Analyzing Information Ecosystems in Western Pennsylvania
This effort intends to develop key data infrastructure and analysis protocols for significant disinformation flows in Western Pennsylvania, including related to vaccinations and election administration for the Pitt Disinformation Lab.
Michael Colaresi, William S. Dietrich II Professor, Political Science, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences; Pitt Cyber Research and Academic Director; Affiliate Scholar, Intelligent Systems Program Jessica Ghilani, Associate Professor of Communication, Pitt Greensburg
Lara Putnam, UCIS Research Professor of History, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences
Covid Disinformation in Western Pennsylvania and Rio de Janeiro Seminar Development
Development of a seminar for researchers at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and the University of Pittsburgh for the development of a collaboration to estimate the causal effect of disruptive vaccine disinformation on avoidable deaths.
Keila Grinberg, Director of the Center for Latin American Studies and Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh
Scaling Up Cyber Physical Systems Security Education - From Theory to Practice
To develop a testbed that integrates with Pitt’s Cyber Range and allows students to work together to explore how cyber-physical systems can be attacked and defended.
Ahmed Ibrahim, Teaching Assistant Professor, School of Computing and Information
Daniel Cole, Associate Professor, Swanson School of Engineering; Director of Stephen R. Tritch Nuclear Engineering Program
Hour of Code and CEC/English Community Liaison and Digital Infrastructure
To continue building the infrastructure to bring Hour of Code events to 4-10th graders from under-resourced schools in Homewood.
Gayle Rogers, Andrew W. Mellon Professor, Chair of English, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Jessica FitzPatrick, Lecturer, Director of Digital Narrative and Interactive Design Program, English Department, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Modeling Threats to Sustainability of Social Networks as Critical Infrastructure
To develop a proof-of-concept for analyzing the coevolution of systematic threats under a unifying framework.
Amin Rahimian, Assistant Professor, Swanson School of Engineering
Jacob Otto, PhD student, Political Science, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Extended Reality Tour of a Media Archaeology Lab to Widen Access to Material Resources Representing a History of Technology
To design and implement an extended reality (XR) tour of the Media Archeology Lab (MAL) at University of Colorado-Boulder to enable Pitt learners to virtually access MAL’s rich media holdings.
Jessica FitzPatrick, Lecturer, Director of Digital Narrative and Interactive Design Program, English Department, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
libi Striegl, Lab Manager, Media Archeology Lab, University of Colorado
Annette Vee, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Composition Program, Department of English
Dmitriy Babichenko, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Computing and Information
Studying Trust in Civic Data Portals and its Potential for Enhancement
To develop a better understanding of how intermediary organizations can enhance the trustworthiness of civic data. The proposed project will also help to identify research questions that can be explored in collaboration with Pitt faculty.
David Walker, Lead Software Developer, Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center University Center for Social & Urban Research
Jacob Biehl, Assistant Professor, School of Computing and Information
Robert Gradeck, Project Director, Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center, University Center for Social & Urban Research
Improving the Measurement and Moderation of Place-based Social Media in Western PA: Launching the Pittsburgh Disinformation Lab
Michael Colaresi, William S. Dietrich II Professor, Political Science, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences; Pitt Cyber Research and Academic Director; Affiliate Scholar, Intelligent Systems Program
Lara Putnam, UCIS Research Professor of History, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences
The Forbes Corridor Colloquia: The Social Influence of Advancing Technology in Pittsburgh and Beyond
Jennifer Keating, Senior Lecturer, Department of English
Nora Mattern, Teaching Assistant Professor, Director, Sara Fine Institute, School of Computing and Information
Influencing Detection through Multimodal Discourse and Vividness Analysis
Adriana Kovashka, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, School of Computing and Information
Diane Litman, Professor, Computer Science, School of Computing and Information
Rebecca Hwa, Professor, Computer Science, School of Computing and Information
Malihe Alikhani, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, School of Computing and Information
Yu-Ru Lin, Associate Professor, Informatics and Networked Systems, School of Computing and Information
Tessa Provins, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences
Jeffrey Cohn, Professor, Psychology, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences
The Pittsburgh Data Jam: Increasing Data Science Education in High Schools
Judy Cameron, Professor, Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Bryan Nelson, Assistant Instructor, Statistics, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences
Thomas Akiva, Associate Professor, Human Health & Development, School of Education
Framework for Qualitative Research into Social Media and Misinformation
Lara Putnam, UCIS Research Professor of History, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences
Rosta Farzan, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, School of Computing and Information
Mehr Latif, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Sociology, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences
Modeling the Effect of Disinformation on COVID-19 Vaccination Discourse in Online Social Networks
Malihe Alikhani, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, School of Computing and Information
Dmitriy Babichenko, Clinical Associate Professor, Informatics and Networked Systems, School of Computing and Information
Kar-Hai Chu, Associate Professor, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health
Michael Colaresi, William S. Dietrich II Professor, Political Science, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences; Pitt Cyber Research and Academic Director; Affiliate Scholar, Intelligent Systems Program
Jason Colditz, Research Project Manager, PhD candidate and instructor, Institute for Clinical Research Education, School of Medicine
Beth Hoffman, graduate student researcher, Institute for Clinical Research Education, School of Medicine
Patrick Healy, PhD candidate, School of Computing and Information
Jaime Sidani, Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine