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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).
Games4SocialImpact 2023: It’s Not Only Fun and Games
November 9, 2023
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).
Data Science Major Finds Success and an Internship at SCI Career Fair
October 19, 2023
Areej Mohsin, a sophomore data science major, was a little unsure of how to navigate the SCI Career Fair the first time that she attended the event as a first-year student.
“I had absolutely no clue what I was doing,” Mohsin said. “I remember I just entered my name, entered my major, got my nametag, and walked in with a handful of copies of my resume, just like everyone else.”
Emerging Voices in Computational Social Science: Lingfei Wu and Morgan R. Frank
October 12, 2023
In the Department of Informatics and Networked Systems (DINS), a new cohort of researchers are quietly making novel contributions to the field of human-centered information systems, earning them recognition from both prestigious academic bodies and mainstream journalistic outlets.