The Computer Science departmental ceremony is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 28th at St. Stephen's Church, located at 114 George Street. A post-ceremony reception for graduates, family, and friends will be held at the CS department, 115 Waterman Street, in the 3rd and 4th floor atriums.

The full schedule for Commencement 2006 events can be found at www.brown.edu/web/commencement/2006/undergrad/schedule.html

Brown University's Award for Technological Innovation was presented to Professor Roberto Tamassia and members of his research team at the Center for Geometric Computing for their work in the design and development of algorithms, software, and hardware for authenticating high volumes of data in non-trusted distributed environments. Ph.D. candidates Nikos Triandopoulos and Danfeng Yao, and undergraduate David Ellis were also acknowledged for their work contributing to the award.

The award, which honors faculty and students for their efforts in creating technologies with licensing potential, was presented by President Ruth Simmons, Provost Robert Zimmer, Vice President for Research Andy ...