Computer Science News
Computer History Museum Honors Feigenbaum with Fellow Award
Friday, January 27, 2012
The Computer History Museum names Edward A. Feigenbaum, professor emeritus in computer science in the School of Engineering, to 2012 class of Fellow Award honorees.
Technologies give high-resolution ‘snapshot’ of cancer tissues
Monday, November 21, 2011
Researchers combined the tools of engineering and medicine to gauge more accurately how dangerous a cancer is likely to be – work that could lead to more targeted cancer therapies.
IBM Watson visits Stanford and UC-Berkeley to engage the next generation of leaders
Friday, November 11, 2011
Following a day of lectures and panel discussions, teams of students from the two universities will compete against one another and Watson in an exhibition game of Jeopardy!
Stanford team trains computers to evaluate breast cancers
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Using machine learning, researchers at the Stanford schools of engineering and medicine have trained computers to objectively and accurately assess images of breast cancer tissues to predict patient survival.
Stanford’s John McCarthy, seminal figure of artificial intelligence is dead at 84
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
McCarthy created the term 'artificial intelligence' and was a towering figure in computer science at Stanford most of his professional life. In his career, he developed the programming language LISP.
Stanford Engineering’s new online courses: hugely popular and bursting with activity
Monday, October 17, 2011
Hundreds of thousands people from around the world are now participating in Stanford Engineering’s pioneering trio of free online courses.
Stanford summer course yields touchscreen Braille writer
Thursday, October 6, 2011
In a two-month summer course on high-performance computing, promising undergrads compete to create innovative applications. This summer's winner developed a touchscreen Braille writer that stands to revolutionize how the blind negotiate an unseen world by replacing devices costing up to 10 times more.
Stanford's Don Knuth, a pioneering hero of computer programming
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
In 1962, a young graduate student set about writing the definitive book on computer programming. Five decades and four volumes later, Don Knuth is still writing and the Stanford School of Engineering has its latest "Engineering Hero."
Google and Stanford engineering's relationship provides answers to tough problems
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Google got its start at Stanford School of Engineering and the two still share a connection that drives innovation in what has become one of Silicon Valley's most mutually beneficial relationships.
Intel, Stanford Engineering Share Proud History of Technology, Talent Development
Friday, May 1, 2009
For more than four decades, the Stanford-Intel relationship has yielded not only important advances in semiconductors but also hundreds of successful, and sometimes legendary, engineering careers. Today almost 1,000 Stanford alumni have Intel on their resume.
The personal connections that drive business go online in "The Facebook Era"
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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Alumnus algorithms frugal with resources yet have wealth of applications
Monday, December 1, 2008
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