March 2015
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Information Session -- BSIS Degree
3 pm - 4 pm, IS Building, Room 510
Advisors for the Undergraduate Program at the School of Information Sciences will host a casual Q&A session, allowing you to stop by and discuss the degree program, internship options, and career opportunities. No RSVP needed—just drop in!
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
ULS/iSchool Digital Scholarship Workshop & Lecture Series:
Introduction to OpenRefine
10 am - 12 pm, Hillman Library, Ground Floor (Amy E. Knapp Room)
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Dean's Brown Bag
12 pm - 1 pm, IS Building, Room 522
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Information Session -- BSIS Degree
3 pm - 4 pm, IS Building, Room 510
Advisors for the Undergraduate Program at the School of Information Sciences will host a casual Q&A session, allowing you to stop by and discuss the degree program, internship options, and career opportunities. No RSVP needed—just drop in!
Friday, March 6, 2015
iSchool Social Hour
4 pm - 7 pm, IS Building, 3rd Floor
iSchool students, faculty, staff, alums, and our employment partners are welcome to join us for a few hours of socialization, a demonstration of the game prototypes designed by our students using Tech Shop classes, and resources and karaoke!
Sunday, March 8 - 14, 2015
Spring Break -- No classes
Monday, March 9, 2015
Information Session -- All Degree Programs
6 pm - 8 pm, IS Building, 5th Floor
Meet with our school's representatives and explore how the degree programs at the iSchool at Pitt will prepare you for your new career and learn more about:
- Program details and specializations
- Admissions and financial aid
- Job opportunities
- The academic and social life at the iSchool
Friday, March 13 , 2015
Spring Break -- University offices closed
Wednesday, March 18
Professional Head Shot Sessions (PhD Students only)
1 pm - 5 pm (by RSVP only--please contact Cristina Robles for details), 8th floor PhD lounge
Thursday, March 19
Professional Head Shot Sessions (PhD Students only)
1 pm - 5 pm (by RSVP only--please contact Cristina Robles for details), 8th floor PhD lounge
Friday, March 20, 2015
iSchool Social Hour
4 pm - 7 pm, IS Building, 3rd Floor
Join us for refreshments and the opportunity to meet and network with iSchool students, faculty, and staff.
Friday, March 20, 2015
ULS/iSchool Digital Scholarship Workshop & Lecture Series:
Data Visualization Tools for Non-CS Researchers and Students
10 am- 11:20 am, Hillman Library, Ground Floor (Amy E. Knapp Room)
Friday, March 20, 2015
Telecommunications Seminar Series presents:
Dr. David Tipper, "On Smart Grid Communications Reliability"
2 pm - 3 pm, IS Building, Room 403
Monday, March 23, 2015
Fall Term Enrollment Appointments Begin
Monday, March 23, 2015
The iSchool Visiting Lecture Series presents:
Meet the Author: Anthony Clark, The Last Campaign: How Presidents Rewrite History, Run for Posterity & Enshrine Their Legacies
The Last Campaign explores the hidden politics & history of the taxpayer-funded, uniquely American shrines known as presidential libraries. Unrestrained commemoration, unregulated -- and undisclosed -- contributions, and unchecked partisan politics have radically altered the look and purpose of presidential libraries, changing them from impartial archives of history into extravagant, legacy-building showplaces where the goals of former presidents, their families, financial donors, and the national parties trump accuracy and the (often inconvenient) facts. Using primary source documents from his research at every presidential library, as well as his own analysis of the museums and public programs, Anthony Clark examines important aspects of the presidential library system.
11am, IS Building, Room 404
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Information Science & Technology Colloquium Series presents: Dr. Henry Schneiderman, "Developing and Commercializing Face Recognition Technology"
In this talk, Dr. Schneiderman will discuss his experiences in developing and commercializing face recognition technology. In particular, he will focus on his experience with Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition, a software company that he spun off from Carnegie Mellon in 2004 and that was acquired by Google in 2011.
6 - 7 pm, lecture
7 - 7:30 pm, Q&A
IS Building, 3rd Floor
Friday, March 27, 2015
How not to screw up a job/internship interview
LANtek, a leader in technical services and IT solutions, will be on hand to network with you and to share pointers on how to avoid common mistakes that end your interview before the employer has even had the chance to get to know you.
3 - 4:30 pm
IS Building, 3rd Floor
Friday, March 27, 2015
The Cyber Security Seminar Series presents Dr. Apu Kapadia (Indiana University Bloomington), "Privacy in the Age of Pervasive Cameras: When Electronic Privacy gets Physical"
Cameras are now commonplace in our social and computing landscapes and embedded into consumer devices like smartphones and tablets. A new generation of wearable devices (such as Google Glass) will soon make “first-person” cameras nearly ubiquitous, capturing vast amounts of imagery without deliberate human action. “Lifelogging” devices and applications will record and share images from people’s daily lives with their social networks. These devices that automatically capture images in the background raise new privacy concerns, and suitable techniques are needed to identify and prevent the sharing of sensitive images. Dr. Kapadia will discuss his research exploring privacy harms of pervasive cameras, understanding people's privacy perceptions and behaviors in the context of lifelogging, and two mechanisms for detecting sensitive images.
1:30 pm, coffee reception
2 - 3 pm, lecture
IS Building, Room 404
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Preservation Fair 2015
Learn how to properly store and maintain your precious keepsakes. More than 30 conservators and vendors of conservation supplies and services discuss conservation issues and share valuable preservation information. The event is free with Museum admission; no separate registration is required.
10am-4 pm, Carnegie Music Hall
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
2015 Annual Sara Fine Institute Lecture presents:
Alondra Nelson (Columbia University), "The Social Life of DNA in the Era of Big Data"
3pm, University Club Ballroom A
This event is open to the public and is free to attend! Please join us for "The Social Life of DNA in the Era of Big Data," which will focus on the expansive use of genetic ancestry testing, the 2013 controversy over the decoding of the genome of Henrietta Lacks, the growing phenomenon of familial searching in the criminal justice system, and ideas of compound racialization in the era of big data.