Columbia Advances To ICPC World Finals
A Columbia team has advanced to the world finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). They will go to … Continue reading Columbia Advances To ICPC World Finals
Student & Alumni News
Exploring The Intersection Of AI And Philosophy
Kara Schechtman (CC ‘19) has been selected as one of the recipients of the Senator George J. Mitchell Scholarship Program to pursue a … Continue reading Exploring The Intersection Of AI And Philosophy
CS Undergraduate Students Recognized By The Computing Research Association
The Computing Research Association (CRA) awarded Serina Chang as one of four awardees of the 2019 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award. … Continue reading CS Undergraduate Students Recognized By The Computing Research Association
Rachel Wu (SEAS ’19) Chosen To Present At Google’s Annual Women Engineers Summit
My internship at Google came as a result of my independent research during my five month study abroad program. Two … Continue reading Rachel Wu (SEAS ’19) Chosen To Present At Google’s Annual Women Engineers Summit
CS undergrad, Alyssa Hwang (SEAS ’20), Presented Her Research at Columbia, Harvard and Stanford Research Conferences
Hwang spent the summer working for the Natural Language Text Processing Lab (NLP) and the Data Science Institute (DSI) on … Continue reading CS undergrad, Alyssa Hwang (SEAS ’20), Presented Her Research at Columbia, Harvard and Stanford Research Conferences
WiCS at the 2018 Grace Hopper Celebration
Women technologists from around the world gathered in Houston, Texas to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration. Columbia’s Womxn in Computer … Continue reading WiCS at the 2018 Grace Hopper Celebration
A Man Of 3 Worlds: The Russian-American Billionaire Giving Millions To U.S. and U.K. Universities
Len Blavatnik (M.S. ’91) is 27th on the Forbes 400 list. Blavatnik has given $500 million to charities, including Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.
An AI Pioneer, And The Researcher Bringing Humanity to AI
Kai-Fu Lee (B.S. ’83) included in WIRED’s anniversary issue for his work that brings humanity to artificial intelligence.
AI For Humanity: Using AI To Make A Positive Impact In Developing Countries
Artificial intelligence (AI) has seeped into the daily lives of people in the developed world. From virtual assistants to recommendation engines, AI is in the news, our homes and offices. There is a lot of … Continue reading AI For Humanity: Using AI To Make A Positive Impact In Developing Countries
CS students find Americans wrongly included in Twitter list linked to the Russian Internet Research Agency
Alex Calderwood, Shreya Vaidyanathan, and Erin Riglin reviewed 2,700+ Twitter accounts in a story that was published in Wired. The three are grad students under the CS and Columbia Journalism School’s dual degree program.
‘Lighter’ Can Still Be Dark by Olivia Winn and Smaranda Muresan Bags Best Short Paper at ACL 2018
The ACL organizing committee announced that Winn and the team won one of two short paper awards given at this year’s conference.
Eugene Agichtein (PhD ’05) wins test of time award at SIGR 2018
Agichtein’s paper on incorporating user behavior signals into ranking wins the top award. The team also got an honorable mention for their research on predicting web search result preferences.
CS alum Yin Qi part of MIT’s 35 Innovators under 35 for face recognition platform
Seven years ago, Yin Qi founded a company called Megvii with two college friends in Beijing. Now people from over 220 countries and regions use Megvii’s face-recognition platform, Face++. The company has more than 1,500 … Continue reading CS alum Yin Qi part of MIT’s 35 Innovators under 35 for face recognition platform
Top CS graduates awarded Jonathan Gross Prize
The Jonathan Gross Prize honors students who graduate at the top of their class with a track record of promising … Continue reading Top CS graduates awarded Jonathan Gross Prize
CS major Michael C. Tong named Valedictorian, Columbia Engineering Class of 2018
Tong will speak at Engineering Class Day May 14, when he will receive the Illig Medal, the highest honor awarded an engineering undergraduate. Tong is the second CS major in a row to be valedictorian.
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