Resources/Brown Landmarks
A new initiative in Spring 2026
What is Brown Ever True?
The person who earned the second Ph.D. in Computer Science ever awarded
Who is Andy van Dam?
This role focuses on building the visual, interactive parts of websites and apps that users directly see and click on
What is a Front-End Developer?
Who are Joanne Ding and Hannah Magino?
This person retired in Fall 2025 after his last lecture on December 8, 2025
Who is John "Spike" Hughes?
Although under an old course name, this CS course is completely new for its upcoming offering in Fall 2026.
What is CSCI1670 Operating Systems?
This emerging field combines domain expertise, statistics, and programming to extract insights and build predictive models from data
What is Data Science?
Starting January 2026, this is a new option for CS students to satisfy certain pre-requisites.
What is the CSCI0220 placement exam?
This person is the current department chair for CS.
Who is Roberto Tamassia?
Out of all the intro-level CS courses and their respective most recent Critical Reviews, this course has the highest avg hours per week.
What is CSCI0150?
This specialization within CS focuses on designing algorithms that allow computers to improve their performance on tasks through experience, without being explicitly programmed
What is Machine Learning (or AI Engineering)?
The red-orange cube building that everyone talks about
What is the CIT?
This professor's name graces the room sign outside the Fishbowl room, dedicated in his honor.
Who is Norman Meyrowitz?
This intro-level CS course in Fall 2025 had 31 seats available by the end of the semester.
What is CSCI0200?
A CS graduate working in this field might use simulation, optimization, or modeling to help hospitals, airlines, or logistics companies make better decisions
What is Operations Research (or Computational/Industrial Engineering)?
The CS Department used to be located in this building.
What is Kassar House?
The person who delivered the 2025 Franco Preparata Distinguished Lecture in CIT 368 in Fall 2025
Who is Claire Mathieu?
The new 100-level CS course offered in Fall 2026 (course code, full title of the course, and who teaches it)
What is CSCI0111E: Data-Centric Intro to Computing and Coding Agents taught by Professor Kathi Fisler?
This role at a tech company acts as the "voice of the user," conducting research, creating wireframes, and ensuring software is intuitive and accessible
What is a UX Designer / UX Researcher?