year. She launched Hopscotch, an app that teaches kids how to code by building games, in 2013 … Continue reading ‘Shark Tank’: Mark Cuban ‘Looks Up To’ the Founder of Hopscotch – So He Invested $550,000 in Her App That Teaches Kids to Code
Voices of CS: MS Bridge Student Testimonials
The CS@CU MS Bridge Program in Computer Science equips students from non-computer science backgrounds with the skills and knowledge necessary … Continue reading Voices of CS: MS Bridge Student Testimonials
Q&A: Jihye Kwon on PhD Research Projects
Jihye Kwon, a computer engineering PhD student, talks about her research projects and what it took to win a Best … Continue reading Q&A: Jihye Kwon on PhD Research Projects
Maritza Johnson (PhD ’12) To Lead New Center For Data, AI and Society At The University of San Diego
The University of San Diego has named Maritza Johnson (PhD ’12) as the director of the new center that will address issues concerning big data and artificial intelligence, and their social implications — ethics, privacy, … Continue reading Maritza Johnson (PhD ’12) To Lead New Center For Data, AI and Society At The University of San Diego
Three CS Students Recognized By The Computing Research Association
For this year’s Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award, Payal Chandak, Sophia Kolak, and Yanda Chen were among students recognized by the Computing … Continue reading Three CS Students Recognized By The Computing Research Association
How To Launch a Start-up While You’re Still In College
Amaan Pirani (CC ’21) talks to CNBC about his start-up Gatherly, an online event platform designed to improve digital interactions, and how he balances school and his business.
Joheen Chakraborty (CC ’22) Receives an Honorable Mention From the USRA Distinguished Undergraduate Awards
The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) Distinguished Undergraduate Awards provide college scholarship awards to students who have shown a career interest in science or engineering with an emphasis on space research or space science education, and aeronautics-related sciences.
How a Peer-Led Class is Making Computer Science More Equitable
When the Emerging Scholars Program (ESP) was established 12 years ago it was meant to introduce computer science (CS) topics … Continue reading How a Peer-Led Class is Making Computer Science More Equitable
Starting Up Right
Alon Grinshpoon (MS ’18) kicks off the Ask Me Anything series of Columbia Engineering Entrepreneurship and talks about how he started his company, echoAR, by using the various resources at Columbia to develop his startup.
Yang Tang (PhD ’20) Wins a Best Student Paper Award
Yang Tang (PhD ’20) was awarded the Young Experts in Services Computing Student Paper award (YESC) from the IEEE Technical Committee on Services Computing (IEEE TCSVC).
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