Events

Dean's Spotlight Series

• Tuesday, March 28, 2023: Intelligent Systems Program - Vincent Aleven (SCI ’92G, ’97G)

  Join alumnus Vincent Aleven (Professor, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University) for "Harnessing human-AI synergy to make the smart classroom more human and effective", the fourth installment in this series. More details about the talk to come. RSVP here.

• Wednesday, February 15, 2023: Dept. of Informatics and Networked Systems - Nathalie Baracaldo (SCI '16)

  Join alumna ​Nathalie Baracaldo (PhD, Manager AI Security and Privacy Solutions and Research Staff Member, IBM Master Inventor, IBM Almaden Research Center) for "Can We Make AI Foundation Models Secure, Private and Trustworthy?," the third talk in this series. Watch the recording here.

• Tuesday, January 10, 2023: Dept. of Computer Science - Dr. Jacob Biehl and Dr. Edward Andrews

  Join ​Jacob Biehl (Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Dept. of Information Culture and Data Stewardship) and Edward Andrews, MD (Chief Resident, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine) for the second installment in the speaker series. View the recording here.​

• Thursday, November 17, 2022: Dept. of Information Culture and Data Stewardship - Kelly Richards (SCI '93G)

Join Pitt alumnus Kelly Richards for his talk "From Squad Car to Story Time: My Journey through Librarianship", the first event in the Dean's Spotlight Series.​ View the recording here. 

Big Bash Weekend

SCI’s fifth-year celebration will culminate with an exciting three-day weekend of festivities!

• Thursday, March 30, 2023: SheLeads Women's Forum

  • ​SheLeads Women’s Forum Keynote

    Dr. Catherine Cotell, Technical Director for NSA’s Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS), R3, will deliver a forward-looking talk on technology and opportunities. A reception will follow.

  • SheLeads Women’s Forum Panel

    Provost Ann E. Cudd will moderate a panel of distinguished alumni, faculty, and other friends of SCI sharing their lived experiences as women leaders in technology at different points in their careers. Anita Kaul, a sophomore student and President of Women in Computer Science (WiCS) at Pitt, will introduce Provost Cudd at the start of the panel.

    Panelists include:

    Illana Diamond, Managing Partner at 412 Venture Fund LP
    Birizibe Gnassingbe, Senior, School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh & President, Minority Association in Computing (MAC) at Pitt
    Angela Kennedy, President and CEO, Carnegie Speech
    Diane Litman, SCI Professor of Computer Science & Senior Scientist, Learning Research and Development Center
    Audrey Russo, President and CEO, Pittsburgh Technology Council

      RSVP here.

  • Friday, March 31, 2023: Fifth Anniversary Celebration Reception 

    Please note that this event is invite only.

   

  • Saturday, April 1, 2023: Celebration of Students at Phipps Conservatory

  We invite all SCI students, faculty, and staff to celebrate the excellence of our students with us on Saturday, April 1, from 11:00 am. - 2:00 p.m. at Phipps Conservatory. Lunch will be included, as well as 5th Anniversary giveaway items, and you can tour the Phipps' 5 Senses of Splendor flower show while you are there!

RSVP here.