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The tech that drives THON

THON 2021 will be held primarily virtually for the first-time in its nearly 50-year history — making the committee that plans and manages technology for THON

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IST professor named IFIP Pioneer in Human-Computer Interaction

John M. “Jack” Carroll, distinguished professor of information sciences and technology, is one of six recipients of the 2020/2021 Pioneer in Human-Computer

https://news.psu.edu/story/648018/2021/02/17/academics/ist-professor-named-ifip-pioneer-human-computer-interaction News

Penn State IT staff inspires a future generation of professionals

Eight information technology professionals representing various domains at Penn State recently came together to educate College of Information Sciences and Tech

https://news.psu.edu/story/648618/2021/02/22/academics/penn-state-it-staff-inspires-future-generation-professionals News

Q&A with IST’s new associate dean for undergraduate and graduate studies

Bringing academic and research expertise in human-computer interaction design from Indiana University Bloomington, Jeffrey Bardzell joined the College of Inform

https://www.psu.edu/news/academics/story/qa-ists-new-associate-dean-undergraduate-and-graduate-studies/ News

AI can help reduce risk of HIV in high-risk communities

For nearly two decades, computer scientists have been exploring how a limited number of nodes in a social network can be used to maximize information disseminat

https://news.psu.edu/story/649106/2021/02/25/research/ai-can-help-reduce-risk-hiv-high-risk-communities News

Twenty student teams selected to compete in the 2021 Nittany AI Challenge

Twenty Penn State teams with students from seven different colleges and six campuses, including Penn State World Campus, will each be awarded $500 to compete in

https://news.psu.edu/story/649096/2021/02/25/academics/twenty-student-teams-selected-compete-2021-nittany-ai-challenge News

Student teams to compete on WPSU’s 'The Investment'

The top six Penn State student startup teams have been selected for the 2021 Inc.U Competition and will compete on WPSU’s Shark Tank-style TV show “The Inve

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Student organization IST Diplomats celebrate 10 years

Ten years ago, the IST Diplomats student organization was founded to serve as ambassadors for the College of Information Sciences and Technology, to represent i

https://news.psu.edu/story/649181/2021/02/26/academics/student-organization-ist-diplomats-celebrate-10-years News

Penn State IST course teaches theory behind COVID-19 public health guidelines

Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. Wear a mask. These are the messages that have been conveyed by public health officials for the past year to curb the sprea

https://news.psu.edu/story/650182/2021/03/08/academics/penn-state-ist-course-teaches-theory-behind-covid-19-public-health News

Talk to introduce new ways to render new views of the world in space and time

Noah Snavely, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University and Cornell Tech, and a researcher at Google Research, will be the

https://news.psu.edu/story/650148/2021/03/08/science-and-technology/talk-introduce-new-ways-render-new-views-world-space News

New machine learning model could remove bias from social network connections

Did you ever wonder how social networking applications like Facebook and LinkedIn make recommendations on the people you should friend or pages you should follo

https://news.psu.edu/story/650410/2021/03/10/research/new-machine-learning-model-could-remove-bias-social-network News

Researchers encouraged to apply for AI center affiliate status

Penn State faculty pursuing research, education and outreach related to socially responsible AI are encouraged to apply for affiliate status with the Center for

https://news.psu.edu/story/650678/2021/03/11/academics/researchers-encouraged-apply-ai-center-affiliate-status News

IST Alumni Identity Talks spark dialogue on diversity between students, alumni

“Be intentional.” “Remember your why.” “Be clear on who you are.” “You’re not alone.” Those were a few of the main takeaways shared by panelis

https://news.psu.edu/story/650670/2021/03/11/campus-life/ist-alumni-identity-talks-spark-dialogue-diversity-between News

CESU workshop to highlight opportunities to work with federal agencies

Researchers whose work addresses natural and cultural resource management topics can learn about partnering opportunities with federal agencies at the Cooperati

https://news.psu.edu/story/651164/2021/03/15/academics/cesu-workshop-highlight-opportunities-work-federal-agencies News

