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IST alumnus and Latinx workers in tech advocate lands dream job at Twitter

Growing up in Philadelphia, Noel Claudio never thought that it was possible to work for a big social media tech company unless he lived in California or New Yor

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Data Science Community announces fall 2021 talk series

The talks, which are open to the Penn State community, will cover topics including art history, big data and the U.S. Constitution, architectural knitted textil

https://news.psu.edu/story/669425/2021/09/15/data-science-community-announces-fall-2021-talk-series News

Alumna-led nonprofit aims to empower female emergency dispatchers

Nearly a quarter of emergency dispatch personnel experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, and the national turnover rate of 911 dispatchers is mor

https://news.psu.edu/story/669945/2021/09/20/impact/alumna-led-nonprofit-aims-empower-female-emergency-dispatchers News

Institute sponsors four co-funded faculty positions in AI and data science

The Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS), in partnership with four academic colleges will sponsor four co-funded faculty positions focused on th

https://news.psu.edu/story/669860/2021/09/20/academics/institute-sponsors-four-co-funded-faculty-positions-ai-and-data News

IST intern updates military wargame for National Strategic Research Institute

Not many college students have the opportunity to directly impact national security. But this past summer, Army ROTC and College of Information Sciences and Tec

https://news.psu.edu/story/669922/2021/09/21/academics/ist-intern-updates-military-wargame-national-strategic-research News

Increasing linguistic diversity to advance human-technology interaction

People are becoming increasingly dependent on human technologies such as smart voice assistants and computer-based tutoring for access to governmental, communit

https://news.psu.edu/story/670277/2021/09/22/research/increasing-linguistic-diversity-advance-human-technology News

S. Shyam Sundar named director of the Center for Socially Responsible AI

S. Shyam Sundar, James P. Jimirro Professor of Media Effects in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications, has been named director of the Center for So

https://news.psu.edu/story/670499/2021/09/24/research/s-shyam-sundar-named-director-center-socially-responsible-ai News

College of IST announces six seed grant recipients

The Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology recently announced six projects that will receive funding from the college’s seed grant program.

https://news.psu.edu/story/670609/2021/09/27/research/college-ist-announces-six-seed-grant-recipients News

USDA grant supports Penn State research on mushroom industry automation

A nearly $4 million grant awarded to the College of Agricultural Sciences will support an interdisciplinary, multi-university team of researchers as they invest

https://news.psu.edu/story/670841/2021/09/28/research/usda-grant-supports-penn-state-research-mushroom-industry News

New tool fuses expert knowledge and deep learning features to detect sleep apnea

Individuals who suspect they have sleep apnea — and the doctors who diagnose them — could soon have more effective way to automatically detect the condition

https://news.psu.edu/story/671155/2021/09/30/research/new-tool-fuses-expert-knowledge-and-deep-learning-features-detect News

What was really the secret behind Van Gogh's success?

Before developing his famed “drip technique,” abstract artist Jackson Pollock dabbled in drawing, print making and surrealist paintings of humans, animals a

https://news.psu.edu/story/671385/2021/10/04/research/what-was-really-secret-behind-van-goghs-success News

Vasant Honavar named Huck Chair in Biomedical Data Sciences and AI

Vasant Honavar, professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, has been named the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Biomedical Dat

https://www.psu.edu/news/academics/story/vasant-honavar-named-huck-chair-biomedical-data-sciences-and-ai News

IST, Schreyer student co-founds blueStart festival to inspire entrepreneurs

Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, College of Information Sciences and Technology senior Hayden Long wants to inspire other Penn State students to learn from

https://www.psu.edu/news/academics/story/ist-schreyer-student-co-founds-bluestart-festival-inspire-entrepreneurs News

IST intern collaborates on software engineering design at Rockwell Automation

To graduate, students in the College of Information Sciences and Technology are required to complete an internship within their field. However, many students, i

https://www.psu.edu/news/academics/story/ist-intern-collaborates-software-engineering-design-rockwell-automation News

On the Bridge - October 2021

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

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Search engine could help researchers scour internet for privacy documents

Researchers say a search engine, which uses an artificial intelligence called natural language processing, could be an important tool for researchers trying to

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/search-engine-could-help-researchers-scour-internet-privacy-documents News

