Computational Biology Becomes Department In Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science. Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science (SCS) has added computational biology to its educational mix by incorporating the Ray and Stephanie Lane Center for Computational Biology as a new academic unit. News Release
Google Acquires ReCAPTCHA! ReCAPTCHA Inc., a spinoff of Carnegie Mellon University’s Computer Science Department, has been acquired by Google Inc. The Pittsburgh company developed online puzzles that serve the dual purpose of protecting Web sites and digitizing printed text. The puzzles, which consist of words with distorted letters that computer users must decipher to register for services online or otherwise gain access to a Web site, began as a research project of Luis von Ahn, assistant professor of computer science. ReCAPTCHAs were introduced in 2007 and are now used by many popular Web sites. The company, ReCAPTCHA Inc. was founded by von Ahn in 2008. News Release
Bill Gates Speaks at Sept. 22 Dedication of Carnegie Mellon’s Gates and Hillman Centers! Bill Gates, co-chair and trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and chairman of Microsoft Corp., presents the keynote address at dedication ceremonies for the Gates Center for Computer Science and the Hillman Center for Future-Generation Technologies on Sept. 22 at Carnegie Mellon University. News Release 
Randal E. Bryant, University Professor and dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, receives this year’s Phil Kaufman Award from the Electronic Design Automation Consortium and the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA) for his impact on theory and practice on Electronic Design Automation (EDA). The award recognizes Bryant’s seminal technological breakthroughs in the area of formal verification. News Release 
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that it has gifted a grant to the School of Computer Science (SCS) to create a state-of-the-art, open source computer laboratory. The laboratory, which will be officially dedicated later this year, will be available to all students, faculty and staff to promote the development and use of free and open source software. News Release 
Carnegie Mellon’s GigaPan Helps Lakota Teens Document Community at National Geographic Photo Camp! Twenty Lakota high school students from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota will learn how Carnegie Mellon University’s GigaPan robotic camera can help them document their community next week during National Geographic’s second Pine Ridge Photo Camp. News Release 
SCS Dean Randal E. Bryant among the speakers at “Renewing Globalization and Economic Growth in a Post-Crisis World,” a conference hosted by the Atlantic Council and Carnegie Mellon from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 23 at the University Center. Other speakers include Dan Rooney, U.S. ambassador to Ireland; Mansoor Dailami, manager of international finance for the World Bank; and Richard B. Hoey, chief economist, BNY Mellon. News Release 
Lorrie Cranor Receives NSF Funding For Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Privacy and Security! Lorrie Cranor, associate professor in the Institute for Software Research, the Department of Engineering and Public Policy and Carnegie Mellon CyLab, and her colleagues received a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a Ph.D. program in usable privacy and security. News Releasewww.cs.cmu.edu
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