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The Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University is one of the world's premier institutions for CS and robotics research and education. We build useful stuff that works!

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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 6h
The TODAY Show did a segment on our big news today, and it featured none other than our own Maxwell Jones! on.today.com/4rL1EY0
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Ken Griffin Announces Record $3B Donation to Carnegie Mellon
Billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist Ken Griffin is announcing the largest-ever donation from an individual to a university. Griffin’s $3 billion donation to Carnegie Mellon University is...
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 12h
A landmark $500 million gift will transform Carnegie Mellon University’s top-ranked School of Computer Science into a global powerhouse shaping students, research and technologies to address emerging global challenges.
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$500M Gift Will Fuel Next Era of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon
A landmark $500 million gift will transform Carnegie Mellon University’s top-ranked School of Computer Science into a global powerhouse shaping students, research and technologies to address emerging ...
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 16h
As part of Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin’s transformative investment, we’re now known as the Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science! With this new support, we’re ready to ask bigger questions! bit.ly/4z67FAD
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cara Jones, co-founder and CEO of Marinus Analytics, thinks ending human trafficking online is possible. Learn how Marinus identifies instances of human trafficking online and helps cut the search time for missing children from months to days. youtu.be/uY39e6yyHmY
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"If you’ve learned CS, I can teach you what you need to know about the financial services industry. It’s much harder if you come in with all this financial services experience but have never studied anything related to tech, and I have to teach you that part on the job." bit.ly/4cV6rQq
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Where Code Meets Capital — The Link - The Magazine of CMU's School of Computer Science
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Long-Horizon Adaptive Manipulation Planning (LAMP) helps robots plan not only where an object needs to go, but also how they can work together to get it there. We love LAMP. bit.ly/4yVn86A
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LAMP Helps Robots Find a Way Through - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University
Researchers from the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science are developing a new way for teams of robots to work together to move objects through heavily cluttered spaces, where poor de...
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Congrats to SmellPGH on a decade tracking odors! The crowdsourced smell-reporting tool from CMU's CREATE Lab helps Pittsburghers document the air pollution they experience every day. They're having a party at Schenley Plaza on 9/30 from 4-7 p.m. so go celebrate with them! bit.ly/4h8Coap
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The US News rankings are out. We're No. 1 in Undergrad CS, No. 1 in AI, No. 1 in Computer Systems, No. 1 in Cybersecurity, No. 1 in Programming Languages, No. 1 in Software Engineering and No. 1 in Biocomputing! bit.ly/4rnug9c
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Carnegie Mellon University Reaches Historic High at No. 14 in U.S. News Rankings, Takes No. 1 Spot for Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University has achieved its highest position in the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, climbing six spots to No. 14 nationally in the 2027 list.
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How is neuroscience shaping the future of AI? Aran Nayebi, an assistant professor in the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science, explains how studying animal behavior inspires more capable autonomous systems, and what we can learn from cats and zebrafish. youtu.be/-U7S6lfTrdo
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Steve Rathje, an assistant professor in @hcii.cmu.edu, has received a 2026 SAGE Emerging Scholar Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. bit.ly/4h7qLz1
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
AI4MiddleSchools will expand to help educators teach not simply how to use AI, but also how it works, affects society and how students can become informed technology creators.
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AI4MiddleSchools Expands Nationwide Effort To Prepare Students for an AI-Powered Future
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Use of wearable tech has exploded in the last decade, and along with it, a host of questions about data sharing, privacy and regulation. CMU's Chris Harrison joins the podcast to discuss privacy vs convenience, the speed of industry and an enduring optimism for VR.
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Paulo Carvalho, an assistant professor in @hcii.cmu.edu, has received an National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his project examining how motivation influences a student's willingness to use effective study strategies and how their perceived difficulty influences motivation.
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Carvalho Earns NSF CAREER Award To Study Motivation and Learning
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Training robots to move with knowledge humans intuit is very difficult. Through rethinking safety, incorporating new kinds of data and finding value in failure, Andrea Bajcsy of @cmurobotics.bsky.social, is trying to do just that. Hear how on this episode of Does Compute. bit.ly/3VjbaVO
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
How do you start a supersonic jet company from scratch? For Blake Scholl (@boomsupersonic), a CS degree was the first step. In the season 3 premiere of our Does Compute pod, he talks about how a fondness for software informs it all. bit.ly/4xe4XrK
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Skeptics Don't Create the Future
GeekWire Studios | CMU Does Compute 2026 How do you start a supersonic jet company from scratch? For Blake Scholl, a computer science degree was the first step. Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic and Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science a...
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The CMU Paths to AI Research Program (PAIR) connects undergrads with graduate student mentors from across SCS who provide perspective on opportunities, questions and uncertainty that come with pursuing artificial intelligence research! #TartanProud www.cs.cmu.edu/news/2026/pair-ai-me…
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PAIR Helps Students Find Their Place in AI Research
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rayid Ghani, Distinguished Career Professor in the Machine Learning Department and the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, explains how public interest technology combines data, design, and policy to solve real-world problems. bit.ly/4dg5CBz
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What is public interest technology? An expert on data and policy explains how it helps people in need
Public interest technology ensures that public policies are implemented in ways that change people’s lives.