New game can help users identify, avoid online echo chambers

Researchers at the College of Information Sciences and Technology have developed a theory-based game that enables a player to test their own awareness of conten

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/new-game-can-help-users-identify-avoid-online-echo-chambers News

IST background helps Homecoming tech director deliver an engaging celebration

Penn State students, families, faculty and alumni are all familiar with the parade, weeklong spirit events, and spectacular football game that exemplify Penn St

https://www.psu.edu/news/academics/story/ist-background-helps-homecoming-tech-director-deliver-engaging-celebration News

Interactions with unreliable infrastructures could be key to smart city design

Research from the College of Information Sciences and Technology found that smart city designs should consider the daily experiences of citizens or allow them t

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/interactions-unreliable-infrastructures-could-be-key-smart-city-design News

Fostering community across geographically dispersed university campuses

Many U.S. universities comprise a main campus and several branch campuses distributed throughout the state. Researchers in the College of Information Sciences a

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IST Alumni Identity Talks series, 'Disability Awareness,' on Oct. 27

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

https://www.psu.edu/news/campus-life/story/ist-alumni-identity-talks-series-disability-awareness-oct-27 News

IST research represented in 11 papers at 2021 CSCW

Eleven papers that involve researchers at the College of IST were accepted to this year’s Association for Computing Machinery’s 2021 Conference on Computer-

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/ist-research-represented-11-papers-2021-cscw News

How Penn State is applying immersive technology on WPSU's 'Digging Deeper'

Penn State President Eric Barron and a pair of University experts will talk about immersive technology and how it’s applied in the classroom during the next e

https://www.psu.edu/news/academics/story/how-penn-state-applying-immersive-technology-wpsus-digging-deeper News

New IST scholarship honors friendships formed at Penn State

Two College of Information Sciences and Technology alumni recently came together to establish a scholarship in memory of their friend and fellow classmate, Jimm

https://www.psu.edu/news/administration/story/new-ist-scholarship-honors-friendships-formed-penn-state News

IST Alumni Identity Talks series, ‘First-Generation Students,’ on Nov. 10

Members of the Penn State community are invited to join the College of Information Sciences and Technology for IST Alumni Identity Talks on Nov. 10, featuring a

https://www.psu.edu/news/campus-life/story/ist-alumni-identity-talks-series-first-generation-students-nov-10 News

Talk to provide insights on designing useful and usable privacy interfaces

Lorrie Faith Cranor, director and Bosch Distinguished Professor of the CyLab Security and Privacy Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, will present a talk,

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Hozza to discuss ‘things learned on teaching journey’ in IST McMurtry Lecture

David Hozza, lecturer in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State, will share “Things I’ve Learned on This Teaching Journey” when

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/hozza-discuss-things-learned-teaching-journey-ist News

Penn State Hazleton's Barbara Brazon named IST Faculty Member of the Year

Penn State Hazleton Associate Teaching Professor of Information Sciences and Technology Barbara Brazon has been recognized with the College of Information Scien

https://www.psu.edu/news/hazleton/story/penn-state-hazletons-barbara-brazon-named-ist-faculty-member-year News

IST student's research involves tracking elephant movement

Gregory Glatzer, a junior majoring in applied data science, spent his summer helping to evaluate how technology could be used to track elephant movement in nati

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/ist-students-research-involves-tracking-elephant-movement News

IST Alumni Identity Talks series, 'Military and Veterans in Tech,’ on Nov. 17

Members of the Penn State community are invited to join the College of Information Sciences and Technology for IST Alumni Identity Talks – Military and Vetera

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/ist-alumni-identity-talks-series-military-and-veterans News

Active-duty Marine makes Penn State a stepping stone on military career path

The path to Penn State was less than traditional for Gunnery Sergeant Charles Hickey. An active-duty Marine, Hickey enlisted in the military shortly after gradu

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/active-duty-marine-makes-penn-state-stepping-stone News

Dual degrees shape military career, lead to accolades for IST World Campus grad

Recent Penn State World Campus graduate Navy Hospital Corpsman Second Class Bryan Hill was beyond appreciative that he was able to participate virtually in his

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/dual-degrees-shape-military-career-lead-accolades-ist News

Army SWAT commander draws on IST foundation as military police officer

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Koby Allen is an active-duty SWAT commander and military police officer. He earned a bachelor’s degree in security and risk analysis from Pe

