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UNC Department of Computer Science celebrates 50 years
January 16, 2015 | The Daily Tar Heel
When former computer science professor John Smith came to UNC in 1966 as an English graduate student interested in computer science, there were two computers in the area. One was in the basement of Phillips Hall. The oth … Read more
Meet Google’s Webspam Man (CS Alumnus Matt Cutts)
January 15, 2015 | ExitEvent
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
Matt Cutts delivers a talk as part of our 50th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series
January 12, 2015
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 Tea … Read more
Making movies, video games sound as good as they look (GAMMA Group)
January 2, 2015 | The Boston Globe
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 ho … Read more