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Xiaowei Jia awarded NSF CAREER Award for Machine Learning Research

July 26, 2023

How can new advances in machine learning impact real-world problems and discoveries?

Professor Diane Litman Receives NSF Grant for Reflection-Informed STEM Learning and Instruction

July 17, 2023

Professor Diane Litman (Department of Computer Science) received a research grant from the National Science Foundation for her project “Developing and Optimizing Reflection-Informed STEM Learning and Instruction by Integrating Learning Technologies with Natural Language Processing.”

2023 Staff Recognition for Years of Service

July 6, 2023

This year, eleven staff members at the School of Computing and Information (SCI) were honored for their years of service at the University of Pittsburgh. Please join us in congratulating these staff members on their acoomplishments and anniversaries:
 

​Five Years

Sung-Min Kim Kevin Loya Oana Nicola-Stephan Heather Springel

Ten Years

Jeff Lawson

Twenty Years

Associate Professor Yu-Ru Lin Named Research and Academic Director for Pitt Cyber

June 28, 2023

Associate Professor Yu-Ru Lin has been named the new research and academic director for the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security (Pitt Cyber).

SCI Alumni Leading New NSF AI Institute

June 22, 2023

H. Chad Lane (SCI '04) is leading one of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) newest National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes: The NSF AI Institute for Inclusive Intelligent Technologies for Education, or INVITE Institute.

DINS Alumni in Academia: Denis Parra Santander '13

June 21, 2023

Throughout its 50-year history, the Department of Informatics and Networked Systems (DINS) has produced many successful alumni. As a department heavily focused on the diverse studies of information sciences, data science, and networks, alumni of the department have gone on to make innovative contributions to the field of academia.