Pitt’s newest school is building its expertise with new faculty
Founding Dean Paul Cohen praised the faculty members’ “commitment to furthering SCI’s mission of making the world a better place through polymathic education and the science of interacting systems.”
Panos Chrysanthis received an alumni honor from his alma mater
The University of Massachusetts recognized the professor of computer science for Outstanding Achievements in Education.
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.