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/army-swat-commander-draws-ist-foundation-military-police News

Penn State faculty receive funds to explore students’ participation

The Flemming CEED Center faculty members and faculty members from Penn State recently received funding from the Penn State Social Science Research Institute’s

https://www.psu.edu/news/berks/story/penn-state-faculty-receive-funds-explore-students-participation News

Penn State team wins Big Ten Augmented Intelligence Bowl

An interdisciplinary team from Penn State took home first prize in the Big Ten Augmented Intelligence Bowl, where academic teams from around the Big Ten Confere

https://www.psu.edu/news/academics/story/penn-state-team-wins-big-ten-augmented-intelligence-bowl News

College of Information Sciences and Technology honors Military Appreciation Week

During Penn State Military Appreciation Week, and every day, the College of Information Sciences and Technology recognizes and honors the members of the College

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/college-information-sciences-and-technology-honors News

IST World Campus graduate, PA Guard captain pays education forward at Penn State

Pennsylvania Army National Guard Capt. Francis Killeen has served in the Army for nearly two decades. After two deployments in Iraq and being promoted to sergea

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/ist-world-campus-graduate-pa-guard-captain-pays-education News

IST Blue Band Silk Squad leader blends academic drive with performance passion

After a year off the field during the pandemic, College of Information Sciences and Technology third-year student Jenna Fitzpatrick is happy to be back performi

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/ist-blue-band-silk-squad-leader-blends-academic-drive News

IST grad student intern applies data science skills in construction industry

As a College of Information Sciences and Technology student pursuing a master’s degree in informatics, Kristen Williams had the opportunity this past summer t

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/ist-grad-student-intern-applies-data-science-skills News

Nandita Suresh honored as College of IST student marshal

The Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology will honor Nandita Suresh as student marshal at fall 2021 commencement, which will be held at 9 a.

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/nandita-suresh-honored-college-ist-student-marshal News

Happy Valley LaunchBox supports company serving underrepresented students

With help from Happy Valley LaunchBox powered by PNC Bank, Joel Sakyi founded Vybrnt, a startup that provides underrepresented students better access to resourc

https://www.psu.edu/news/invent-penn-state/story/happy-valley-launchbox-supports-company-serving-underrepresented-students News

Paper on geovisual analytics wins “Test of Time” award

A 2011 paper authored by Penn State researchers outlining a geovisual analytics approach to support geographically grounded situational awareness of crisis even

https://www.psu.edu/news/earth-and-mineral-sciences/story/paper-geovisual-analytics-wins-test-time-award News

Have an idea to change the world? Submit it in the Nittany AI Challenge

Penn State students from University Park, all Commonwealth Campuses and Penn State World Campus are invited to form a team and submit ideas about how to improve

https://www.psu.edu/news/academics/story/have-idea-change-world-submit-it-nittany-ai-challenge News

'Socially Responsible AI' lecture series to highlight early career researchers

Sherry Tongshuang Wu, a doctoral candidate in computer science and engineering at the University of Washington, will deliver the inaugural lecture of the Young

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/socially-responsible-ai-lecture-series-highlight-early-career-researchers News

IST alumnus builds a brand as Pittsburgh food influencer

Alex Goodstein, who graduated from the College of Information Sciences and Technology in 2009, has a palate-pleasing side hustle as a Pittsburgh-area food influ

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/ist-alumnus-builds-brand-pittsburgh-food-influencer News

Penn State awarded $3.4 million contract to target plastic waste

Penn State has been awarded a $3.4 million contract from the REMADE Institute to fund research targeting the inefficient methods currently used to process and u

https://www.psu.edu/news/earth-and-mineral-sciences/story/penn-state-awarded-34-million-contract-target-plastic-waste News

'Black box gaslighting' challenges social-media algorithm accountability

Kelley Cotter, assistant professor in Penn State's College of Information Science and Technology, examined ongoing debate between social media influencers who c

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/black-box-gaslighting-challenges-social-media-algorithm-0 News

AI for Social Impact series continues Jan. 28 with the 'Science of Science'

Presented by the Penn State Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence, the AI for Social Impact Seminar Series will continue with a talk by Dashun

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/ai-social-impact-series-continues-jan-28-science-science News