Lees establish educational equity scholarship at IST

Corey and Leteace Lee have established an educational equity scholarship in the College of Information Sciences and Technology to support students with financia

https://news.psu.edu/story/650953/2021/03/15/giving/lees-establish-educational-equity-scholarship-ist News

Center for Socially Responsible AI announces inaugural seed funding awards

The Penn State Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence recently announced the recipients of its inaugural round of seed funding. The center awar

https://news.psu.edu/story/650711/2021/03/17/research/center-socially-responsible-ai-announces-inaugural-seed-funding News

New tool could help lessen bias in live television broadcasts

From Sunday morning news shows to on-air pregame commentary in sports, live telecasts draw viewers into real-time content on televisions around the world. But i

https://news.psu.edu/story/651278/2021/03/18/research/new-tool-could-help-lessen-bias-live-television-broadcasts News

IST researchers' book teaches how to build better complex systems interfaces

In a new book, "Building Better Interfaces for Remote Autonomous Systems: An Introduction for Systems Engineers," authors from the College of Informat

https://news.psu.edu/story/652313/2021/03/24/research/ist-researchers-book-teaches-how-build-better-complex-systems News

Bardusch family establishes endowment to support IdeaMakers Challenge

Bob and Susan Bardusch have made a gift to establish the Bardusch Family IdeaMakers Challenge Endowment at the College of Information Sciences and Technology. T

https://news.psu.edu/story/652503/2021/03/26/giving/bardusch-family-establishes-endowment-support-ideamakers-challenge News

Shaowen Bardzell presents keynote at New Materialist Informatics 2021

Shaowen Bardzell, professor of information sciences and technology, presented a keynote address on March 23 at the virtual New Materialist Informatics 2021 conf

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'Decoding Big Tech' webinar to offer conversations around policy and big tech

To initiate productive conversations centered around policy and big tech, the Penn State Law, Policy, and Engineering initiative and the Penn State Science Poli

https://news.psu.edu/story/653119/2021/03/30/public-events/decoding-big-tech-webinar-offer-conversations-around-policy News

Students from around the world participate in a virtual version of HackPSU

The COVID-19 pandemic did not stop 644 students from around the world from participating in a virtual version of HackPSU. The 48-hour hackathon was held entirel

https://news.psu.edu/story/652958/2021/03/30/academics/students-around-world-participate-virtual-version-hackpsu News

All-woman Nittany AI Challenge team creates solution to reach tech-life balance

Screen time burnout? Many people are feeling it these days because of extended use of technology due to remote learning and remote working situations. But exces

https://news.psu.edu/story/653016/2021/03/31/academics/all-woman-nittany-ai-challenge-team-creates-solution-reach-tech News

Startup Week Competition winners congratulated by President Barron

Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC culminated with a celebration of student entrepreneurs and innovators in technology, health, sustainability, the arts and

https://news.psu.edu/story/653217/2021/03/31/academics/startup-week-competition-winners-congratulated-president-barron News

Educational equity scholarship honors family legacy for IST alumni couple

For Angela Govila and Ankur Tarnacha, the College of Information Sciences and Technology is the foundation for everything they have. The two first met as studen

https://news.psu.edu/story/653548/2021/04/02/giving/educational-equity-scholarship-honors-family-legacy-ist-alumni-couple News

Subscription database for dancers pitch wins 2021 IdeaMakers Challenge

The winning idea in the 2021 IdeaMakers Challenge, as part of Penn State Startup Week sponsored by PNC, was a digital subscription service to a database that he

https://news.psu.edu/story/653487/2021/04/02/academics/subscription-database-dancers-pitch-wins-2021-ideamakers-challenge News

IST faculty tips for post-pandemic instruction appear in EDUCAUSE Review

When remote teaching and learning abruptly replaced traditional classroom instruction at the start of the pandemic, innovations and adaptations were introduced

https://news.psu.edu/story/653727/2021/04/06/research/ist-faculty-tips-post-pandemic-instruction-appear-educause-review News

