Big Data continues to transform the way we live and work, altering the relationships between government, citizens, businesses and consumers. But does it come at a cost?

Congratulations to Noah Apthorpe ’14, recipient of a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship.

A robotic insect that waves hello, a calculator controlled by a few pokes in midair, an alarm clock that sprays water and posts embarrassing social media statuses — not ordinary products of a college student's weekend. But this was no ordinary weekend — it was HackPrinceton.

A 2004 paper co-authored by several members of the Princeton Department of Computer Science won a USENIX Test of Time Award. The award was announced April 2, 2014, at the Eleventh Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI'14).

David Blei wins the ACM Infosys Foundation Award.

Forman Sinnickson Acton, a Princeton University professor of computer science, emeritus, who witnessed and helped pioneer the evolution of his field from its early days as a branch of mathematics to a stand-alone discipline that has revolutionized society, died Feb. 18, at age 93.

Speaking before an overflow crowd in Princeton University's Friend Center auditorium, Internet pioneers Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf said that flexibility, both social and technical, has been central to the growth and resilience of the Internet.

Congratulations to David Steurer*10 and Sharon Goldberg*09 on receiving a Sloan Research Fellowships. Goldberg received her PhD in Electical Engineering, however her advisors were Computer Science Professors Jennifer Rexford and Boaz Barak. Goldberg is now an assistant professor at Boston University.

Two members of the engineering faculty, computer science professors Jennifer Rexford and Robert Schapire, have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Congratulations to Jean Choi '15, Bonnie Eisenman '14, and Charles Peyser '15 for wining the best poster award for posters they presented at the end of the Fall semester describing their computer science independent work projects.

Computer Science major Katherine Pogrebniak is one of this year’s recipients of a Churchill Scholarship. Awarded by the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States, Churchill Scholarships are granted to students wishing to pursue graduate studies in science, mathematics, or engineering with "exceptional academic talent and outstanding achievement".

Ed Felten has been named the Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs.