Research
SCI Summer Scholars Seek to Improve Web Stability Through an Optimization of Consensus Algorithm
October 13, 2022
A recent SCI Summer Scholars project overseen by Dr. Amy Babay, Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science and Department of Informatics and Networked Systems, has researched the efficiency of leader election in the consensus algorithm.
DINS Faculty Members Receive NSA/NSF Grant for GenCyber@Pitt Program
Dr. Ahmed Ibrahim, a teaching assistant professor in the Department of Informatics and Networked Systems (DINS), and Dr. Balaji Palanisamy, an associate professor in DINS, received an award from the National Security Agency (NSA) and National Science Foundation (NSF) to host the GenCyber@Pitt program in Summer 2023.
Dr. Xulong Tang receives NSF grant
Dr. Xulong Tang, an assistant professor with the Department of Computer Science, received a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). His research focuses on deep neural networks (DNNs), a machine-learning technique, and how to train DNNs using fewer computing resources and less time.
Dr. Peter Brusilovsky receives NIH grant for aphasia project
Dr. Peter Brusilovsky, faculty member with the Department of Informatics and Networked Systems, recently received a National Institutes of Health grant for an aphasia rehabilitation project.
Nine SCI Faculty Receive Pitt Momentum Funds
This year, five projects by nine faculty members of the School of Computing and Information (SCI) received Momentum Funds from the Pitt Office of Research. The Momentum Funds consist of three tiers of grants designed to support projects rooted in scholarship, multidisciplinary work, and research by Pitt faculty members. Awardees of the 32 total funded projects will be celebrated at the Fueling the Future Funding Showcase in September 2022.
SCI projects include:
Kamil Akhuseyinoglu and Peter Brusilovsky Win Best Paper at Conference
SCI PhD student Kamil Akhuseyinoglu and Professor Peter Brusilovsky recently won the Best Paper Award at the Association for Computer Machinery (ACM)'s 29th Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP). Their paper, titled "Data-Driven Modeling of Learners' Individual Differences for Predicting Engagement and Success in Online Learning," proposes a new model for exploring how individual differences relate to student performance.
Malihe Alikhani and Yu-Ru Lin Receive Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grants
SCI Assistant Professor Malihe Alikhani and Associate Professor Yu-Ru Lin were recently among the awardees for the Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grants Program (PCAG). This program provides initial funding for projects that address critical questions of networks, data, and algorithms, with a focus on the ever-changing gaps among law, policy, and technology.
SCI Ph.D. Student and Professor Author Paper on Dynamic Spectrum Access
SCI Ph.D. student Pedro Bustamante and professor Martin Weiss contributed to a research article titled “Federal Communications Commission’s experimental radio service as a vehicle for dynamic spectrum access: An analysis of 10 years of experimental licenses data.” The article was recently published in Data & Policy, a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Cambridge University Press, and was co-authored with Douglas Sicker and Marcela M.