Graduate School alumnus recognized for lifetime achievements

Edward Frymoyer has received the Penn State Graduate School Alumni Society Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes alumni who have achieved exceptiona

https://news.psu.edu/story/653890/2021/04/08/graduate-school-alumnus-recognized-lifetime-achievements News

New AI framework introduced for cutting a 'multi-layered cake'

Expanding on an established problem in mathematics and computer science known as fair cake-cutting — a metaphor for cutting a cake in a way that each particip

https://news.psu.edu/story/654713/2021/04/14/research/new-ai-framework-introduced-cutting-multi-layered-cake News

Global alumni profile: Bimal Balakrishnan

Bimal Balakrishnan, who spent seven years at the university as a master and doctoral degree student from 2001-08, credits the mentorship he received at the Univ

https://news.psu.edu/story/654794/2021/04/14/global-alumni-profile-bimal-balakrishnan News

Explanations in online symptom checkers could improve user trust

Have you recently turned to your mobile device or computer to find out if your cough, sniffle or fever could be caused by COVID-19? The online symptom checker y

https://news.psu.edu/story/654910/2021/04/15/research/explanations-online-symptom-checkers-could-improve-user-trust News

Shortened internship leads to rewarding gig archiving pandemic perspectives

Like many college students across the country, Nick Alico saw his summer internship cut short last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. So he used his newfound

https://news.psu.edu/story/654800/2021/04/15/academics/shortened-internship-leads-rewarding-gig-archiving-pandemic News

Erin Flannery to represent College of IST as student marshal

For College of Information Sciences and Technology student marshal Erin Flannery, Penn State gave her the opportunity to explore a number of diverse degree path

https://news.psu.edu/story/655804/2021/04/20/academics/erin-flannery-represent-college-ist-student-marshal News

Dual degrees shape research interests for IST assistant professor

Justin Silverman, who joined the College of Information Sciences and Technology last year as an assistant professor with a focus in biomedical statistics, made

https://news.psu.edu/story/655831/2021/04/21/academics/dual-degrees-shape-research-interests-ist-assistant-professor News

AI Hub to help enhance Penn State's global leadership in artificial intelligence

Penn State has launched an expanded initiative in Artificial Intelligence (AI), termed the AI Hub, which will bring together the University’s considerable res

https://news.psu.edu/story/656061/2021/04/23/research/ai-hub-help-enhance-penn-states-global-leadership-artificial News

Penn State launches new artificial intelligence center for engineered systems

A newly founded, interdisciplinary research center established to further foundational and applied artificial intelligence in engineered systems will be housed

https://news.psu.edu/story/656170/2021/04/23/research/penn-state-launches-new-artificial-intelligence-center-engineered News

Penn State center to advance AI tools to accelerate scientific progress

A new research center, the Center for Artificial Intelligence Foundations and Scientific Applications, or CENSAI, will unite Penn State researchers to explore t

https://news.psu.edu/story/656064/2021/04/23/research/penn-state-center-advance-ai-tools-accelerate-scientific-progress News

Amazon Alexa skill offers supportive care to breast cancer patients

Penn State researchers have developed an Amazon Alexa skill to remotely deliver validated interventions to metastatic breast cancer patients in the comfort of t

https://news.psu.edu/story/656467/2021/04/27/research/amazon-alexa-skill-offers-supportive-care-breast-cancer-patients News

After change of course, IST alumnus lands career in academics

When Porter Jenkins came to Penn State to pursue a doctorate in marketing, he never imagined he’d one day have a full-time career in academics, teaching and c

https://news.psu.edu/story/656969/2021/04/28/after-change-course-ist-alumnus-lands-career-academics News

Lavender Recognition to be held on April 30

2021 marks the 20th celebration of LGBTQ+ graduates during the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity’s Lavender Recognition ceremony.

https://news.psu.edu/story/656853/2021/04/29/academics/lavender-recognition-be-held-april-30 News

