Carnegie Mellon News Headlines
January 2009
Carnegie Mellon Scientists Featured on CBS' "60 Minutes"
Tom Mitchell, chair of the Machine Learning Department, and Marcel Just, professor of psychology, have developed computer algorithms that can interpret brain scans produced by functional magnetic resonance imaging. The interviewed aired Jan. 4.
December 2008
Four Carnegie Mellon Professors Elected AAAS Fellows
In recognition of their distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications, Tom M. Mitchell, Eswaran Subrahmanian, Michael Widom, and John L. Woolford have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
CyLab Researchers Develop System to Convert Security Tools into Health-Monitoring Equipment
Prototype converts data from 3D microwave imaging to biometricts such as body weight. Yang Cai, director of CyLab's Ambient Intelligence Lab led the research sponsored by the Army Research Office and the National Science Foundation.
Building Virtual Worlds Show Continues to Showcase Innovative Student Projects
The flagship course asks first-year Entertainment Technology Center students to demonstrate virtual worlds they created in front of a live audience.
Carnegie Mellon's College of Fine Arts Names Theatre Designer Peter Cooke as Head of its School of Drama
Cooke, a renowned theater designer with a Ph.D. from the University of New South Wales in Australia, will begin his appointment Jan. 1, 2009. Over three decades he has designed more than 100 productions across the disciplines of drama, opera, dance, puppetry and music theater.
Carnegie Mellon's Shawn Blanton Named IEEE Fellow for Contributions to Electrical and Computer Engineering
Blanton, ECE professor and director of Center for Silicon Systems Implementation, named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for his contributions to the testing of micromechanical systems and integrated circuits.
Carnegie Mellon Researcher Leads Team on $4.7M Project to Advance Public Transportation for People with Disabilities
Carnegie Mellon, U of Buffalo are collaborating to improve public transportation thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research. The grant will establish a new Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Accessible Public Transportation.
Carnegie Mellon Developing Automated Systems to Enable Precision Farming of Apples, Oranges
Researchers at the Robotics Institute have received over $10 million from USDA to design automated farm systems to improve fruit quality and lower production costs.
Carnegie Mellon and Sun Microsystems Collaborate to Support Continued Development of Alice Software Environment
Sun will help translate the Java technology-based programming environment into different languages and develop drag and drop artifacts unique to a variety of cultures.
November 2008
Tepper School of Business Professor Linda Argote Receives Prestigious INFORMS Fellows Award
Carnegie Mellon Professor Gregg Franklin Named Head of Physics Department
Carnegie Mellon Design Professor Elected President of Industrial Designers Society of America
Carnegie Mellon's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and ABB, Inc. Team Up on Smart Electric Power Grids
Language Technologies Institute Researcher Judith Klein-Seetharaman Receives $100,000 Grant From Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Pursue HIV Research
CyLab: Confidence for a Networked World