U.S. News ranks Penn State World Campus online graduate and bachelor's programs

Penn State World Campus has been included in the 2022 U.S. News and World Report’s Best Online Programs rankings, with placement in the top 20 or better among

https://www.psu.edu/news/outreach/story/us-news-ranks-penn-state-world-campus-online-graduate-and-bachelors-programs News

On the Bridge - January 2022

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

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/bridge-january-2022 News

Alumna promotes privacy and information security at Penn State

Recent World Campus graduate Holly Swires is using the knowledge she gained at Penn State to give back to the University by building forward-thinking privacy an

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/alumna-promotes-privacy-and-information-security-penn News

Penn State alumna Amy Stever named IST’s assistant dean for academic services

The Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology announced that Amy Stever has assumed the role of assistant dean for academic services, effective

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/penn-state-alumna-amy-stever-named-ists-assistant-dean News

Center for Socially Responsible AI awards seed funding to seven projects

The Penn State Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence recently announced the results of its second seed funding competition, awarding more than

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/center-socially-responsible-ai-awards-seed-funding-seven-projects News

Anna Squicciarini named Frymoyer Chair in IST

Anna Squicciarini, Penn State professor of information sciences and technology, has been named Frymoyer Chair in Information Sciences and Technology, effective

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/anna-squicciarini-named-frymoyer-chair-ist News

IST Identity Talks series Feb. 8 presents, ‘Celebrating Black History’

Members of the Penn State community are invited to join alumni of the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) for "IST Alumni Identity Talks – Ce

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/ist-identity-talks-series-feb-8-presents-celebrating News

Dope Labs podcast creators to host science communication workshops at Penn State

Dope Labs podcast creators and hosts Titi Shodiya and Zakiya Whatley will present Dope Labs Science Communication Week at Penn State, a four-day remote event th

https://www.psu.edu/news/earth-and-mineral-sciences/story/dope-labs-podcast-creators-host-science-communication-workshops News

Students propose human-centered tech solutions in capstone course

In the first-ever capstone course for the human-centered design and development program, two teams of students put the skills they’ve learned at IST to the te

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/students-propose-human-centered-tech-solutions-capstone News

Twenty teams compete for $50,000 prize pool in the 2022 Nittany AI Challenge

Twenty student teams using AI for good in the fields of health, environment, education and humanitarianism will compete for a pool of $50,000 by creating soluti

https://www.psu.edu/news/academics/story/twenty-teams-compete-50000-prize-pool-2022-nittany-ai-challenge News

Penn State names 21 new distinguished professors for 2022

Penn State's Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs has named 21 distinguished professors for 2022.

https://www.psu.edu/news/story/penn-state-names-21-new-distinguished-professors-2022 News

IST Identity Talks series Feb. 28 presents ‘Women in Tech’

Members of the Penn State community are invited to join alumni of the College of Information Sciences and Technology for "IST Alumni Identity Talks – Women in

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/ist-identity-talks-series-feb-28-presents-women-tech News

NASA scholarship puts IST student on path to fulfill childhood dream

For Rajiv Thummala, a third year Schreyer Honor’s Scholar studying cybersecurity analytics and operations in the College of Information Sciences and Technolog

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/nasa-scholarship-puts-ist-student-path-fulfill-childhood News

James Wang named distinguished professor of IST

James Wang, professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, has been conferred the title of distinguished professor, the highest professorial d

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/james-wang-named-distinguished-professor-ist News

Science federation highlights Penn State proposal to combat diseases of despair

The Federation of American Scientists has chosen to highlight a proposal by Penn State researchers for the U.S. government to spearhead a nationwide effort to u

https://www.psu.edu/news/institute-computational-and-data-sciences/story/science-federation-highlights-penn-state-proposal News

6 Penn State student startups set to compete for $30,000 in Inc.U Competition

Six Penn State student startup teams have been selected as finalists in the Invent Penn State Inc.U Competition and are set to compete for $30,000 in funding on

https://www.psu.edu/news/invent-penn-state/story/6-penn-state-student-startups-set-compete-30000-incu-competition News

Penn State establishes the Geroscience and Dementia Prevention Consortium

The overarching goal of the Penn State Geroscience and Dementia Prevention Consortium is to accelerate the scientific discoveries that will prevent or delay age

