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The Computer Scientist Who Hunts for Costly Bugs in Crypto Code

Programming errors on the blockchain can mean $100 million lost in the blink of an eye. Ronghui Gu and his company CertiK are trying to help.

Shree Nayar Wins Okawa Prize

Computer scientist honored for his pioneering research in imaging.

12 Research Papers Accepted to EMNLP 2022

Papers from CS researchers were accepted to the Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP) 2022. EMNLP is a leading … Continue reading 12 Research Papers Accepted to EMNLP 2022

Shih-fu Chang and Jeannette Wing Elected to the National Academy of Inventors

National Academy of Inventors Selects Columbia Engineering Researchers for their “highly prolific spirit of innovation.”

11 Papers Accepted to NeurIPS 2022

Researchers from the department presented machine learning and artificial intelligence research at the thirty-fifth Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems … Continue reading 11 Papers Accepted to NeurIPS 2022

In Memoriam: Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. — Personal Recollections

Professor Steven Bellovin remembers his mentor Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., in a blog post about the computer scientist and author of The Mythical Man-Month.

Shree Nayar Elected to Indian National Academy of Engineering

Computer scientist honored for his pioneering research in imaging and vision.

CS Welcomes New Faculty

Xia Zhou, Brian Borowski, and Kostis Kaffes join the department. They will facilitate research and learning in mobile computing, software … Continue reading CS Welcomes New Faculty

Top 2023 IEEE Innovation In Societal Infrastructure Awardee Kathleen McKeown Shares Deep Insights

Professor Kathleen R. McKeown is the recipient of the 2023 IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award—the highest award recognizing significant technological achievements and contributions to the establishment, development, and proliferation of innovative societal infrastructure systems … Continue reading Top 2023 IEEE Innovation In Societal Infrastructure Awardee Kathleen McKeown Shares Deep Insights

Get to Know Our CS Teaching Faculty

Computer science is one of the most popular degrees at Columbia and each year more and more students are interested … Continue reading Get to Know Our CS Teaching Faculty

Using Tech to Help African Farmers Collect Index Insurance Payouts

Eugene Wu and Zachary Huang created an easy-to-use app that helps fill “data voids” by cleaning and cross-verifying farmer drought reports.

Bringing People Together by Training Machines to Better Understand Our Differences

Influential computer scientist Kathy McKeown heads up two multi-million dollar grants—one to analyze cross-cultural norms and another to better understand grief in the Black community.

5 Research Papers Accepted to ICML 2022

Papers from CS researchers have been accepted to the 38th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2021). Below are the … Continue reading 5 Research Papers Accepted to ICML 2022