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SCI Student Creates App to Help Local Restaurants
SCI student Gabriel Thrower recently created an app called Bar Spy to help local restaurants and bars. The app uses user-generated content to display information about local establishments, including whether they're open, specials they're currently offering, and events such as trivia, live music, and karaoke. This allows restaurant staff to provide the most up-to-date information to patrons, since the information on restaurant websites can sometimes be outdated.
SCI Faculty Search is Now Open
SCI has officially opened its latest faculty search. We are seeking to fill six positions including: Human-Centered Information Systems; Digital Health, Health Technologies, and Health Information Services; Artificial Intelligent, Internet of Things; Technology for Learning and Social Change; and Quantum Computing and Communication. Learn more at sci.pitt.edu/recruiting.
Computer Science Club Bridges Gaps Between Students, Industry
When officers of the University of Pittsburgh’s Computer Science Club were finishing up the 2020 spring semester, they laid out an all-encompassing plan to address resource gaps for computer science students.
The team wanted to find ways to connect students with alumni and other computer science professionals working in the industry.
While spearheading an ambitious new project during a pandemic may seem counterintuitive, members said the pandemic has been a blessing in disguise for them.
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Erin Walker Receives Google's 2020 Award for Inclusion Research
SCI Associate Professor Erin Walker's proposal was recently chosen as a recipient of Google's 2020 Award for Inclusion Research, a global program that supports academic research in computing and technology addressing the needs of underrepresented populations. Walker will be working on the project, titled "Developing a Dialogue System for a Culturally-Responsive Social Programmable Robot," with Leshell Hatley of Coppin
SCI Professor Part of Initiative to Create National Center for Wireless Spectrum Research
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SCI Partners with Hill District CEC to Introduce Digital Inclusion Efforts for Pittsburgh
This spring, the CEC launched STEAM studio spaces in close partnership with Remake Learning, the Hill Community Development Corp (CDC), Partner4Work and Pitt’s Center for Creativity. The year-long planning process also resulted in nine STEAM Studio seed grants, each awarding up to $5,000 to fund collaborative teams of community organizations and Pitt faculty and staff.
SCI Faculty Receive Grant to Study Robots in Math Classrooms
Erin Walker, associate professor in the School of Computing and Information (SCI) and research scientist in the Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC), has been named principal investigator for a $900,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the use of robots in middle school math classrooms.
Malihe Alikhani Awarded Google ExploreCSR Grant
SCI Assistant Professor Malihe Alikhani was recently awarded a Google exploreCSR grant to encourage computer research among undergraduate students from underrepresented groups. The exploreCSR program funds faculty from 50 institutions around the world to host computer science workshops.
Pitt Joins National Alliance Aimed at Developing a More Inclusive and Diverse STEM Faculty
The University of Pittsburgh has been selected as one of 19 universities joining a three-year institutional change effort to develop inclusive faculty recruitment, hiring and retention practices.
The Aspire: The National Alliance for Inclusive & Diverse STEM Faculty program is administered by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and is funded by the National Science Foundation as part of its INCLUDES initiative.
SCI Alum Receives Machine Learning Scholarship
SCI alum Coral Sheldon-Hess was recently accepted into the Machine Learning Scholarship Program for Microsoft Azure. This Nanodegree program introduces students with programming knowledge to machine learning via Azure, a cloud computing service created for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services. Participants strengthen machine learning skills by building sophisticated machine learning models, such as time series forecasting and hyper parameter tuning. The recipients of this scholarship were selected as the top 300 students of a foundations cou
SCI Alumna Publishes Book Offering Guidance for Librarians
SCI alumna Tina Buck recently published a book offering practical advice to librarians hoping to transition into a different type or size of institution. The book, titled Guidance for Librarians Transitioning to a New Environment, is published by Routledge and co-written with Sara Duff. The authors draw on their own experience as well as surveys and interviews to cover such topics as how librarians can orient themselves to their new library, add conte
SCI Professor and Student Receive Amazon Research Award
Earlier this spring, Amazon announced that SCI professor Daqing He and his doctoral student Rui Meng were awarded an Amazon Research Award -- among 51 researchers representing 39 universities worldwide -- in support of their project “Transferable, Controllable, Applicable Keyphrase Generation.”
Adam J. Lee Promoted to Full Professorship
SCI faculty member Dr. Adam J. Lee has been promoted to the rank of full professor. He joined the Department of Computer Science in the fall of 2008 and has also served as the Associate Dean for Academic Programs at SCI.