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Sheila-Vadde Didn't Plan on Pittsburgh
Original at ece.cmu.edu
• Tue, Jan 26
When Aparna Sheila-Vadde (E'01) walked into the Indian Institute of Science to begin work on her master's degree in optical communication, she planned to remain there until she completed her PhD. What Sheila-Vadde didn't count on was meeting her future husband, Venkatesh Vadde (E'99)...
Campus responds to disaster in Haiti
Original at CMU The Tartan Online
• Thu, Jan 21
After the news of the Haitian earthquake broke last Thursday evening, a call to action sounded across the Carnegie Mellon campus.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Schedule
Original at CMU The Tartan Online
• Wed, Jan 13
All events are free and open to members of both the Carnegie Mellon and Pittsburgh communities.
Opinion: Municipal intern fair slated at Carnegie Mellon University
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Sun, Dec 27
17 in Hamburg Hall at Carnegie Mellon University. The fair is open to undergraduate and graduate students from colleges and universities in the area. ...
University Branches in Dubai Are Struggling
Original at New York Times
• Sun, Dec 27
Education City in Qatar has brought in Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Georgetown, Northwestern, Texas A&M and Virginia Commonwealth. Abu Dhabi, one of the seven ... and more »
Yough Middle School wins first place in Lego League Competition
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Fri, Dec 25
The annual competition was held at Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute and welcomed 71 teams from around the state. Yough Middle School offers ...
TOURISM XXL Artur SerraOriginal at vimeo.com
• Mon, Dec 21
anthropology from the University of Barcelona. He has worked as a researcher at the Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science and at ... vimeo.com
Pittsburgh won't tax tuition; nonprofits to donate
Original at google.com
• Mon, Dec 21
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl hopes the contributions from the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University or Highmark Inc. will serve as a catalyst to get ... Pittsburgh may vote to tax college tuitionCollege News KDKA -Pittsburgh Post Gazette -ThePittsburghChannel.com
Opinion: Google to add space, jobs in Pittsburgh
Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette
• Fri, Dec 18
That includes workers who graduated from Carnegie Mellon, but also the University of Pittsburgh, Penn State and Case Western Universities, he said. ... Google moving Pittsburgh office to Bakery SquarePittsburgh Business Times Google Pittsburgh Is Moving, HiringThePittsburghChanne...
Google Inc. moving CMU office to Bakery Square
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Fri, Dec 18
Google Inc., which has an operation at Carnegie Mellon University in Oakland, said today it leased about 40000 square feet in Bakery Square's ... and more »
Carnegie Mellon alumni have high hopes for original musical
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Wed, Dec 16
An original winter-themed family musical that Carnegie Mellon University alumni helped create is making is debut in Pittsburgh. The two-act "Snowed In," ...
A First-in-the-Nation Tax on College Tuition - New York Times
Original at thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com
• Wed, Dec 16
Pittsburgh Post Gazette Chad Ellis, 28, a graduate student in chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University and a Pittsburgh homeowner, agreed. “Holding students hostage in negotiations ... Student sit-in protests tuition taxUniversity of Pittsburgh The Pitt News
Flag board gains might
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Tue, Dec 15
Another new member is Frank J. DeCarlo, a business manager at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute. DeCarlo served 17 years in the ...
Carnegie Mellon University's 'smart parking' moves ahead
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Sun, Dec 13
Carnegie Mellon's "Traffic21" initiative, funded by the Hillman Foundation, is giving money for projects that can move transportation technologies from labs ... and more »
'Likeness' looks at the evolution of the portrait
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Sat, Dec 5
Organized by Carnegie Mellon University professor and art critic/curator Elaine King, "Likeness" explores how artists are conceptualizing human depiction in ... and more »
Personnel Moves
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Sat, Dec 5
Natalie Ozeas, associate head of Carnegie Mellon University School of Music, was appointed president of the National Urban Music Leadership Conference. ...
CNBC's "Meeting of the Minds: Rebuilding America" taped at Carnegie Mellon ...
