CMU's Software and Societal Systems Dept is a leader in research and education in software engineering, privacy & security, and societal computing.

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Big ups to @SCSatCMU's very own @heathercmiller and @cmeik on being awarded a coveted 2020 @amazon Research Award for their work on Filibuster - a tool for systematically identifying resilience bugs in microservice applications. Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2021/0518-…
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Alright, enough teasing! Today we are very excited to announce that the Institute for Software Research will now be known as the Software and Societal Systems Department (S3D). Check out this short video to learn a little bit more about why: bit.ly/3f5ltrw
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We are pleased to announce that Jim Herbsleb has been selected as the new director of ISR. Jim brings decades of experience leading research and educational programming to the position. We couldn't be more excited! Congratulations, Jim! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2019/1216-…
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Congrats to @SCSatCMU @isrcmu's @b_vasilescu on his 2021 @msrconf Ric Holt Early Career Achievement Award! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2021/0324-…
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Congratulations to @SCSatCMU @isrcmu's @mynkgoel @p0nk & @b_vasilescu on not one, but TWO @Google Faculty Research Awards! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2020/0310-…
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ICYMI: This past July @SCSatCMU @isrcmu's @clegoues took home the prestigous @sigsoft Early Career Award at @ICSEconf for her work on automated bug repair and overall service to the #SoftwareEngineering field. Couldn't be more deserved! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2020/legou…
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Congratulations to @SCSatCMU's @wise_jenna on being named a 2021 @Google PhD Fellow for her work on usable #programminglanguage and practical #software verification! Learn More: isri.cmu.edu/news/2021/0927-…
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This time next week we are going to be dropping some of the biggest news to come out of our department in a long, long time. It’s going to be massive and we are beyond excited to share it with the world! Stay tuned here + @scsatcmu, Sept 22!
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Congratulations to @SCSatCMU @isrcmu's @p0nk. Alongside @SvenApel and Martin Kuhlemann, Kästner will receive @splcconf Most Influential Paper Award next week in Paris! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2019/0906-…
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Something not smell right about that #research paper you just read? Worried your #experiment #design might be biasing your results? We got you covered. Check out 17-803 Empirical Methods this spring: github.com/bvasiles/empirica… @b_vasilescu @SCSatCMU
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Congrats to @SCSatCMU's Steven Wu! His work on novel techniques + #algorithms that protect users’ data #privacy in the context of #MachineLearning earned him a coveted Okawa Research Grant! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2022/0217-… @cmuhcii @mldcmu
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Join us in welcoming @SCSatCMU & @CMU_EPP's Dr. Nicolas Christin (@nc2y) as our next Director of the Societal Computing PhD program! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2019/0725-…
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Congrats to @isrcmu's own @fangf07, named the Leonardo Assistant Professor for her monumental work in #AI for #SocialGood! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2021/0517_…
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Congratulations to @SCSatCMU's @clegoues and @JAldrichCMU, recipients of two @facebook #Testing and #Verification Research Awards! Their work will directly inform how the #tech giant ensures their platform performs flawlessly! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2018/1030-…
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Congrats to @SCSatCMU's @heathercmiller and the entire @scala_lang team on taking home the #ACMSIGPLAN Programming Languages Award at @PLDI 2019! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2019/0625-…
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Congrats to @SCSatCMU's @michaelhilton on taking home an ACM distinguished paper award @FSEconf for his work on Continuous Integration!!
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Congratulations to @SCSatCMU @isrcmu's @lorrietweet, winner of one of the most prestigious awards in #privacy, the 2018 @PrivacyPros Leadership Award. Very much well deserved! Learn More: isri.cmu.edu/news/2018/0328-…
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We've always thought our REUSE students are some of the coolest, smartest, most creative around. But then they went and did one of the most awesome fence paintings we've ever seen in honor of their mentor and REU Co-Director @joshsunshine.