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/penn-state-establishes-geroscience-and-dementia-prevention-consortium News

Doctoral student draws on IST skills in startup for AI-driven diagnostic tool

Thanh Le, doctoral student in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, and his fellow Moichor co-founders are setting out to change old-school veteri

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/doctoral-student-draws-ist-skills-startup-ai-driven News

Lecture on data privacy to be presented March 1

Praneeth Vepakomma, a doctoral student at MIT, will present a free public lecture titled “Differential Privacy for Measuring Nonlinear Correlations between Se

https://www.psu.edu/news/academics/story/lecture-data-privacy-be-presented-march-1 News

Insights from Experts: COVID-19 and the mental health of essential workers

Johnna Blair, IST doctoral candidate at Penn State, is investigating how essential workers used Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic to connect with others abou

https://www.psu.edu/news/social-science-research-institute/story/insights-experts-covid-19-and-mental-health-essential News

IST sets graduates up ‘to do well in life,’ says member of first class

For Maggie Sapovchak, one of the members of the first class of graduates of the then-School of Information Sciences and Technology who earned their degrees in 2

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/ist-sets-graduates-do-well-life-says-member-first-class News

Lecture on 'AI for Cyber-Safety' to be presented March 4

Srijan Kumar, assistant professor at the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, will present a free public lecture titled “Advances in AI fo

https://www.psu.edu/news/campus-life/story/lecture-ai-cyber-safety-be-presented-march-4 News

Three industry experts, Penn State alumni join IST Dean’s Advisory Board

The College of Information Sciences and Technology recently welcomed three new additions to its Dean’s Advisory Board: Doug Balog, founder and president of DB

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/three-industry-experts-penn-state-alumni-join-ist-deans News

Guided understanding, not rules, could help children stay safer online

As an increasing number of children use digital technologies to play, communicate, create, socialize and learn, the number of opportunities for their privacy to

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/guided-understanding-not-rules-could-help-children-stay News

Facial recognition tech in public could yield perceptions of workplace fairness

Many people use facial recognition technology on their personal devices, to quickly and securely enter a password or complete an online transaction. But when th

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Lecture on leveraging machine learning in nonprofits to be presented March 15

Ryan Shi, a doctoral candidate in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, will present a free, public webinar titled “From a Bag of Bage

https://www.psu.edu/news/academics/story/lecture-leveraging-machine-learning-nonprofits-be-presented-march-15 News

Be You in Tech Summit to celebrate, recognize strength of diversity in tech

Penn State students are invited to attend the inaugural 2022 Be You in Tech Summit: Bringing Your Authentic Self to the Information Age, to be held 9 a.m. to 2

https://www.psu.edu/news/students/story/be-you-tech-summit-celebrate-recognize-strength-diversity-tech News

College of IST announces eight seed grant recipients

The Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) recently announced eight projects that will receive funding from the college’s seed grant

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/college-ist-announces-eight-seed-grant-recipients News

Pomerantsev to deliver lectures on misinformation, Ukraine March 31 and April 1

Peter Pomerantsev, a senior fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, will visit Penn State's University Park campus March 31 and April 1 t

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/pomerantsev-deliver-lectures-misinformation-ukraine-march-31-and-april-1 News

Longtime donor honors parents by endowing technology scholarship in IST

For Elizabeth King, the opportunity to attend Penn State was made possible thanks to her parents as well as through scholarship support she received. As an alum

https://www.psu.edu/news/administration/story/longtime-donor-honors-parents-endowing-technology-scholarship-ist News

Scientists tap AI betting agents to help solve research reproducibility concerns

Scientists are increasingly concerned about that the lack of reproducibility in research may lead to, among other things, slower scientific output and less publ

https://www.psu.edu/news/institute-computational-and-data-sciences/story/scientists-tap-ai-betting-agents-help-solve News

11 prominent young Penn Staters to be honored with Alumni Achievement Award

The Penn State Alumni Association will honor 11 prominent young alumni at the Alumni Achievement Awards Ceremony on Friday, March 18. The ceremony will be lives

https://www.psu.edu/news/alumni-association/story/11-prominent-young-penn-staters-be-honored-alumni-achievement-award News

Tech activist Timnit Gebru to deliver distinguished lecture on ethical AI

Timnit Gebru, a widely respected leader in artificial intelligence ethics research who said she lost her job at Google for raising issues about their AI practic