IST experience leads to alumnus’ work exploring breakups in the digital age

After a romantic breakup, there are often decisions to be made regarding the partners’ shared possessions, such as who takes the house and who gets the cat, a

https://www.psu.edu/news/academics/story/ist-experience-leads-alumnus-work-exploring-breakups-digital-age/ News

Penn State participates in virtual social science advocacy day

Penn State researchers recently participated in the Consortium of Social Science Association’s annual Social Science Advocacy Day, meeting virtually with Cong

https://news.psu.edu/story/657468/2021/05/04/impact/penn-state-participates-virtual-social-science-advocacy-day News

Using data science to boost diversity, using diversity to boost data science

Data science can only be data science for good when it can be data science for all. That was the message of a recent symposium, “Harnessing the Data Revolutio

https://news.psu.edu/story/657616/2021/05/05/research/using-data-science-boost-diversity-using-diversity-boost-data News

Twitter data unveils issues nursing mothers face, informs proposed interventions

Social media has become a platform for new mothers to openly share their experiences of the joys and challenges of parenthood. Researchers at Penn State and Dal

https://news.psu.edu/story/657539/2021/05/05/research/twitter-data-unveils-issues-nursing-mothers-face-informs-proposed News

Virtual conference explores artificial intelligence in a post-COVID world

On May 13, the Penn State Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence hosted "AI in a Post-COVID World," a virtual conference that will br

https://news.psu.edu/story/658409/2021/05/11/academics/virtual-conference-explores-artificial-intelligence-post-covid News

College of Engineering announces Learning Factory capstone project winners

The College of Engineering has announced the winners of the spring Learning Factory Capstone Design Project Showcase, which took place virtually for the second

https://news.psu.edu/story/658645/2021/05/12/academics/college-engineering-announces-learning-factory-capstone-project News

AI-powered software to improve public health outcomes in underserved communities

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a struggle for many students. But for Kareem Jelks, the pandemic has fueled his passion to help others, especially those in under

https://news.psu.edu/story/658419/2021/05/12/academics/ai-powered-software-improve-public-health-outcomes-underserved News

2021 Guentter Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award finalists, winner named

Penn State University Libraries and the Schreyer Honors College recognized the 10th annual finalist presentations and winner of the recently endowed Robert F. G

https://news.psu.edu/story/658280/2021/05/14/research/2021-guentter-outstanding-undergraduate-thesis-award-finalists News

Observing eco farmers could guide sustainable information technology innovation

Cutting-edge agricultural technology has advanced in recent years, introducing innovations from self-driving tractors and laser scarecrows to robotic bees that

https://news.psu.edu/story/658981/2021/05/14/research/observing-eco-farmers-could-guide-sustainable-information News

Talk to examine network heterogeneity on graph neural networks

Philip S. Yu, distinguished professor and the Wexler Chair in Information Technology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will kick off the Penn State Cent

https://news.psu.edu/story/659147/2021/05/18/research/talk-examine-network-heterogeneity-graph-neural-networks News

Two faculty members receive Amazon Research Awards

Penn State faculty members James Wang, professor of information sciences and technology, and Rui Zhang, assistant professor of computer science and engineering,

https://news.psu.edu/story/659361/2021/05/19/academics/two-faculty-members-receive-amazon-research-awards News

Inclusive social network created by alumna to empower young women leaders

Penn State alumna Jayme Anne Goldberg is the founder of Consequential Flowers, a social media network designed to help female students and young professionals d

https://news.psu.edu/story/659217/2021/05/19/inclusive-social-network-created-alumna-empower-young-women-leaders News

University Libraries Research Awards honor 100 students from 19 campuses

Penn State University Libraries presented its fourth annual Undergraduate Research Award: Excellence in Information Literacy honors to 100 students at nearly al

https://news.psu.edu/story/659784/2021/05/24/academics/university-libraries-research-awards-honor-100-students-19 News

Seminar series to explore how artificial intelligence can improve health care

A new seminar series that aims to initiate a dialog between healthcare practitioners, clinical researchers, and artificial intelligence and data science experts

https://news.psu.edu/story/659566/2021/05/24/public-events/seminar-series-explore-how-artificial-intelligence-can-improve News

