Spotlight
The Computer Science Department at the University of Pittsburgh is hosted in the School of Arts and Sciences and is one of the oldest CS Departments in the United States. Pitt's Computer Science Department takes pride in over 40 years' research and teaching excellence in all the core areas of Computer Science: artificial intelligence, algorithms, databases, systems and networks. With the hiring of new faculty, the Department has recently expanded to new directions in the areas of data visualization and medical imaging and strengthened the areas of embedded systems, compilers, computer architecture and natural language processing. The Department attracts substantial funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Homeland Security to support research and develop well-equipped research labs and centers.
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Welcome Adam Lee, Assistant Professor, the newest faculty member to the Department. His research interests lie at the intersection of the computer security, privacy, and distributed systems fields.
Congratulations to Kirk Pruhs, a Professor in our Department. Kirk is the recipient of a 2008 IBM Faculty Award for his work, "Algorithms for Integrated Scheduling and Power Management."
Congratulations to our faculty members for their work earning them a 2008 NSF Career Award. Assistant Professor Rebecca Hwa's work, "CAREER: Robust Parsing for New Domains and Languages.", and Associate Professor Alexandros Labrinidis' work, "CAREER: User-Centric Data Management."
Congratulations to Sangyeun Cho, an Assistant Professor in our Department. Sangyeun was recently awarded a 2008 A. Richard Newton scholarship.
The 2008-2009 Distinguished Lecturer Series features: Eduard Hovy (USC), Michel Goemans (MIT), David Maier (Portland State U). Trevor Mudge (U of Michigan), and Michael Scott (U of Rochester).
