The University of Pittsburgh named a dean for the School of Computing and Information
Bruce Childers, who has served as interim dean since 2020, will officially assume the role May 1.
Redditors hail to Pitt on r/place
Alum Ryan Lynch and hundreds of other users defended the Pitt logo during a massive online collaborative art project.
Basketball’s ‘hot hand’ phenomenon is real, says this Pitt computer scientist
Konstantinos Pelechrinis in the School of Computing and Information examined whether players can continue a streak of making many consecutive shots, also known as having “hot hands.”
Appalachian Regional Commission awards School of Computing and Information $500,000
The Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative has awarded Pitt’s School of Computing and Information $500,000 for its applied data-driven methods graduate certificate program.
Rob Rutenbar receives Pioneering Achievement Award
The senior vice chancellor for research is recognized for his outstanding contributions in electronic design automation.
Register by Friday for She Innovates, a hackathon celebrating women in tech
The Women in Computer Science, School of Computing and Information and the Big Idea Center will host the event for newcomers to tech and seasoned professionals.
Nick Pace and Connor Johnson win first place in Virginia Datathon
This year’s theme was addressing hunger with bits and bytes.
Share your thoughts about the next dean of the School of Computing and Information
The provost’s office will begin the search for a permanent dean with an open forum via Zoom on Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 2 p.m.
$25 million grant-funded radio spectrum project includes Pitt professors
A new $25 million grant from the National Science Foundation will fund researchers from 29 organizations developing new approaches and techniques for divvying up the valuable and highly contested real estate of radio waves that connect many of our devices.
“So much of our lives are lived through our phone,” said Pitt School of Computing and Information Professor Martin Weiss. “The spectrum is a key part of making that work well.”