Doctoral candidate aims to help international students attain higher education

As a child growing up in Nepal, Bikalpa Neupane never thought he would come to the U.S. for a college education, much less a graduate degree. Now, as a doctoral

https://news.psu.edu/story/659782/2021/05/25/academics/doctoral-candidate-aims-help-international-students-attain-higher News

Study of police language aims to find patterns that may lead to tragic outcomes

With a new grant from the National Institutes of Health, an interdisciplinary team of researchers aims to examine police radio communications to observe what ha

https://news.psu.edu/story/659642/2021/05/25/research/study-police-language-aims-find-patterns-may-lead-tragic-outcomes News

Talk to explore power of taxonomy and embedding in text mining

Jiawei Han, Michael Aiken Chair Professor in the Department of Computer Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will present a talk as part of th

https://news.psu.edu/story/660973/2021/06/08/public-events/talk-explore-power-taxonomy-and-embedding-text-mining News

Essential workers' tweets show surprising positivity during pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, essential workers tweeted less often than general users about COVID-19 but more about overall mental health issues, according to r

https://news.psu.edu/story/660822/2021/06/09/research/essential-workers-tweets-show-surprising-positivity-during-pandemic News

Treating non-humans as stakeholders key to sustainable technologies

Researchers from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology made a methodological contribution toward a potential answer to the challenging p

https://news.psu.edu/story/661318/2021/06/11/research/treating-non-humans-stakeholders-key-sustainable-technologies News

Gamrat co-authors book chapter on state of microlearning in higher ed

Chris Gamrat, instructional designer at the College of Information Sciences and Technology, is co-author on a chapter in the new book Microlearning in the Digit

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Parenting teens: Is there an app for that?

Penn State researchers, with funding from the Mental Research Institute, are developing a smartphone app to promote positive, engaged family relationships that

https://news.psu.edu/story/661691/2021/06/17/research/parenting-teens-there-app News

Clickbait headlines might not lure readers as much, may confuse AI

A Penn State team of researchers found that clickbait often did not perform any better and, in some cases, performed worse than traditional headlines. They also

https://news.psu.edu/story/661780/2021/06/18/research/clickbait-headlines-might-not-lure-readers-much-may-confuse-ai News

IST research well-represented at top Communities and Technologies conference

A research group from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology is well-represented at the virtual 10th International Conference on Communit

https://news.psu.edu/story/662046/2021/06/22/ist-research-well-represented-top-communities-and-technologies-conference News

$1.2 million NSF grant to create search engine for online privacy research

A $1.2 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant will help researchers build a search engine and create other resources for scientists who need to scour b

https://news.psu.edu/story/662398/2021/06/23/research/12-million-nsf-grant-create-search-engine-online-privacy-research News

IST faculty named executive VP of society on computer-human interaction

Shaowen Bardzell, professor of information sciences and technology, has been elected as executive vice-president for the Association for Computing Machinery Spe

https://news.psu.edu/story/662433/2021/06/24/faculty-achievement/ist-faculty-named-executive-vp-society-computer-human News

Susser awarded Haile Family Early Career Professorship at IST

Assistant Professor Daniel Susser has been awarded the Haile Family Early Career Professorship in Information Sciences and Technology. The endowed position supp

https://news.psu.edu/story/662561/2021/06/25/faculty-achievement/susser-awarded-haile-family-early-career-professorship News

Presidential Leadership Academy announces new class

The Presidential Leadership Academy at Penn State recently announced its Class of 2021.

https://news.psu.edu/story/662660/2021/06/29/academics/presidential-leadership-academy-announces-new-class News

Student creates software solutions to help users be more efficient

Penn State senior Jason Nucciarone is using the skills he gained through the human centered design and development program at the College of Information Science

https://news.psu.edu/story/662758/2021/06/30/academics/student-creates-software-solutions-help-users-be-more-efficient News

