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Student Profile: Andrea Michael (SCI '21)

March 1, 2021

According to Andrea Michael (SCI '21), a senior information science and computer science double major, Pitt’s School of Computing and Information fosters something lacking in computer science departments across the country — a culture of collaboration and support among its students.

Adriana Kovashka Receives National Science Foundation Career Award

SCI Assistant Professor Adriana Kovashka recently received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award for her project "Natural Narratives and Multimodal Context as Weak Supervision for Learning Object Categories." The project develops a framework to train computer vision models for detection of objects from weak, naturally-occurring supervision of language (text or speech) and additional multimodal signals.

Student Profile: J. Stephanie Rose (SCI '22)

February 26, 2021

Student Profile: Nico Campuzano

February 26, 2021

Student Profile: Pedro Bustamante (SCI '16G, '21G)

February 26, 2021

Malihe Alikhani and Yu-Ru Lin Receive Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grants

SCI Assistant Professor Malihe Alikhani and Associate Professor Yu-Ru Lin were recently among the awardees for the Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grants Program (PCAG). This program provides initial funding for projects that address critical questions of networks, data, and algorithms, with a focus on the ever-changing gaps among law, policy, and technology.

Martin Weiss Receives Provost's Award

SCI Professor Martin Weiss is the recipient of the 2021 Provost's Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring.  This award annually recognizes outstanding mentoring of graduate students seeking a research doctorate degree.

Rosta Farzan to Lead Diversity Efforts at School of Computing and Information

Rosta Farzan, an associate professor in the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Computing and Information, was recently appointed associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion at the school.

University of Pittsburgh Announces Test-Optional Program Extension Through Fall 2023

The University of Pittsburgh’s Office of Admissions and Financial Aid announced the test-optional policy for fall 2021 admission has been expanded to first-year applicants in all programs, majors, schools and colleges through fall 2023.

Associate Professor Konstantinos Pelechrinis Featured in Pittwire Super Bowl Article

Will that matter?  Not so much, said Konstantinos Pelechrinis, an associate professor at Pitt’s School of Computing and Information (SCI) and head of the Network Data Science Lab. His data analytics includes modeling of football outcomes.

“In Tampa, as is the case with any final regardless of location, there will be fans of both teams. So, I don’t really expect this to be a factor,” he said. 

SCI Students Create COVID-19 Vaccine Website

Courtney Sheridan’s grandmother received her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in late January, but only after a lengthy time on a waitlist.

Adriana Kovashka Named Pitt Cyber Affiliate Scholar

SCI Assistant Professor Adriana Kovashka was recently named an Affiliate Scholar of the Pitt Cyber Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security.  Pitt Cyber is a collective of legal, policy, and technical researchers that addresses critical questions of networks, data, and algorithms, with a focus on the ever-changing gaps among law, policy, and technology.  Affiliate Scholars are drawn from faculty noted for excellence in cyber-themed research and teaching.  Adriana Kovashka teaches in the Department of Computer Science.  Her p

Former SCI Faculty Featured in MSNBC Podcast

Former SCI faculty member Carla Hayden was recently featured in the MSNBC podcast The Oath with Chuck Rosenberg.  Hayden is the 14th Librarian of Congress and has had a long and distinguished career in the field of library science.  She taught at the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Science from 1987 to 1991.  She is currently leading a new initiative called Of the People: Widening the Path, which is designed to connect the Library of Congress more deeply with Black, Hispanic, Indigenous and other underrepresented communities.

SCI Alumnus Becomes CTO of Healthcare Technology Company

SCI alumnus Girish Chavan has recently become Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Astrata, Inc., a company that offers a variety of technological products to healthcare organizations.  The company utilizes analytics, informatics, and quality measurement to improve health services.  In his role as CTO, Chavan leads the Product, Engineering and IT organizations of the company. 

SCI Alumna Receives Michigan Library Award

SCI alumna Stephanie Reinhardt recently received the Frances H. Pletz Award for Excellence in Service to Youth, which is given annually to a Michigan library staff person who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of library service to youth throughout their career.  The award was among the 2020 Michigan Library Awards bestowed by the Michigan Library Association, the Michigan Association for Media in Education, and the Michigan Academic Library Association.  These awards are considered the state’s highest honors within the library community.