In 1999, Matt Cutts had a decision to make. He could stay at UNC, working towards his PhD, or he could quit school and fly to California, to become one of the first employees of a new company called “Google.” Cutts knew … Read more

Thanks to Matt Cutts (M.S. 1988) for visiting our department and delivering an outstanding talk as part of our 50th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series. Matt is a Google Distinguished Engineer and Webspam Team Lead. Matt presented on “Lessons Learned … Read more

Earlier this month I wrote a story for Ideas on an equation that describes how people move in crowds. Afterward I received an e-mail that said, in effect, if you’re interested in things that are hard to model, look at how sound … Read more