Adriana Kovashka received funding from Amazon Research Awards

Her project will explain advertisements and explore how objects foreshadow film plots.

Yu-Ru Lin earned funding from Adobe Research

The funding will provide the resources to help investigate visualization for interpretable AI and machine learning techniques for understanding human social behavioral patterns and outcomes.

Adam Lee and Rosta Farzan received an NSF award for their privacy research

The associate professors will combine hardware and software techniques to convey a sense of privacy to people who are impacted by sensors.

2 Pitt faculty members were recognized for research in computational social science

Diane Litman and Yu-ru Lin made SAGE journal’s list of 39 women doing amazing research.

Diane Litman was awarded a research grant from Institute of Education Sciences

The director of Pitt's Intelligent Systems Program will study enhancing undergraduate STEM education with mobile learning technologies.

Alumnus Andy Rhodes is named chief information officer at UNICEF USA

He is responsible for the organization's technology and digital and data strategy.

Philosophy and library management among Pitt highlights in international ranking

The University of Pittsburgh was one of 22 institutions with at least one subject ranked at No. 1 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018.

Diane Litman was named an Association for Computational Linguistics Fellow

The director of Pitt's Intelligent Systems Program is one of six recognized for contributions to the field.

Noelle Conover received a School of Computing and Information Professional Achievement Award

The graduate of Pitt's School of Computing and Information is now a project coordinator at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Hematology/Oncology Division.

A multidisciplinary team received National Science Foundation funding to improve transit

The $1.44 million in funding will enable the Pitt Smart Living Project to place additional multimodal, real-time transportation information screens around the city.