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Congratulations to @b_vasilescu, @sophiehsqq, Anita Brown, @aserebrenik, and Alexander Nolte on their Distinguished Paper Award nod for @icse2019! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2019/0422-…
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Planning a #hackathon? Researchers from @SCSatCMU @unitartu have got you covered. Together, they have launched a web-based resource to help hackathon planners navigate the numerous design and planning decisions to make their event a success. hackathon-planning-kit.org/
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The Statement of Purpose may be the toughest part of the #gradschool application. Join #SoftwareEngineering PhD director @ponk to talk about your SOP during his Nov 19 Grad School Q&A session on Zoom (5-6pm) Learn more + Register (required) at isri.cs.cmu.edu/gradzoom/
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From the role #disinformation plays in #political process to how #AI agents shape societal structures, network science #researchers at @scsatcmu are tackling some of the most pertinent modern challenges we face. Join us. Tenure-track hiring now open: isri.cmu.edu/jobs/tenure-tra…
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From #selfdriving cars to fixing #software bugs automatically, our #SoftwareEngineering #PhD students are tackling some of the toughest challenges modern #developers face. They want to #BuildItBetter. Do you? Watch: piped.video/1NgbHIDyebU
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#Bug fixing is tedious + costly but #SoftwareEngineering #PhD faculty's Claire Le Goues is building automatic tools that help #programmers find + fix bugs earlier, faster, cheaper than ever before! #BuildItBetter Video: piped.video/s1pJNWl5hWo
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Brilliant young #softwareengineering #researchers. Promising future #technology professionals. Connoisseurs of fine funny hats. Our @SCSatCMU REUSE students have got it all. While we know they have bright futures ahead of them, we will miss them nonetheless!
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A hearty congratulations to @SCSatCMU @isrcmu's David Garlan, on being named as the new Associate Dean for Master's Programs in the School of Computer Science!
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There's moments we share w/ the world and those that we only share w/ our nearest & dearest. Can social platforms like @Snapchat facilitate both? Work by @CyLab & @SCSatCMU's Hana Habib addresses just that. And won honorable mention at @sig_chi to boot! bit.ly/2TMOwEW
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Congratulations to @SCSatCMU and @CMUPortugal researchers, including @isrcmu's CJ Zhang and @eskang09, on their ACM @sigsoft Distinguished Paper award at the upcoming @FSEconf! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2021/0721-…
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Congratulations to @SCSatCMU @S3DatCMU's @heathercmiller on being named one of @technicallyPGH's 2022 ReaList Engineers -- those rising stars shaping tech innovation in Pittsburgh and beyond!
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To build #AI that works for humanity, we need to start by educating the best and the brightest building it.@isrcmu's @fangf07 is doing just that with her new course, #AIforSocialGood Learn more: bit.ly/2DAK431 @FastCoDesign @ctrlzee @SCSatCMU
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Congrats to @SCSatCMU's David Garlan, Bradley Schmerl, and Owen Cheng on their 2021 SEAMS Most Influential Paper Award! Learn more: isr.scs.cmu.edu/news/2021/06…
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Congrats to ISR's @clegoues on being named to @DARPA Information Science and Technology (ISAT) Study Group! isri.cmu.edu/news/2017/0725-…
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Whats it LIKE being a @scsatcmu #gradstudent? Only way to find out is to ACTUALLY talk to a @CarnegieMellon #PhD student. Like, oh say, @daye_nam for example! Join Daye at her 12/3 #gradschool Q&A on Zoom (4-5pm) Learn more + Register (required) at isri.cs.cmu.edu/gradzoom/
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PhD applications are not easy! Our awesome @SCSatCMU students want to give you expert feedback and help you do the best you can. Check it out!
