Research
CS Faculty Members Receive Mascaro Center Awards for Project to Improve Energy Efficiency On-Campus
June 20, 2024
Members of SCI’s Department of Computer Science (CS) want to improve Pitt’s energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on campus. Their project “Sustainable (Campus) Buildings through Sensing and Human-Building Interaction,” aims to do just that.
Ryan Shi Receives Awards for Research Combating Food Waste and Insecurity in Pittsburgh
June 10, 2024
In Pittsburgh, 1 in 5 residents experience food insecurity, and up to 40 percent of food that is produced goes to waste. Food waste and insecurity negatively harm communities and the environment, and SCI faculty member Dr. Ryan Shi, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science (CS), is reducing these harmful effects with his research project, “AI-based Volunteer Engagement for Crowdsourcing.”
Tim Huang’s “The Time Traveling Project” Presented at Governor’s Residence
May 13, 2024
Technology has the capability to transform the way people produce and consume art, and at SCI, Assistant Professor Tim Huang is making that happen with a Pittsburgh connection.
On March 19, Huang and fellow researcher Pat Healy, a PhD student studying information science, presented their work on The Time Traveling Project in Harrisburg at Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s residence.
Xiaowei Jia Discusses Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning in Dean’s Spotlight Series 2024
May 7, 2024
Xiaowei Jia, an assistant professor in SCI’s Department of Computer Science, explored knowledge-guided machine learning at the fourth and final lecture of the Dean’s Spotlight Series 2024 on April 25.
Jia presented his research on knowledge-guided machine learning and its real-world applications, with his research interests lying in artificial intelligence (AI), data mining and data science, and machine learning.
SCI Projects Awarded 2023-24 Pitt Momentum Funds
March 21, 2024
This year, three projects by faculty members at the School of Computing and Information (SCI) have received Momentum Funds from the University of Pittsburgh Office of Research! The Momentum Funds consist of three tiers of grants designed to support projects focused on scholarship, multidisciplinary work, and research by Pitt faculty. This year, 27 awards were granted to Pitt faculty across the University. SCI projects include:
Assistant Professor Xiaowei Jia Receives the NASA Early Career Investigator Grant
March 20, 2024
Dr. Xiaowei Jia (assistant professor, Department of Computer Science) received an Early Career Investigator Grant from NASA's Earth Science Division for his project “Towards Generalizable, Fair, and Knowledge Guided Machine Learning for Monitoring Earth Systems.” The grant was issued for $300,000, with the project estimated to last three years.
SCI Associate Professor Balaji Palanisamy and former SCI students Chao Li and Runhua Xu receive Distinguished Paper award at CCS 2023
Dr. Balaji Palanisamy (Associate Professor, Department of Informatics & Networked Systems) and former SCI students Chao Li and Runhua Xu receive Distinguished Paper Award at the 30th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, CCS 2023 held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Dr.
SCI Faculty Member, Graduate Students Win Best Paper Award at ISMAR 2023
October 19, 2023
Dr. Jacob Biehl (associate professor, Department of Computer Science, Department of Information Culture and Data Stewardship), master’s student Thomas Downes and PhD student Talha Khan won the Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR).