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SCI Students to Travel to Sierra Leone and Promote Educational Access
April 21, 2023
In October 2022, student researchers Luke Charlesworth (CS '24) and Chris Kefalos (IS '24) initiated a project to transform donated computers into accessible educational resources for communities in Sierra Leone. Now, joined by Kaisamba Wisnieski (IS '23), the three students are traveling to Sierra Leone for the next step in their work: to integrate the resources they’ve developed into the classroom.
CS Student Zhen Wu Receives the 2022-2023 Computer Science Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Undergraduate Computer Science student Zhen Wu received the Computer Science Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award for the 2022-2023 academic year. Started in 2002, this award is presented each year to the CS major or majors who best represent the Computer Science Department and its standards of excellence both inside and outside the classroom.
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.