Happy Birthday, CICS!
Over 500 members of the CICS community came together to celebrate the college's 10th anniversary during the CICS Birthday Bash on April 8.
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Keith Marzullo Named Next Dean of Manning CICS
Renowned computer scientist, educator, and policy leader will succeed Laura Haas effective July 1, 2025.
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Andrew Barto Named 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Laureate
Barto shares the award, often referred to as the “Nobel Prize in Computing,” with collaborator Richard Sutton, his former PhD student, for developing the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of a branch of artificial intelligence known as reinforcement learning.
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Brun Named IEEE Fellow
Professor Yuriy Brun has been elevated to Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for his contributions to software bias mitigation and software engineering automation.
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Barto, Sutton Named 2024 ACM Turing Award Laureates
The global computing community is celebrating Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) Professor Emeritus Andrew G. Barto and alumnus Richard S. Sutton ’80MS ’84PhD, who were named 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award laureates for pioneering the conceptual and algorithmic foundations of reinforcement learning, the branch of artificial intelligence that enables systems to learn through trial and feedback.
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CICS Students Win First, Second, and Third Place in the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship’s Innovation Challenge
Ravi Karkar Receives NSF CAREER Award to Improve Personal Health Tracking Technology Design
Research on Software Repair Earns FSE Test of Time Award Honorable Mention
Yair Zick Receives NSF CAREER Award for Work on Resource Allocation Optimization
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