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March 27, 2024
SCI Projects Awarded 2023-24 Pitt Momentum Funds
This year, three projects by faculty members at the School of Computing and Information (SCI) have received Momentum Funds from the University of Pittsburgh Office of Research.
March 20, 2024
Assistant Professor Xiaowei Jia Receives the NASA Early Career Investigator Grant
Dr. Xiaowei Jia (assistant professor) received an Early Career Investigator Grant from NASA's Earth Science Division for his project “Towards Generalizable, Fair, and Knowledge Guided Machine Learning for Monitoring Earth Systems.”
March 13, 2024
CS Faculty Members Receive Spring 2024 Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grants
CS Faculty Members Drs. Lorraine Li, Diane Litman, and Ryan Shi receive Spring 2024 Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grants for various projects.
February 28, 2024
Assistant Professor Longfei Shangguan Receives an NSF CAREER Award to Democratize Earable Computing Research
Dr. Longfei Shangguan (assistant professor) received an NSF CAREER award for his project “Ubiquitous Earable Sensing Using Low-Cost Earphones.”
February 15, 2024
Assistant Professor Stephen Lee Receives NSF Grant for Designing Sustainable Distributed Infrastructures
Dr. Stephen Lee (assistant professor, Department of Computer Science) received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for his project, “Data-Driven System-Design for Sustainable Long-Lasting Distributed Infrastructures,” on Oct. 1, 2023.
February 15, 2024
Dr. Jacob Biehl Is Building Systems That Reshape Space
For Biehl, an associate professor with a dual appointment in the Department of Information Culture and Data Stewardship and the Department of Computer Science, technical rigor and the usability needs of the people operating a system are not separate considerations.
October 26, 2023
SCI Faculty Member, Graduate Students Win Best Paper Award at ISMAR 2023
Dr. Jacob Biehl (Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Department of Information Culture and Data Stewardship), Master’s Student Thomas Downes and PhD Student Talha Khan won the Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR).
June 29, 2022
Dr. Diane Litman and collaborators from the LRDC win Future Forums on Learning's Learning Engineering Tools Competition
The Future Forums on Learning awarded Dr. Diane Litman and collaborators from the Learning Research and Development Center, Lindsay Clare Matsumura and Richard Correnti, a Catalyst Prize as part of their 2021-2022 Learning Tools Competition.
June 22, 2022
Xiaowei Jia awarded Best Dissertation Award from University of Minnesota
Department of Computer Science assisstant professor Dr. Xiaowei Jia received one of four best dissertaion awards from his alma mater, The University of Minnesota.
June 13, 2022
Dr. Xulong Tang receives new NSF award
Dr. Xulong Tang (Assistant Professor, Computer Science) received a new three-year grant from the National Science Foundation.
June 3, 2022
Diane Litman and LRDC collaborators were awarded an NSF grant
LRDC researchers Diane Litman, a professor in the Department of Computer Science, and School of Education collaborators Richard Correnti and Lindsay Clare Matsumura have been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to address the limitations of existing educational technologies for writing.
May 24, 2022
New project uses AI to examine how COVID-19 impacts the use of physical space
Cameras are popping up throughout the 5th and 6th floors of Sennott Square to investigate how public spaces are used as part of a new research project from Department of Computer Science students and faculty.
May 5, 2022
Department of Computer Science adds two new faculty
After a year-long search, the Department of Computer Science has hired two new faculty.
April 26, 2022
Dr. Diane Litman and LRDC collaborators awarded new NSF grant
Diane Litman and collaborators Richard Correnti and Lindsay Clare Matsumura were awarded a new National Science Foundation grant for their work in the Learning Research & Development Center this week.
March 25, 2022
Dr. Panos Chrysanthis chosen for inaugural class of IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributors
Dr. Panos Chrysanthis was selected as part of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society's inaugural 2021 Class of Distinguished Contributors.