IST alumnus creates scholarship to honor family legacy

As a member of the College of Information Sciences and Technology’s first graduating class and a long-time alumni volunteer, Steve Pipino has established the

https://news.psu.edu/story/662981/2021/07/02/giving/ist-alumnus-creates-scholarship-honor-family-legacy News

Women and lower-education users more likely to tweet personal information

When it comes to what users share on Twitter, women and users who never attended college voluntarily disclose more personal information than users from other so

https://news.psu.edu/story/663124/2021/07/07/research/women-and-lower-education-users-more-likely-tweet-personal News

IST intern leverages computer vision to inform PepsiCo manufacturing operations

When Nia Anderson started thinking of career paths as she nears graduation, she saw herself as a business analyst. Through the support and knowledge of her virt

https://news.psu.edu/story/663117/2021/07/07/academics/ist-intern-leverages-computer-vision-inform-pepsico-manufacturing News

Busy student's patience leads to another valuable opportunity

Erica Mi, a rising junior at Penn State, is working for IBM this summer as part of a project management internship — the latest endeavor she’s exploring dur

https://news.psu.edu/story/663355/2021/07/08/academics/busy-students-patience-leads-another-valuable-opportunity News

World Campus IST graduate heads security engineering for Disney+

Jacob Meissner never imagined he’d work in technology after obtaining his bachelor’s degree in English from Penn State. But a side job working for computer

https://news.psu.edu/story/663550/2021/07/12/academics/world-campus-ist-graduate-heads-security-engineering-disney News

IST instructor keeps students engaged remotely with interpretive discussions

How does modern digital technology shape our world and our perceptions? That is a question investigated by students in an emerging issues and technologies cours

https://news.psu.edu/story/663783/2021/07/14/academics/ist-instructor-keeps-students-engaged-remotely-interpretive News

Penn State Security Center announces Fall 2021 Grant Program

The Penn State Center for Security Research and Education is announcing its Fall 2021 Grant Program to support security-related scholarship and educational prog

https://news.psu.edu/story/663827/2021/07/14/academics/penn-state-security-center-announces-fall-2021-grant-program News

Networking and collaboration lead to best paper award for IST doctoral student

At the College of Information Sciences and Technology, doctoral student Jeongwon Jo has benefited from having access to an interdisciplinary network of experts

https://news.psu.edu/story/663771/2021/07/15/research/networking-and-collaboration-lead-best-paper-award-ist-doctoral News

Students use AI to support mental health, address unanswered calls for help

Penn State students Bill Chen and Howard Hong are working with a team of fellow students to make sure that during a crisis no one else feels alone by developing

https://news.psu.edu/story/663793/2021/07/16/academics/students-use-ai-support-mental-health-address-unanswered-calls News

Six elected to Graduate School Alumni Society Board of Directors

The Graduate School announces the Penn State alumni who have been elected to serve a three-year term on the Graduate School Alumni Society Board of Directors be

https://news.psu.edu/story/664375/2021/07/21/six-elected-graduate-school-alumni-society-board-directors News

On the Bridge – July 2021

A compilation of recent news, highlights and achievements from the College of Information Sciences and Technology community.

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Intern interprets big data and builds entrepreneurial skills

Shubham Mishra, a rising sophomore studying data sciences in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, believed that if he was hardworking and willing

https://news.psu.edu/story/664613/2021/07/27/academics/intern-interprets-big-data-and-builds-entrepreneurial-skills News

Alayna Spriggle selected as IST college marshal for summer commencement

The College of Information Sciences and Technology will honor Alayna Spriggle as student marshal for its summer 2021 commencement, which will be held at 10:30 a

https://news.psu.edu/story/664802/2021/07/28/academics/alayna-spriggle-selected-ist-college-marshal-summer-commencement News

Honeypot security technique can also stop attacks in natural language processing

As online fake news detectors and spam filters become more sophisticated, so do attackers’ methods to trick them — including attacks through the “universa

https://news.psu.edu/story/664795/2021/07/28/research/honeypot-security-technique-can-also-stop-attacks-natural-language News

