Earlier this month, @BrownCSDept faculty member @AdrianaSchulz7 delivered a keynote address (“Designing for the Physical World”) at Pacific Graphics 2026, the annual flagship conference of the Asia Graphics Association. Learn more at Brown CS News: cs.brown.edu/news/2026/10/2…

This year, @BrownCSDept community members are returning from @ACM_CSCW with five accepted papers, and the work spans research areas ranging from activism to data maintenance to AI and mental health. Learn more at Brown CS News: cs.brown.edu/news/2026/10/1…

We're glad to announce that applications are open for the Randy F. Pausch '82 CS Undergraduate Summer Research Award, which provides $15,000 to support an undergrad engaged in an intensive faculty-student summer research partnership at @BrownCSDept: cs.brown.edu/news/2026/10/1…

In a new Then and Now article, The Scientist asks @s_ramach about fifteen years of exploring human genetic variation. Learn more at Brown CS Blog: blog.cs.brown.edu/2026/10/13/the…

It’s a meteoric rise through academia for two @BrownCSDept PhD alums this summer. Alexandra Papoutsaki has just become CS department chair at Pomona College and Daphne Yao (@yaogroup1) was appointed the CS department head at NC State.

Read more at: cs.brown.edu/news/2026/10/0…

CNTR has started a new project, and they're looking for student feedback. The Career Atlas is intended to help students explore the different educations, backgrounds, and experiences at the intersection of tech and society. Learn more at Brown CS Blog: blog.cs.brown.edu/2026/10/02/int…

In a new Q+A, Ellie Pavlick, the leader of Brown's National Science Foundation-funded AI Research Institute on Interaction for AI Assistants (ARIA) reviews the last few weeks in the world of artificial intelligence. Learn more at Brown CS Blog: blog.cs.brown.edu/2026/09/25/ell…

I successfully passed my Ph.D. thesis defense! 🎉

Huge thanks to my advisor and committee members George Konidaris, @YunzhuLiYZ, and @StefanieTellex for all their support and guidance.

Thanks to my amazing labmates @BrownBigAI for turning me into the best chicken ever 🐔 (a . graduation tradition)!

@BrownCSDept seeks applicants for two Professors of the Practice in CS with a focus on AI, one junior at the assistant rank and the other senior at the associate rank, focusing on teaching foundational and advanced AI courses for our graduate programs: cs.brown.edu/about/positions.

In a new article, @the_herald reports on three @BrownUniversity classes focusing on AI. One is @geomblog's CSCI 2953-B So You Think You Want to Govern AI?, which tackles issues including deepfakes, copyright, privacy, national security and decision-making: blog.cs.brown.edu/2026/09/16/a-n…

@BrownCSDept faculty member @mpherlihy is headed off to Paris on a six-month research and teaching opportunity, fully funded by the 2026 Chaire d’excellence Award from the Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris.

Read more at Brown CS News: cs.brown.edu/news/2026/09/1…

"Creative Scholars Project: No AI Was Used to Create This Document"
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Image credit: Carlos Aizenman (2021) Purkinje Neurons, Based on Ramón y Cajal, 1899

The Creative Scholars Project is a weekly forum open to all members of the Brown and RISD creative community interested in better understanding their creative process and learning from the creative process of others. If you'd like to get involved, email Ian_Gonsher@brown.edu.