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Student cybersecurity organization to host national Capture the Flag competition

The Penn State Competitive Cyber Security Organization will host its first Capture the Flag (CTF) event, SillyCTF, on March 29. The virtual cybersecurity compet

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National intelligence expert William Parquette retires from the College of IST

William Parquette, professor of practice in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, will retire on June 30 after six years with the Unive

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Alumni and Donor Events

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Academic Warning and Suspension

Academic Warning Students who fail to achieve a 2.0 cumulative grade point average will be placed on Academic Warning. A registration hold is placed on your s

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Holds can be placed on your student record for a number of reasons. You should make immediate contact with the office that activated the hold to initiate the ac

Media Mention: Centre Daily Times announces IST's new AI major

Where: Centre Daily Times, ‘Penn State joins growing list of universities to offer AI major: New era of innovation' Who: The Penn State College of Informatio

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Penn State congratulates Fall 2024 Emerging Academic Leaders on program completion

The fall 2024 cohort of the Penn State Emerging Academic Leaders program have successfully completed their semester-long professional development experience.

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App to connect dancers with partners and resources wins IdeaMakers Challenge

Winning teams were selected during the final round of the 2025 Bardusch Family IdeaMakers Challenge hosted by the Penn State College of Information Sciences and

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How a Penn State education empowered this alum to dream big

Corey Wheeler originally went back to school to finish his bachelor’s degree. He found success as a Penn State World Campus online learner that led him to thr

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AIMA Major Requirements

Suggested Academic Plan Suggested Academic Plans are based on your semester of entry to Penn State and serve as a guide when scheduling courses. Work with you

Roderick Lee

Dr. Roderick Lee is an associate professor with a joint appointment in Human-Centered Computing and Social Informatics in the College of Information Sciences an

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Teaching Professor Steven Haynes retires from the College of IST after 25 years

Steven Haynes, teaching professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, will retire on June 30. Haynes was instrumental in creating

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College of IST names student marshals for spring 2025 commencement

The Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology has named its student marshals for the spring 2025 commencement ceremony. Aidan Fraser will repr

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Thirty-one students receive awards at 2025 Graduate Exhibition

Thirty-one graduate students received awards at the 2025 Graduate Exhibition, a professional development event designed to help graduate students hone their ski

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Penn State to launch new National Security Institute

The new National Security Institute will advance and facilitate research outside the scope of the Applied Research Laboratory to address critical security chall

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/penn-state-launch-new-national-security-institute

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IST 597-003: Secure and Efficient Inference for LLMs & Agents

See LionPATH to schedule. Course Topic: Secure and Efficient Inference for LLMs & Agents Inference systems are the "real-world interface" of LLMs: they determ

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IST 597-005: Algorithmic Fairness and Mechanism Design

See LionPATH to schedule. Course Topic: Algorithmic Fairness and Mechanism Design This graduate-level course explores the theory and algorithms behind fair an

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IST 597-004: AI Agent Systems in the Age of Foundation Models

See LionPATH to schedule. Course Topic: AI Agent Systems in the Age of Foundation Models This graduate course examines the design, architecture, and evaluatio

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IST 597-001: AI-enhanced Virtual and Augmented Reality

See LionPATH to schedule. Course Topic: AI-enhanced Virtual and Augmented Reality This course explores artificial intelligence (AI) for virtual reality (VR) a

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IST 597-002: Advances in Generative AI and Applications

See LionPATH to schedule. Course Topic: Advances in Generative AI and Applications This graduate special topics course surveys recent advances in generative A

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Master's Culminating Experience

Master's Thesis Review the M.S. Roadmap to become familiar with the details of the Master's Thesis process and expectations for the defense. At least one mont

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Student Care and Advocacy

Academic Concerns For academic concerns involving IST courses, we strive to proactively assist you in finding resolutions as early as possible. Here are steps

Media Mention: IST Research

Where: WPXI-TV, “Businesses are increasingly turning to AI to ensure accessibility for people with disabilities. Is it working?” Who: Shomir Wilson, associa

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'LGBTQ+ in STEM' event set for April 16

Hosted by the Penn State Eberly College of Science, with support from the Rainbow Science Network and the colleges of Information Sciences and Technology, Engin

https://www.psu.edu/news/eberly-college-science/story/lgbtq-stem-event-set-april-16-0

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NCEMS working groups to answer molecular and cellular bioscience questions

The U.S. National Science Foundation National Synthesis Center for Emergence in the Molecular and Cellular Sciences at Penn State recently formed 10 initial wor

https://www.psu.edu/news/institute-computational-and-data-sciences/story/ncems-working-groups-answer-molecular-and-cellular

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A-I 100: Artificial Intelligence: Automated Thinking to Augment Human Intellect

Offered in fall, spring, and summer semesters. See LionPATH for scheduling details.

