In the News
"Only a goldfish can live without privacy". MindSwaps on Privacy Technology, 9:00 a.m.- 7:00 p.m., 3305 Newell-Simon Hall Friday, October 19, continues through Saturday Oct. 20, 2007. Presented through the Center for Computational Thinking
Mihir Kedia
Honored for Undergraduate Research
December 1, 2006:
The
Computing Research Association today named
Mihir Kedia as a Finalist for the
2007 Computing Research Association Outstanding
Undergraduate Award. Mihir received this award
for his work on Phetch and Verbosity, two "games
with a purpose" that collect valuable data as a
side effect of game play. The two papers he
co-authored on these games were nominated for
Best of CHI 2006,
the premiere conference in human-computer
interaction. Advised by professors
Anupam Gupta
and Luis von Ahn,
Mihir is a graduating senior and an alumni of the
ALADDIN Center REU program
('05)
read the Phetch paper (pdf)
read the Verbosity paper (pdf)
ALADDIN Faculty
Luis von Ahn Named to
Popular Science
"Brilliant 10" List
September 9, 2006:
Assistant Professor Luis von Ahn is recognized as
one of Popular Science Magazine's "10 Brilliant
Scientists of 2006" in their October issue. "Most
artificial-intelligence researchers face the
gargantuan task of making computers think like
humans...von Ahn works the other way around. He
harnesses tens of thousands of people's reasoning
skills for those rare yet important jobs that are
too hard for computers. His strategy is to make
the work seem like a game."
By Elizabeth Svoboda, Popular Science; Photo credit: Justin Merriman
read the article (pdf)
CMU computer expert named one of
'Brilliant 10'
September 13, 2006:
"A sure sign of brilliance is tricking others into
having fun while unwittingly helping you do work...
Luis von Ahn was recognized for achieving that
feat Tuesday when the October issue of Popular
Science hit newsstands, naming him one of its
5th annual 'Brilliant 10.' The list recognizes
young, relatively unknown scientists who are
breaking new ground."
By Jennifer Bails, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
read the article
visit Luis's home page
Welcome to Visiting Faculty
Susanne Albers from Institut für
Informatik, Universität Freiburg
September 5, 2006:
Professor Susanne Albers has joined
the ALADDIN Center as a Visiting Faculty from
Institut für Informatik at Universität
Freiburg. Susanne will be in residence at Carnegie
Mellon for the entire fall semester.
visit Susanne's home page
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Workshops
Second Workshop on Flexible Network Design
October 1-6, 2006
Bertinoro, Italy
Bertinoro International Center for Informatics
The goal of this workshop is to focus on this active
area of applications of algorithms to understand
current trends, identify understudied areas, and
formulate new directions for further investigation.
read more
Seminars on
Algorithms and Complexity
see
the Calendar
New Courses
15-859 Advanced Data Structures
Instructor: Danny Sleator
Time: Monday and Wednesday, 1:30 to 2:50 pm
Place: Wean Hall 4623
This course will focus on beautiful and motivated
data structures that are typically not presented in
undergraduate or graduate algorithms courses.
Knowledge of algorithms and data structures at the
level of a typical undergraduate course (i.e. 15-451)
will be assumed.
read more
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