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October 24, 2024
Dec. 6 Colloquium: "Large Multimodal Models for Open Ended Visual Recognition"
In this talk I will provide an overview of how the field of computer vision has been impacted by the recent success of large multimodal models and what are some of the opportunities to build more sophisticated models that can work for open ended tasks.
October 15, 2024
November 1 Colloquium: "Artificial Social Intelligence? On the challenges of Socially Aware and Ethically informed LLMs"
Modern AI systems such as LLMs are pervasive and helpful, but do they really have the social intelligence to seamlessly and safely engage in interactions with humans? In this talk, I will delve into the limits of social intelligence of LLMs and how we can measure and anticipate their risks.
October 15, 2024
Empowering smallholder farmers in the Global South through agriculture chatbots
Dr. Ryan Shi, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Intelligent Systems Program, recently received a Google Academic Research Award to address these issues and better reach farmers, particularly smallholder farmers in the global south.
September 18, 2024
Panos K. Chrysanthis, CS Professor, Receives MDM 2024 Distinguished Contributor Award
Panos K. Chrysanthis, professor in the Department of Computer Science, received the Mobile Data Management (MDM) 2024 Distinguished...
September 16, 2024
September 20 Colloquium: "Infrastructure-assisted Autonomous Driving: From Perception to HD Mapping"
In this talk, I will discuss a series of works in infrastructure-assisted autonomous driving.
September 11, 2024
October 18 Colloquium: "Low Rank Strikes Back in Large Language Models"
In this talk, we delve into the evolution of low-rank optimization techniques for Large Language Models (LLMs), highlighting the journey from GaLore, to Q-GaLore and WeLore.
September 10, 2024
SCI Professor Diane Litman Named Fellow in Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association
Associate Dean for Mentoring and Development Diane J. Litman has been recognized for her achievements in artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing.
September 10, 2024
Computer Science Welcomes New Department Chair, Adriana Kovashka
SCI is pleased to welcome a new chair of the Department of Computer Science (CS), Adriana Kovashka!
September 10, 2024
Panos K. Chrysanthis Elected as 2023 EAI Fellow
SCI faculty are internationally recognized for their groundbreaking work and innovation. Case in point: Panos K. Chrysanthis, professor in the Department of Computer Science, was recently elected as a Fellow of the European Alliance for Innovation (EAI).
April 15, 2024
CS Student Named to the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Senior computer science Student Griffin J. Hurt has been named a 2024 Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) scholar.
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 26, 2024
April 19 Colloquium: "The Many Facets of the Quantum Adiabatic Theorem"
In this talk, we will discuss the evolution of this theorem and the surprising developments of the 1980s that led to the concept of the geometric phase. We will use simple models to demonstrate how QAC is applied in applications. Additionally, we will explore how the discovery of geometric phases has led to the idea of quantum holonomic computing.
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 18, 2024
April 12 Colloquium: "Learning to Understand Our Multimodal World with Minimal Supervision"
In this talk, I will present our recent research on creating AI systems that can learn to understand our multimodal world with minimal human supervision. I will focus on systems that can understand images and text, and also touch upon those that utilize video, audio, and lidar.
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.