Original at Pop City
• Tue, Dec 1
Maria Bartiromo, co-anchor of CNBC's "Closing the Bell," hosted the program and fielded questions from the studio audience at Carnegie Mellon University, ... CNBC films Meeting of the Minds rebuilding America at Carnegie Mellon show ...Examiner.com
Industry and Academia Answer Call to Solve Nation's Most Pressing Cyber Threats - CNNMoney.com
Original at money.cnn.com
• Tue, Dec 1
They include Carnegie Mellon's CyLab, MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), and Purdue's Center for Education and Research in ... Carnegie Mellon CyLab to Join Innovative New Industry Consortium With Northrop ...AScribe (press release)
Opinion: CMU Wants To Demolish 3 Buildings In Lieu Of Park
Original at WPXI.com
• Tue, Nov 24
PITTSBURGH -- Carnegie Mellon University wants to demolish three of its buildings along Forbes Avenue in Oakland and turn the site into a park where ... CMU wants to level buildings for park spacePittsburgh Tribune-Review all 2 news articles »
Saints Fall, 4-2, to Carnegie Mellon in NCAA First Round
Original at thomasmore.edu
• Sat, Nov 14
PITTSBURGH, Pa.) - The Thomas More College men's soccer team fell, 4-2, to 10th-ranked Carnegie Mellon University today (Saturday, November 14, ... Men's soccer wins 4–2, advances to 2nd round of NCAAsCMU The Tartan Online Thomas More vs Carnegie Mellon (11/14/09)TMC Saints
Opinion: College Tuition Tax Is The Pitts!
Original at SayCampusLife
• Tue, Nov 10
The University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, and Carnegie-Mellon University are among the largest of the colleges and universities found within ... Students taxed by the new professorPittsburgh Tribune-Review Pittsburgh Mayor Wants to Tax College TuitionAbout - Cities &...
DSSC To Host Fall Review Sept. 17
Original at ece.cmu.edu
• Mon, Aug 3
The Data Storage Systems Center will hold its 2009 Fall Technical Review on Thursday, Sept. 17, in the Singleton Room of Roberts Engineering Hall on the Carnegie Mellon campus. The fall review will follow the successful one-day model introduced at the Spring 2009 Technical Review, and wi...
Agile project management: Estimating the unknown
Original at Tech Republic
• Fri, Jun 5
KY Opponents of agile methods, deeply committed to the structured and predictive techniques championed by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University, point to this difficulty as the ...
Is your online secret question easy to hack?
Original at TV
• Tue, May 19
TX This week, researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University will show that the password reset functions are insecure on a variety of websites. On Yahoo for instance, hackers can easily figure out what the ID is, that's the first part of your ...
Answers to "Secret Questions" too easy to guess
Original at FierceCIO
• Tue, May 19
DC In a study involving 130 people, researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University found that 28 percent of the people who were trusted by the study's participants correctly guessed the answers to the participants' secret questions. ...
Opinion: Carnegie Mellon's Sean Green Uses Combination of Computer Tools ... - AScribe
Original at AScribe
• Tue, Apr 28
Carnegie Mellon's Sean Green Uses Combination of Computer Tools ... Carnegie Mellon, Pitt Receive $25 Million Federal Grant to Study ... PR Newswire (press release) 25 million National Science Foundation grant helps local students Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Carnegie Mellon morphs 'pop-up buttons' onto multi-touch display
Original at Engadget
• Tue, Apr 28
CA For that you can travel to Pittsburgh to count the rivers or just hit the read link below for the video. Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. ...
Carnegie Mellon, Pitt Receive $25 Million Federal Grant to Study ... - PR Newswire
Original at sev.prnewswire.com
• Mon, Apr 27
• 1 related articles
PITTSBURGH, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Science Foundation has renewed a five-year, $25 million grant to continue the work of the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center (PSLC), founded by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of ...
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How To: 'Logic bricks' proposed as simpler IC design elements
Original at EETimes.com
• Wed, Apr 8
s (SRC) Focus Center Research Program and Carnegie Mellon University have developed simple design elements called "logic bricks" for use in IC design libraries. Logic bricks exploit chip design methodologies and how IC patterns are best printed using ...
Opinion: Artist activists bring ideas to Carnegie Mellon
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Sat, Nov 29
PA - Nov 29, 2008 On the third floor of the gallery, for example, the largest wall contains a mural in the form of an apocalyptic version of Pittsburgh. ... Too many messages can overpower art Pittsburgh Tribune-Review all 2 news articles
How To: Thomson Reuters Forecasts Nobel Winners
Original at Physics and Physicists
• Wed, Oct 1
By ZapperZ Chemistry - Charles Lieber of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who figured out how to build and use tiny, molecular-scale nanowires. - Krzysztof Matyjaszewski of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh who used electric ...
Opinion: Obama conducts summit at CMU
Original at McKeesport Daily News
• Fri, Jun 27
PA - work Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary and references to two top local officials into his speech opening an economic summit at Carnegie Mellon University. ... At CMU summit, Obama calls for focus on health care, energy Pittsburgh Tribune-Review all 3 news articles
Newsmaker: Duen Horng 'Polo' Chau
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Thu, Jun 12
PA - By Tim Puko Education: Master's degree in human-computer interaction, Carnegie Mellon University; bachelor's degree in information engineering, ...
Opinion: Carnegie Mellon University
Original at CollegeRecruiter.com
• Mon, Jun 9
By Candice A Out-of-state tuition for this private university is $35580. According to Prinecton Review, "the workload at Carnegie Mellon is pretty daunting, so it's no surprise that students say the typical undergraduate is 'extremely studious and ...
