April 2016

Wed Apr 6th 5.00pm – 7:30pm
University of Pittsburgh’s School Library Certification Program and the Western PA School Library Association 5th Annual Dinner

Fri Apr 8th 11.30am – 1.30pm
The CS/SIS Collaboration Project presents Dr. Farnam Jahanian “A Reflection on Computing and Computing Schools of the Future”
CMU Provost Farnam Jahanian will discuss the potential and impact of computing research and education. He will also explore the intellectual, programmatic and organizational foundations of future schools of computing. Sennott Square/Room 5317, 210 South Bouquet St, Pittsburgh, PA

Fri Apr 8th 1.00pm – 3.00pm
ULS/SIS Workshop & lecture Series “Building a Digital Portfolio with WordPress”
Digital portfolios are a great way to demonstrate your work and expertise, to proactively shape your online presence, and to reflect on aspects of your professional self that you’d like to further develop. In this workshop, using the freely-available WordPress platform, we’ll explore what makes a successful portfolio as well as some of the choices you’ll face when creating an online representation of yourself. You’ll leave with a personal site that you can continue to develop after the workshop. University of Pittsburgh Hillman Library, Amy Knapp Room, 3960 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA

Fri Apr 8th 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Vladimir Zadorozhny presents “Information Fusion at large and at Scale”
Information fusion deals with reconstructing objects from multiple, possibly incomplete and inconsistent observations. The task of scalable information fusion is critical for interdisciplinary research where a comprehensive picture of the subject requires large amounts of data from disparate data sources. Despite its increasing availability, making sense of such data is not trivial. In this talk I will elaborate on challenges in developing an infrastructure that facilitates scalable information integration and fusion. 3rd floor IS Building, Quiet Study Room, 135 N Bellefield Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

Fri Apr 22nd 3.00pm – 4.30pm
Cybersecurity Seminar Series presents “The Importance of Measurement and Decision Making to a Science of Security”
Adaptive defenses alter the environment in response to adversarial action and perceived threats. Such defenses are a specific example of a broader class of management techniques called system agility. In its fullest generality, a science of agility is based on a reasoned modification to a system or environment in response to a functional, performance, or security needs. This talk highlights the activities surrounding the investigation of this science within the recently launched Cyber-Security Collaborative Research Alliance. IS Building, 3rd Floor Theatre, 135 North Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA

Sat Apr 30th
Spring Term Ends

Sun May 1st 9.30am – 11.30am
iSchool Recognition Ceremony