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A-I 341W-001: Responsible Artificial Intelligence

Offered in fall semesters only. See LionPATH to schedule. A-I 341W: From LLMs to hiring algorithms to predictive policing, AI is increasingly responsible for s

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A-I 370-001: Problem Formulation and Automated Problem Solving

Offered in fall semesters only. See LionPATH to schedule. A-I 370: This course introduces students to methods for automated problem solving requiring intellige

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A-I 375-001: Knowledge Representation and Inference

Offered in spring semesters only. See LionPATH to schedule. A-I 375: This course is designed to introduce students to the principles and practice of representi

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DS 402-001: Mathematical Structure of Intelligence

See LionPATH to schedule. Course Topic: Mathematical Structure of Intelligence What is intelligence? Most AI researchers can't even answer that question, but

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DS 402-001: TBD

See LionPATH to schedule. Course Topic: TBD Description: TBD

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DS 402-002: TBD

See LionPATH to schedule. Course Topic: TBD Description: TBD

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DS 402-002: Mining Large and Complex Data

See LionPATH to schedule. Course Topic: Mining Large and Complex Data The course covers emerging techniques for data mining and their application to various t

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DS 402-003: Agentic Data Science: Autonomous Workflows, Tool Use, and Human-in-the-Loop Systems

See LionPATH to schedule. Course Topic: Agentic Data Science: Autonomous Workflows, Tool Use, and Human-in-the-Loop Systems This course provides hands-on trai

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ETI 200-001: Designing AI for the Enterprise

Offered in fall and spring semesters. See LionPATH for scheduling details. ETI 200 is the second course in the Enterprise AI sequence, focused on designing and

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HCDD 115-001: Foundations of Human Centered Artificial Intelligence

Offered in fall and spring semesters. See LionPATH for scheduling details. HCDD 115: As AI systems become more widespread, concerns grow about their embedded v

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IEC 100: Introduction to Social Implications of Information Technology

Offered in fall semesters only. See LionPATH for scheduling details. IEC 100: This course introduces students to critical perspectives on emerging information

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IST 110: Information, People and Technology

Offered in fall, spring, and summer semesters. See LionPATH for scheduling details. IST 110: Information, People and Technology presents the high points of an

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IEC 200: A Critical Theory Perspective on Information Technology and Design

This course introduces students to critical perspectives on emerging information technologies, including data systems, artificial intelligence (algorithms), and

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SRA 111: Introduction to Security and Risk Analysis

Offered in fall, spring, and summer semesters. See LionPATH for scheduling details. SRA 111: Introduction to Security and Risk Analysis is a preliminary course

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IST 130: Emerging Technologies in Popular Culture

Offered in fall and spring semesters. See LionPATH to schedule. Significant updates for Fall 2026! This survey course explores emerging technologies used to p

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IST 402-002: Prototyping for User Experience

See LionPATH to schedule. Course Topic: Prototyping for User Experience In design, prototyping is the process of producing an early version of a design to mak

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IST 402-003: Vibe Coding: Building Applications with Natural Language

See LionPATH to schedule. Course Topic: Vibe Coding: Building Applications with Natural Language The traditional way of designing and developing web-based and

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IST 402-001: TBD

See LionPATH to schedule. Course Topic: TBD Description: TBD

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IST 402-002: TBD

See LionPATH to schedule. Course Topic: TBD Description: TBD

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IST 402-003: TBD

See LionPATH to schedule. Course Topic: TBD Description: TBD

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IST 402-004: TBD

See LionPATH to schedule. Course Topic: TBD Description: TBD

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IST 402-004: Privacy in a Digitally Saturated World

See LionPATH to schedule. Course Topic: Privacy in a Digitally Saturated World This course explores different dimensions and application areas for privacy fro

Kenneth Huang to present at Johns Hopkins

Ting-Hao ‘Kenneth’ Huang, associate professor in the College of IST, will present, “What Roles Will Humans Play in the Future of Data Annotation,” to th

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SSRI and CTSI award Penn State faculty fellowships

Roderick Lee, associate professor of information systems, Penn State Harrisburg, is among the four Penn State faculty members named as the inaugural Social Scie

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Applied Cognitive Science Laboratory

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Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory

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Center for Artificial Intelligence Foundations and Scientific Applications (CENSAI)

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Faculty and Staff Awards

Nominations for the 2026 Faculty and Staff Awards will open on August 1 and will close on September 18. Winners of 2026 awards will be recognized at the College

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