Pitt alumnus Mohammed Altamimi was named governor of the Communications and Information Technology Commission in Saudi Arabia
He graduated from the School of Computing and Information with a PhD in telecommunications and networking.
Alumnus Robert F. Lambert was named to the York Traditions Bank Board of Directors
Lambert has served as president of York County Libraries in Pennsylvania since 2016. His history of community leadership includes serving as Controller for the City of York from 2008-2016.
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.