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/tech-activist-timnit-gebru-deliver-distinguished-lecture-ethical-ai News

6 student startups each receive $15,000, selected into Summer Founders program

Six Penn State student startups with representation across three different campuses plus the Graduate School at Penn State have been selected into the 2022 Inve

https://www.psu.edu/news/invent-penn-state/story/6-student-startups-each-receive-15000-selected-summer-founders-program News

Lecture on bias in language technologies to be presented April 5

Su Lin Blodgett, a postdoctoral researcher in the Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics group at Microsoft Research Montréal, will present a free

https://www.psu.edu/news/academics/story/lecture-bias-language-technologies-be-presented-april-5 News

On the Bridge - March 2022

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

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/bridge-march-2022 News

Weebly Founder, IST alumnus David Rusenko speaks on 'Dare to Disrupt' podcast

David Rusenko, founder of Weebly and a 2007 Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology graduate, appears on the latest episode of the "Dare to Di

https://www.psu.edu/news/invent-penn-state/story/weebly-founder-ist-alumnus-david-rusenko-speaks-dare-disrupt-podcast News

Westin Scholar Award strengthens security skills for IST, Schreyer student

Kathryn Frankenberg’s exemplary dedication and interest in the world of data privacy is highlighted throughout her experiences both inside and outside of the

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/westin-scholar-award-strengthens-security-skills-ist News

IST Identity Talks series presents ‘Strength in Diversity’ on April 5

Members of the Penn State community are invited to join the College of Information Sciences and Technology for “IST Identity Talks – Strength in Diversity,�

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/ist-identity-talks-series-presents-strength-diversity News

National Guard hosts third annual Cyber Wi-Fighter hacking event at IST

On March 16, approximately 45 Penn State students gathered in the Westgate Building to compete in a three-hour Cyber Wi-Fighter Hacking Challenge hosted by the

https://www.psu.edu/news/information-sciences-and-technology/story/national-guard-hosts-third-annual-cyber-wi-fighter News

College of IST names Garraway assistant dean of diversity, equity and inclusion

The Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology has named Jocelyn Bennett Garraway assistant dean of diversity, equity and inclusion. Holding thre

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IST ConnectX

A special shoutout to College of Information Sciences and Technology alumni who returned to Penn State for IST ConnectX and a Happy Valley Networking Social on

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IST’s Dongwon Lee receives Fulbright Cyber Security Scholar Award

Dongwon Lee, professor of information sciences and technology, is the recipient of a 2022 Fulbright Cyber Security Scholar Award. Lee will complete his Fulbrigh

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IST student blends tech and creative skills to help build platform for dancers

Fourth-year cybersecurity analytics and operations student Eugene Ryoo is drawing on the technical and soft skills he's gained in the Penn State College of Info

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Penn State social scientists anticipate Ukrainian refugees’ needs, challenges

In one of the largest mass migration flows in recent history, approximately 3.4 million people have fled their homes in Ukraine since late February. While it is

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New model could have ‘Moneyball’-like impact on baseball players’ value

In the movie “Moneyball,” a young economics graduate and a cash-strapped Major League Baseball general manager introduce a new way to evaluate baseball play

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Lecture on explainable machine learning to be presented April 12

Umang Bhatt, a doctoral candidate in the Machine Learning Group at the University of Cambridge, will present a free public lecture titled “Challenges and Fron

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2022 Graduate Exhibition Award winners announced

Sixty-eight Penn State graduate students received awards for their research and creative scholarship in the 37th annual Graduate Exhibition. A complete list of

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IST Assistant Professor Linhai Song honored with NSF CAREER award

Linhai Song, assistant professor in the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, is the recipient of a 2022 Faculty Early Career Development a

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Ritter named recipient of 2022 Graduate Faculty Teaching Award

Frank Ritter, professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology and director of the Applied Cognitive Science Lab, has received the 2022 Graduate

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Six receive Faculty Scholar Medals

Six University faculty members have received 2022 Faculty Scholar Medals for Outstanding Achievement.

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Bardzell honored with 2022 McKay Donkin Award

Jeffrey Bardzell, associate dean of undergraduate and graduate studies in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, has earned the 2022 McKay Donkin A

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