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Academics

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Our undergraduate curriculum is designed to support the education of students who view computing and information as a means of empowerment.

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Master's Degrees

Our graduate degree programs provide students with the tools to analyze and solve the problems created by technology and to push past technology’s boundaries.

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Doctoral Degrees

Many of the world’s most perplexing issues are advanced by research conducted by our PhD students and their faculty mentors.

Empowerment Through Learning

Explore the computing, library, and information fields through our various academic departments, programs, and initiatives.

SCI Departments and Programs

Innovative Research

As the field of technology is constantly evolving, our research is supported by organizations like the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Google, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), and more.

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Transform at SCI

Prepare for your future by networking with like-minded changemakers: participate in workshops, apply for internships, and develop skills to land the job you've envisioned for yourself.

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Connect With Us

Alumni and friends of SCI can connect with us at events, support school initiatives, and more.

Alumni and Giving Opportunities

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“The question is not whether computing has a future. It’s whether you’re ready to help shape it.”

AI is causing computing fields to transform, not disappear. Check out Dean Bruce Childers' recently published editorial in the Pittsburgh Business Times.

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News

Recent PhD Graduate, SCI Professor Receive Best Paper Award at EDM 2026

Recent PhD Graduate Deniz Sonmez-Unal and SCI Professor Erin Walker received the best paper award at the 2026 Educational Data Mining Conference (EDM) for their paper “Leveraging Privileged Multimodal Data to Model Cognitive States in an Interactive Learning Platform.”

Yes, AI is changing computing. Here's what that actually means for you.

Despite alarming headlines about tech layoffs and AI, computing remains a strong career path because job losses stem largely from a post-pandemic market correction plus AI automating only rote coding tasks, while demand grows for graduates who bring creativity, judgment, and cross-disciplinary skills that AI can't replicate.

PhD in LIS Student Elaine Kong receives 2026 Paul Evan Peters Scholarship

Doctoral student Elaine Kong and master’s student Violeta Duncan (Simmons University) are the 2026 recipients of the Paul Evan Peters Scholarship for graduate study in information science or closely related fields.

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