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June 23, 2021
New machine learning methods could improve environmental predictions
Dr. Xiaowei Jia is leading a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota, the University of Pittsburgh, and the U.S. Geological Survey in developing a new machine-learning method that will provide more accurate stream and river temperature predictions, even when little data is available.
June 22, 2021
Chrysanthis, Costa, and their collaborators receive best demo award at IEEE MDM 2021 conference
A team led by Dr. Panos K. Chrysanthis and Dr. Constantinos Costa received the Best Demo Award at the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM 2021) for their work entitled "HealthDist: A Context, Location and Preference-Aware System for Safe Navigation"
June 21, 2021
Costa, Chrysanthis, and their collaborators receive best paper award at IEEE MDM 2021 conference
A team led by Dr. Constantinos Costa and Dr. Panos K. Chrysanthis received the Best Industry and Application Paper Award at the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM 2021) for their paper entitled "A Context, Location and Preference-Aware System for Safe Pedestrian Mobility".
May 26, 2021
Rob A. Rutenbar Earns Distinguished Professor Honor
Dr. Rob A. Rutenbar, senior vice chancellor for research at the University of Pittsburgh, has been appointed to the rank of Distinguished Professor in the School of Computing and Information (CS) and in the Swanson School of Engineering (ECE), in recognition of his extraordinary, internationally recognized scholarly attainment in his field.
April 29, 2021
Xiaowei Jia receives Best Paper Award in SDM 2021
Dr. Xiaowei Jia received the Best Application Paper Award in the SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM 2021).
April 2, 2021
Adriana Kovashka’s Research Aims to 'Teach' Computers Object Detection
Dr. Adriana Kovashka (assistant professor, CS) just received an NSF Career Award.
February 22, 2021
Four CS faculty awarded Pitt Momentum grants
Drs. Malihe Alikhani, Rebecca Hwa, Diane Litman, and Xulong Tang received Pitt Momentum grants.
January 27, 2021
New NSF Award: Using AI to Increase Fairness by Improving Access to Justice
Dr. Diane Litman (Professor, CS) together with Dr. Kevin Ashley (Professor, School of Law) received a new award from the National Science Foundation.
January 19, 2021
Dr. Malihe Alikhani receives Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Malihe Alikhani for receiving one of the four Fall 2020 Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grants, which provide initial funding for novel and innovative multidisciplinary efforts that advance Pitt Cyber’s mission.
November 16, 2020
Malihe Alikhani Wins Grant to Support Underrepresented Students
Dr. Malihe Alikhani (assistant professor, CS) recently received a Google ExploreCSR grant to support students from underrepresented groups to pursue graduate studies and research careers in computing.
November 10, 2020
LRDC Scientists Receive $900,000 Grant to Study Robots in Math Classrooms
Dr. Erin Walker (associate professor, CS) is the principal investigator of a newly funded NSF project that will study the use of robots in middle school math classrooms.
February 21, 2020
Diane Litman receives Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring
Dr. Diane Litman (professor, Computer Science & senior scientist, LRDC) received one of the three Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring in 2020.
April 5, 2019
Panos K. Chrysanthis receives the 2019 Outstanding Achievement in Education Award from UMass Amherst
Dr. Panos K. Chrysanthis received the 2019 Outstanding Achievement in Education award from the College of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
January 30, 2019
Dr. Adriana Kovashka Receives Funding from Amazon Research Awards
Dr. Adriana Kovashka recently received funding from Amazon Research Awards for her project studying how objects foreshadow film plots and explain advertisements.