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Season 3 of Does Compute, the SCS podcast, starts next week! This season, we explore everything from teaching robots common sense and using AI to combat human trafficking to accessible design, wearable tech, supersonic flight and a lot more. Catch up on the first 2 seasons: bit.ly/4gvHqLP
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
SCS alum Yang Zhilin, co-founder and CEO of Moonshotai AI, is named one of the innovators on the @time.com 100 AI list.
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TIME100 AI 2026: Yang Zhilin
Find out why Yang Zhilin made TIME’s list of the most influential people in artificial intelligence
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
From running community-based nonprofits to working in new drug discovery to attending medical school, we look at some of the SCS alumni whose careers showcase the versatility of an SCS education.
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Bringing Computational Sciences to Health and Human Services — The Link - The Magazine of CMU's School of Computer Science
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“At CMU, we train students how to be contributors to the next generation of tools."
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Navigating the AI Era with a CMU Focus on Critical Thinking
Instructors across disciplines at Carnegie Mellon University have redesigned courses incorporating AI as a teaching tool to help students exercise more curiosity, creativity and critical thinking. Whe...
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The @cmurobotics.bsky.social Institute's Michael Kaess has been named one of the inaugural fellows in the ONR Chief of Naval Research Fellows program.
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Kaess Named to Inaugural Chief of Naval Research Fellows Program
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
SCS faculty member Ken Koedinger received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Artificial Intelligence in Education Society for his work to advance learning sciences and technology.
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Koedinger Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
CMU's Team Resnik was one of 10 groups invited to the Johnson Space Center to test the autonomous driving tool they developed as part of the NASA SUITS Challenge.
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Navigating the Moon
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
CMU named SCS alum Damion Shelton as associate vice president and executive director of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, appointing an experienced entrepreneur and tech executive to lead its next phase of growth in entrepreneurship, enterprise creation and research commercialization.
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Carnegie Mellon Names Damion Shelton Associate VP and Executive Director of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship
Building on nearly a decade of growth at the Swartz Center and Carnegie Mellon's longstanding leadership in artificial intelligence, robotics, engineering, computer science and the sciences, Shelton will lead the center's next chapter.
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Zackory Erickson (@cmurobotics.bsky.social) has earned a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his work on one of the biggest challenges to helping robots safely and effectively interact with people: lack of realistic training data. 👉 bit.ly/4fPZcLo
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“Interactive systems shine when a proof needs insight and structure. Automated systems shine when millions of cases must be checked without a single mistake."
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From Proof to Program: CMU and the Rise of AI-Driven Mathematics
Jeremy Avigad's work in formalized mathematics is reshaping how proofs are written, checked and shared.
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
“I want the students to understand how design and policy together shape social life, and to recognize the responsibility designers and technologists carry in shaping the systems, behaviors and institutions that increasingly mediate our everyday experiences.” @hcii.cmu.edu
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Designing the Future of Tech Governance | Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University students are stepping out of the classroom ready to prove that the people who design technology are uniquely qualified to help regulate it.
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
In a paper published in Science, computational biology researchers at Carnegie Mellon University shed new light on Alzheimer's disease that could lead to improved treatment options.
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AI, Single-Cell Technology Reveal How 3D Genome Differs in People With Alzheimer's Disease
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"Even if AI helps write code, humans still have to decide what problems are worth solving, what success looks like and whether a system behaves appropriately." - SCS faculty member Claire Le Goues on why people will always drive software engineering 👉 bit.ly/4vSi9ld
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
At the invitation of Pope Leo XIV, LTI faculty member Alex Waibel participated in the AI and Human Fraternity Working Group at the Vatican, discussing recommendations to ensure AI benefits humanity, and suggesting ways to mitigate AI’s potential risks.
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Vatican Calls on Waibel to Help Shape AI Ethics — The Link - The Magazine of CMU's School of Computer Science
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Seventy years ago this week, Herbert Simon and Allen Newell, of the then-Carnegie Institute of Technology, and their RAND colleague Cliff Shaw, published Logic Theorist, the first AI program.
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Yang Liu, an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department, has received a NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award for his research advancing the mathematical foundations of algorithms, optimization and data analysis. 👉 www.cs.cmu.edu/news/2026/liu-career…
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
An SCS team created an exoskeleton that combines functionality with wearability to help people with mobility issues adopt a more natural gait without the bulk of a robotic device.
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Stepping Toward Better Mobility
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
“I’m good at being a mirror, reflecting back to people who they are,” Hatcher said. “My heart was in my work, long before I learned that was Andrew Carnegie’s motto. That’s just who I am.”