How To: Monkeys learn to feed themselves with robot arm
Original at smart-machines (Blogspot)
• Wed, May 28
By Joe In a report published in “Nature” that describes the experiment, scientists working at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University taught the pair of simians how to use a prosthetic arm using a joystick to feed ...
CMU appoints College of Science dean - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Sun, Apr 6
CMU appoints College of Science dean PA - By The Tribune-Review Carnegie Mellon University appointed Fred Gilman as dean of its Mellon College of Science, effective April 1. ... MCS appoints new dean CMU The Tartan Online all 2 news articles
Magnetic Levitation Haptic Interface
Original at Medgadget.com
• Mon, Mar 10
Unlike most other haptic interfaces that rely on motors and mechanical linkages to provide some sense of touch or force feedback, the device developed by Ralph Hollis, research professor in Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute, uses magnetic levitation and a single moving part to gi...
Women's basketball beats CMU, falls to Rochester
Original at Case Western Reserve University Observer
• Thu, Feb 28
By observer@case.edu (Rishi Jain) Horton recorded her 11th double-double of the season in the second game of the weekend, as her Spartans overcame a tough crowd in Pittsburgh and defeated Carnegie Mellon University 63-49 on Sunday in another UAA matchup. Horton finished with 16 points and a game-high 14 rebounds.
Opinion: Annual cost of attending CMU soars past $50000 - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Original at post-gazette.com
• Fri, Feb 22
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Feb 22, 2008 By Eleanor Chute and Bill Schackner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette For the first time, the total cost of attending Carnegie Mellon University will top $50000 a ... CMU hikes tuition according to class Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
CMU stuns nation's No. 1 team, 86-55 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Sun, Feb 3
CMU stuns nation's No. 1 team, 86-55 PA - By The Tribune-Review The Carnegie Mellon University men's basketball team scored one of the biggest victories in school history today on its home court, ...
Theater: New take on an old musical - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Wed, Nov 28
Theater: New take on an old musical PA - But the guys and dolls of the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama will be infusing it with their youthful spirits and fresh performing skills in a ...
CMU professor stumps his doctors - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Tue, Oct 23
CMU professor stumps his doctors PA - Oct 23, 2007 By Allison M. Heinrichs Celebrated Carnegie Mellon University professor Randy Pausch still expects to die, but maybe not as soon as doctors predicted. ...
India's ex-president lauded by CMU - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Wed, Oct 17
India's ex-president lauded by CMU PA - Kalam tapped into that resource yesterday when he addressed more than 600 students, faculty and Indian-American families at Carnegie Mellon University. ...
Pittsburgh colleges have disaster plans - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Mon, Apr 16
Pittsburgh colleges have disaster plans PA - Pitt and neighboring Carnegie Mellon University -- along with Chatham College, Carlow University, Duquesne University, Point Park University and the ...
CMU team computes to compete in Tokyo - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Fri, Mar 9
CMU team computes to compete in Tokyo PA - In a classroom full of computers, three Carnegie Mellon University students huddled around just one. Nathan Bauernfeind, Lawrence Tan and Young Sub Bae were ...
The Future is now - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Fri, Feb 23
The Future is now PA - A co-op between Carnegie Mellon University and the Cultural Trust, which donates the space, Future Tenant offers art students an opportunity to manage a ...
Pitt, CMU students sued over copyrighted music - Pittsburgh Tribune
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Wed, Nov 30
Pitt, CMU students sued over copyrighted music PA - Six people at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University accused of illegally distributing copyrighted music over the Internet have been sued ...
Carnegie Mellon Announces Establishment of Heinz School Branch in ...
Original at Yahoo! News (press release)
• Tue, Nov 29
29 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Mellon University Provost and Senior Vice President Mark Kamlet has signed an agreement with South Australian Premier Mike Rann to ... Carnegie Mellon plans Australia branch Pittsburgh Post Gazette CMU goes Down Under for an Aussie first Pittsburgh Tribune-...
Severinsen trumpets enthusiam for music - Pittsburgh Tribune
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Sat, Nov 12
Severinsen trumpets enthusiam for music PA - is a generous musician who is donating his time on Saturday for a master class at "Trumpet Day in Pittsburgh," a public event at Carnegie Mellon University. ...
Smackdown! Carnegie Mellon Prof v. RIAA
Original at essays & effluvia
• Tue, May 10
By ritholtz It pleased us immensely to see Carnegie Mellon Professor Roger Dannenberg calling out RIAA President Cary Sherman on the hypocrisy of their position: Cary Sherman's opinion piece on Sunday, "Mellifluous Discord: Universities' High-Speed ...