IST intern coordinates network infrastructure installation at U.S. hospitals

Like many interns over the past 16 months, Penn State senior Katie Byrd expected her internship with Universal Health Services Inc. to be entirely virtual. But

https://news.psu.edu/story/665297/2021/08/05/academics/ist-intern-coordinates-network-infrastructure-installation-us News

Block by block: Researchers use Minecraft to advance artificial intelligence

Researchers received a $900,000 grant to create artificial intelligence that can plan for and solve future problems. They will test the new software on the vide

https://news.psu.edu/story/665707/2021/08/10/research/block-block-researchers-use-minecraft-advance-artificial News

Counting pandemic behaviors to inform public health decisions

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many significant changes to people's lives, but one of the most visible signals of this has been the proliferation of mas

https://news.psu.edu/story/665691/2021/08/10/research/counting-pandemic-behaviors-inform-public-health-decisions News

IST intern analyzes data to help inform operations at Bank of America

After starting a company whose proceeds benefited Venezuelans living in poverty and working in a number of startups in various industries, College of Informatio

https://news.psu.edu/story/665727/2021/08/10/academics/ist-intern-analyzes-data-help-inform-operations-bank-america News

College of IST welcomes eight new faculty for fall 2021

Eight new faculty members will join the College of Information Sciences and Technology this fall, strengthening the college’s research portfolio and enhancing

https://news.psu.edu/story/666269/2021/08/17/academics/college-ist-welcomes-eight-new-faculty-fall-2021 News

New framework could help teachers personalize their professional learning

Digital badges used as emblems to indicate an accomplishment or skill is a concept familiar to online learners seeking advanced knowledge in their profession. F

https://news.psu.edu/story/666253/2021/08/18/research/new-framework-could-help-teachers-personalize-their-professional News

Penn State Berks takes first place in the Anthem AI hackathon

The Penn State Berks Data Lions team recently took first place in the Anthem AI ‘Substance Use Disorder and Whole Health of the Person’ Hackathon, a competi

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Honor code established at College of IST

The College of Information Sciences and Technology, in collaboration with IST student government, announced the launch of the IST Honor Code. Signing serves as

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IST intern provides end-user IT support for USDA Agricultural Research Service

Thanks to established capabilities with IT from personal experiences, previous internships, and things learned in the classroom at the Penn State College of Inf

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New tool could help authors bust writer's block in novel-length works

Authors experiencing writer’s block could soon have a new way to help develop the next section of their story. Researchers at the Penn State College of Inform

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Surprisingly popular voting algorithm developed to recover ranked choices

Imagine you are asked to rank the counties in Pennsylvania in terms of number of COVID-19 infections. Or you may be asked to rank cities in Pennsylvania based o

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Andrea Tapia named associate dean for research in the College of IST

Andrea Tapia, professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), has been named IST’s associate dean for research, effective Sept. 1.

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On the Bridge - August 2021

A compilation of recent news, highlights and achievements from the College of Information Sciences and Technology community.

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Alumni sisters experience IST 10 years apart, advocate for diversity in tech

Many alumni can say that the Penn State legacy runs in their family, but few can say that they graduated from the same college as their sibling. Sisters Diana L

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IST intern conducts analytical research, informs public for U.S. Air Force

Given the security around many military and government organizations, students and graduates of the College of Information Sciences and Technology's securi

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COVID-19 study aims to make local policy announcements more culturally dependent

Researchers from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology recently studied a new form of crisis information exchange that has emerged betwe

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Overcoming homelessness and hardships to earn a Penn State degree

On his 18th birthday, Joel Seidel became emancipated from his parents and, in turn, homeless. He said Penn State equipped him with the tools and resources he ne

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IST Alumni Identity Talks series Sept. 15, 'Celebrating Hispanic Heritage'

Members of the Penn State community are invited to join alumni of the College of Information Sciences and Technology for IST Alumni Identity Talks — Celebrati

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