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Natalie Hatcher Turns Closed Doors Into Open Futures for High School Students - The Piper - Carnegie Mellon University
Natalie Hatcher once needed someone to show her the way to college. Now, as director of CMU’s AI Scholars and Computer Science Scholars summer programs, she’s opening doors for the next generation of ...
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Innovation Center welcomed global technology company Fujitsu Limited as its latest corporate tenant in the university’s robotics and artificial intelligence research facility at Hazelwood Green.
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Fujitsu Joins CMU Robotics Innovation Center
CMU's Robotics Innovation Center welcomed global technology company Fujitsu Limited as its latest corporate tenant in the university’s robotics and artificial intelligence research facility at Hazelwo...
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Whether we’re enjoying downtime after a long day, forging new connections with other people or practicing a new skill, we gravitate toward the joys of entertainment. And SCS has a long history of impacting the art of amusement.
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Let Me Entertain You: How SCS Trains the Minds Who Shape How We Play — The Link - The Magazine of CMU's School of Computer Science
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
SCS alumni like Sara Adkins are developing methods for computers to understand music, while making it easier for any musician, no matter their skill level, to compose it.
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Singing a New Tune: Computational Music — The Link - The Magazine of CMU's School of Computer Science
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Carnegie Mellon University @cmu.edu · 01/07/2026
A CMU robotics team arrived in Venezuela this week to assist search and rescue crews following two devastating earthquakes. Snake robots designed by CMU’s Biorobotics Lab can squeeze into tight spaces. A camera on the front of the robot can help direct the search for survivors.
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Deepak Pathak, the Raj Reddy Associate Professor of Robotics in @cmurobotics.bsky.social, has received a 2026 Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Young Researcher Award at the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.
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Pathak Receives 2026 PAMI Young Researcher Award - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University
Deepak Pathak, the Raj Reddy Associate Professor of Robotics in Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute (RI), has received a 2026 Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (PAMI) Young Researc...
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Whether they're watching on TV or navigating with a LiveSplats prototype, we hope Fernando and his family have a blast cheering for Spain tomrrow!
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Up close and personal with LiveSplats, a new 3D virtual tech tool developed by CMU team
Fernando De la Torre’s 10-year-old son, Nico, wants to attend a FIFA World Cup match this summer in Atlanta, to cheer on Spain. The problem: not only are the tickets themselves costly, they&rsqu...
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Researchers in @cmurobotics.bsky.social have designed an autonomous navigation robot that can move through orchard rows, detect fire blight symptoms and map infected trees in real time.
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Carnegie Mellon Team Helps Farmers Fight Crop Disease With Robots - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University
Fire blight can devastate orchards, killing branches and entire trees while causing major economic losses for growers. To help farmers detect the disease earlier and reduce the spread of infection, a ...
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
With the World Cup starting getting started, we thought it'd be a great time to highlight Shivaas Gulati, the SCS alum who's applying machine learning to help improve Southend United, the English football club he's co-owned since 2024.
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Game Changers: How CMU Computer Scientists Are Reshaping Professional Sport — The Link - The Magazine of CMU's School of Computer Science
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown that bacteria can learn from past experiences, store memories across generations and adapt their behavior to changing environments all without a brain or nervous system.
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Bacteria Can Learn and Form Memories Without a Brain
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown that bacteria can learn from past experiences, store memories across generations and adapt their behavior to changing environments all without a br...
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Computational biology researchers are working to better understand the role that genes play in bipolar disorder — work that's deeply rooted in decades of student ingenuity supported by the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program.
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SURF Grant Powers Research Into the Genetics of Bipolar Disorder
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Tuomas Sandholm received the ACM SIGecom Test of Time Award for research that combined automated mechanism design with techniques from optimal stopping theory to develop online auction mechanisms that can make near-optimal decisions under uncertainty.
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Sandholm Receives SIGecom Test of Time Award
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
For the fifth straight year, CMU students took first place in the MITRE Embedded Capture the Flag cybersecurity competition, further cementing the university’s status as the top program in one of the nation’s most demanding collegiate security contests.
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Carnegie Mellon extends historic run with its fifth straight MITRE eCTF title
For the fifth consecutive year, Carnegie Mellon University students have claimed first place in the MITRE Embedded Capture the Flag (eCTF) cybersecurity competition, further cementing the university’s...
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Recent CMU studies show that as older adults embrace AI, they want the technology to be more in tune with their emotional needs.
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How Do Boomers Really Feel About AI?
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
SoundBubble helps isolate and amplify the sounds of fingers as they tap, trace or rap various surfaces, or use different tools. That information could provide contextual hints about what users are doing and how the computer might help them.
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Listening to Your Fingertips
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CMU Griffin School of Computer Science @scsatcmu.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Want to learn programming fundamentals and earn Carnegie Mellon credit along the way? 3CS, from CMU CS Academy, offers high school students with basic coding knowledge a jumpstart on college-level computer science with actual college credit! academy.cs.cmu.edu/3cs
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