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SCI PhD student joins N2Women as Board Member
Kuheli Sai, a PhD student in the Department of Informatics and Networked Systems, has been named to the Board of N2Women (Networking Networking Women). Sai, working with Professor David Tipper in the LERSAIS lab, is interested in blockchain security, IoT and network traffic anomaly detection, healthcare data security, critical infrastructure security, and applied ML.
SCI Professor Recipient of 2020 Provost’s Doctoral Mentoring Award
Dr. Diane Litman, professor, was recently acknowledged by Pitt as a recipient of the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring. Litman has been recognized for her “ability to see the potential in students and encourage them to explore difficult problems and establish independence in their careers.” She is applauded for mentoring students who have “accomplished careers as faculty members, data scientists and software engineers…[adding] to the distinction of the University of Pittsburgh.”
Meet SCI’s New Faculty: Joseph Yurko
Name: Joseph Yurko
Title: Teaching Assistant Professor
What are your research interest?
I am interested in applying Bayesian models to optimize complex systems in the presence of uncertainty.
Meet SCI’s New Faculty: Lingfei Wu
Name: Lingfei Wu
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Informations and Networked Systems; Information Culture and Data Stewardship
What are your research interest?
I am a computational social scientist interested in understanding the geometry of thinking and applying it to design the future of research, education, and employment in the knowledge economy.
SCI Hosts 6th Annual SheInnovates Hackathon
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently wrote an article about SCI’s 6th annual SheInnovates hackathon titled, “Marshmallows and mobile apps: Pitt’s 36-hour hackathon encourages women in tech.” The article discusses the event and describes specific design exercises that were part of the hackathon. The mission of SheInnovates is to help close the gender gap in the tech industry by encouraging women to engage their tech passions and form a greater sense of community.
Meet SCI’s New Faculty: Erin Walker
Name: Erin Walker
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Computer Science
Meet SCI’s New Faculty: Xulong Tang
Name: Xulong Tang
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Computer Science
What are your research interest?
My research interests lie in the fields of high-performance computing and parallel computer architectures and systems. In particular, I am interested in effective and efficient system support/optimization for complicated real-world applications (e.g., deep learning, graph analytics, and scientific applications)
SCI Professor Martin Weiss Featured in Post-Gazette Story About 5G
Martin Weiss, SCI Professor, was recently featured in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story titled, “AT&T brought 5G to Pittsburgh, but you might not have noticed … yet.” The article discusses AT&T’s roll out of its fifth-generation network in Pittsburgh, which happened in December.
To read the full story, click here.
Meet SCI’s New Faculty: Marcia Rapchak
Name: Marcia Rapchak
Title: Teaching Assistant Professor
Department: Information Culture and Data Stewardship
Meet SCI’s New Faculty: Vinicius Petrucci
Name: Vinicius Petrucci
Title: Lecturer
Department: Computer Science
SCI Alumnus Named Governor of Communications and Information Technology Commission in Saudi Arabia
A 2014 alumnus from the School of Computing and Information (SCI) was named governor of the Communications and Information Technology Commission in Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed Altamimi (SCI ’14G) graduated with a PhD in telecommunications and networking with SCI. He now works as the telecommunications regulator for Saudi Arabia, a role equivalent to the chair of the Federal Communications Commission in the United States.
This was originally published in PittWire on December 19, 2019.
Meet SCI’s New Faculty: Stephen Lee
Name: Stephen Lee
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Computer Science
Meet SCI’s New Faculty: Seong Jae Hwang
Name: Seong Jae Hwang
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Computer Science
SCI Alumna Yi-Ling Lin Promoted to Associate Professor
Yi-Ling “Jennifer” Lin (PhD IS ’13) was recently promoted to associate professor in the Department of Management Information Systems at National Chengchi University (NCCU). Lin earned her PhD in Information Science in 2013 and previously worked in the Personalized Adaptive Web Systems (PAWS) Lab with director and professor Peter Brusilovsky.
SCI Alumnus Alex Toner Recognized as a 2019 Western PA Rising Star by Get Involved!, Inc.
MLIS alumnus Alex J. Toner (’11) was named by Get Involved!, Inc. as one of their 2019 Western PA Rising Stars on September 12. Toner is the assistant director of community engagement in Pitt’s Office of Community and Governmental Relations. In addition, Toner also serves as a high school mentor at Brashear High School through the Big Brothers Big Sisters Mentor 2.0 program and is an active member of Brookline Together.