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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.
SCI Faculty Members’ Project Selected for Social Science Research Under the Defense Education and Civilian University Partnership
March 13, 2023
Associate Professor Yu-Ru Lin’s project “Characterizing and Countering the Normalization of Extremism and Communal Violence in Cyber-Social Space" was selected as one of the six university faculty teams to pursue fundamental social science research through the Defense Education and Civilian University Research (DECUR) Partnership, a program under DoD’s Minerva Research Initiative (Minerva).
DINS Faculty Member Honored with NSF Career Award
March 1, 2023
SCI Projects Awarded 2022-23 Pitt Momentum Funds
February 28, 2023
This year, four projects by five 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 focused on scholarship, multidisciplinary work, and research by Pitt faculty. Awardees of the 29 total projects will be celebrated at the Fueling the Future showcase in September 2023.
SCI projects include:
SCI Alum at Forefront of Preserving Pittsburgh’s Film History
February 28, 2023
Master of Library and Information Sciences (MLIS) student Steven Haines (A&S '20, SCI '24G) is using his media archaeological specialization to ensure the survival of rare films and Pittsburgh's cultural heritage.
Haines is the Director of Programming for Pittsburgh Sound + Image, a local nonprofit dedicated to preserving rare films and sharing them with a modern audience.
IS Grad Focuses on AI Security during Dean's Spotlight Lecture
February 21, 2023
SCI alumna Nathalie Baracaldo, PhD (SCI '16G) shared her artificial intelligence expertise during "Can We Make AI Foundation Models Secure, Private and Trustworthy?", the third presentation of this year's Dean's Spotlight lecture series, on Wednesday, February 15.
SCI Student Groups to Host Trivia Night with FAST Enterprises
SCI student groups Minority Association in Computing (MAC) and the Official Association for Students of Information Science (OASIS), in collaboration with the Department of Informatics and Networked Systems, will be hosting FAST Enterprises (a software and IT consulting company) for a night of trivia, free f