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SCI Alumni Board Spotlight: Vince Penkrot (SCI ’01, '02G)

December 11, 2023

The School of Computing and Information (SCI) recently welcomed its newest Alumni Board member Vincent Penkrot (SCI ’01, '02G), a Fellow Engineer in the Fuel Engineering Technologies Department of Westinghouse Nuclear Fuels. 

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 Community Saddened by the Passing of Professor Emeritus Dr. James (Jim) G. Williams

It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Dr. James (Jim) G. Williams, Professor Emeritus, this past summer.

Williams was born on June 18, 1939, on a farm between Ligonier and Johnstown, PA, and began his education in a one-room country schoolhouse. He majored in math and chemistry at Clarion College through a football scholarship, teaching at Chartiers Valley High School afterwards.

SCI Community Saddened by the Passing of Dr. Robert Perkoski

November 28, 2023

It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Dr. Robert Perkoski, teaching assistant professor in the School of Computing and Information (SCI).

SCI in Sierra Leone Update

November 7, 2023

Luke Charlesworth (CS '24) and Chris Kefalos (IS '24), two rising seniors at the School of Computing and Information (SCI), have successfully implemented a pilot remote learning system program in Sierra Leone to enhance education in off-grid communities. They were joined by Kaisamba Wisnieski (IS '23) in spring 2023.

Dozens of SCI Students Attend Renowned Grace Hopper Conference

October 30, 2023

Last month, 33 students (18 in person and 15 virtually) from the School of Computing and Information (SCI) attended the Grace Hopper Conference (GHC) in Orlando, FL.

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).