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Dr. Pengfei Zhou is Building Technology for Daily Life
April 18, 2023
Program Feature: Department of Computer Science
April 11, 2023
Throughout 2022-2023, the School of Computing and Information (SCI) has been celebrating its Fifth Anniversary. In the last five years, the continued success and growth of the Department of Computer Science exemplifies the areas of impact at the core of SCI's celebration.
ISP Faculty Member Invited to AI Workshop at CMU
April 6, 2023
Assistant Professor and Director of Pitt Hex AI Lab Ahmad P. Tafti (Intelligent Systems Program) has been invited to speak at the Responsible AI in the Natural Sciences workshop hosted by Carnegie Mellon University on May 8, 2023.
Learn more about this event and how to register here.
Charlotte Chung (MLIS '21) receives 2023 American American Association of School Librarians Innovative Reading Grant
April 5, 2023
Please join us in congratulating Charlotte Chung (MLIS '21) on receiving the 2023 American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) Innovative Reading Grant! This $2,500 grant "supports the planning and implementation of a unique and innovative program for children that motivates and encourages reading, especially with struggling readers".
Embracing Change: ChatGPT in the Classroom
March 23, 2023
In November 2022, ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) software produced by the company OpenAI, was released to the public. Three months later, the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Teaching and Learning hosted its first event meant to address ChatGPT’s presence in the educational environment.
IS Alumna Published in Frontiers Virtual Reality Journal
March 22, 2023
Alumni of the School of Computing and Information (SCI) are always up to amazing things! Recently, Maria Harrington, PhD (IS ’08) was invited to write a review paper of all of her work and findings over the past fourteen years. The paper, “Virtual Nature Makes Knowledge Beautiful” has been published in Frontiers in Virtual Reality, a premiere international peer-reviewed open access journal.
DINS Faculty Member, Graduate Student Publish Paper in PLOS One
March 15, 2023
Congratulations to Morgan Frank (assistant professor, Department of Informatics and Networked Systems), SCI graduate student Hung Chau, Sarah H. Bana, and Baptiste Bouvier on their paper “Connecting Higher Education to Workplace Activities and Earnings” in the PLOS One journal.
ISP Director, DINS Professor Peter Brusilovsky Selected for 2023 Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award
March 14, 2023
Peter Brusilovsky, the director of the Intelligent Systems Program and a professor in the Department of Informatics and Networked Systems, was selected for a 2023 Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award.