Are you applying to join one of @SCSatCMU's top-ranked PhD programs? SCS students want to help. If you submit by Nov. 9, these mentors will provide feedback on your application materials no later than Nov. 16. More details: bit.ly/2HKUdy6
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From #selfdriving cars 2 fixing #software bugs automatically, our students tackle some of the toughest challenges #developers face. Ranked #1 for #SoftwareEngineering! They want to #BuildItBetter. Do you? APPLY NOW!... Watch: piped.video/1NgbHIDyebU Learn: se-phd.isri.cmu.edu/
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Navigating the maze of #computerscience related #gradschool programs is nerve wracking! We want to help with that and more! Join @scsatcmu’s @moarbugs Nov 8, 5-6PM, for a Grad School Q&A session on Zoom. Learn more + Register (required) at isri.cs.cmu.edu/gradzoom/
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#Tech is shaped by more than #code. @b_vasilescu's work on #diversity in #OpenSource is tackling the systemic issues pervasive across tech. You could do the same. Join Bogdan Nov 18, 10-11am, for a #GradSchool Q&A session on Zoom. Register (required) at isri.cs.cmu.edu/gradzoom/
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Not satisfied with the #technology status-quo? Want to work in a deeply #interdisciplinary environment alongside HUNDREDS of other #computer #science #researchers? Want to affect a societal scale #impact through your work? We're hiring! Join us. Apply: isri.cmu.edu/jobs/tenure-tra…
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In our age, #software systems = the new infrastructure. We can’t afford to build the software of the future using only the tools of the past. The #PhD in #SoftwareEngineering at @SCSatCMU @isrcmu empowers you to help the world #BuildItBetter. Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/education/se-ph…
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ICYMI: Manual #anomaly detection and ranking is so last year. New work from @SCSatCMU's Hemank Lamba is taking it to the next level with an on-the-job learning approach! It even took home Best Paper at @TheSIAMNews SDM 2019 this past month! isri.cmu.edu/news/2019/0420-…
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Unimaginably proud that @CarnegieCorp named @isrcmu's own @lorrietweet as one of the 2019 Andrew #CarnegieFellows! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2019/0423-…
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Congrats, once again, to @UEvansville's @ashertrockman, 2017 REUSE student in @SCSatCMU, on taking home the gold in the @TheOfficialACM Student Research Competition at @icse2018! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2018/0611-…
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Congratulations to @s3datcmu's @zstevenwu on being tapped for a prestigious Meta award. The team aims to deploy new solutions to safeguard companies' collected, processed, and shared data. bit.ly/3CsSPc1
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Shut it down. It's over. @davidthewid, @AfsoonAfzal and all the other ISR PhDs just set a bar so high that every @SCSatCMU student prank is going to struggle to overcome for generations!!
Haha, ok, the game is won. We officially have the coolest PhD students at @isrcmu @SCSatCMU. They made Magic The Gathering cards for the faculty. You all are the best ♥️ cc/ @cmeik @kevinclancy_ @zeeshanlakhani
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Congratulations to @isrcmu's own IT powerhouse, Tom Pope, on receiving this years @SCSatCMU Staff Recognition Award for Teamwork. There is absolutely NO WAY we could do what we do without you and your team!
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From #autonomousvehicle to #medicaldevices, @scsatcmu #softwareengineering professor Eunsuk Kang is leveraging lightweight formal #methods to #builditbetter - ensuring those systems that can’t fail, don’t fail. Learn more + apply by 12/10: se-phd.isri.cmu.edu
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Congratulations to @SCSatCMU @isrcmu's David Garlan, winner of the 2017 @IEEEorg TCSE Distinguished Education Award! isri.cmu.edu/news/2017/0517-…
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#gradschool decisions are a big deal. But @scsatcmu @isrcmu faculty and students want to help! We're hosting a series of Grad School Q&A sessions for the next few weeks. Bring your questions, concerns, or curiosity. All are welcome. Check it out: isri.cs.cmu.edu/gradzoom/
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Congrats to @SCSatCMU @CyLab's @oatesmeal on her #bestpaper at @PET_Symposium "Turtles, Locks, and Bathrooms: Understanding Mental Models of Privacy Through Illustration". Learn more: cylab.cmu.edu/news/2018/08/0…
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Congratulations to @SCSatCMU's @clegoues, @UMich's Westley Weimer, @UNLincoln's ThanhVu Nguyen, and @ArizonaState's Stephanie Forrest on their #icse19 Most Influential Paper Award! Learn More: isri.cmu.edu/news/2019/0530-…
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Congratulations to @SCSatCMU @isrcmu's Kyle Liang, named one of this year's @NSF Graduate Student Fellows! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2020/nsf-l…
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ICYMI: A stellar interview by @SCSatCMU @isrcmu's Yuvraj Agarwal on his app, ProtectMyPrivacy, aired on @cheddar yesterday. Check it out!: cheddar.com/videos/protectin…
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From #poaching to protecting critical national #infrastructure, @SCSatCMU's @fangf07 is at the forefront of leveraging #AI for social good. Help us get her on the stage at #SXSW2020 to present this vital work! Vote now: panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/10…
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Awesome #software is built by awesome #teams. @scsatcmu #SocietalComputing’s @b_vasilescu + @cmustrudel are using #datascience + @github to get a deep, real-time look into what makes for a great #development team. Learn More: sc.cs.cmu.edu/ Video: piped.video/TjXqyzRIOJ4
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Seriously passionate about #privacy? We aren’t playing around. Our program is the first and foremost #graduate program dedicated ENTIRELY to Privacy Engineering. Ready to get serious? Learn more: privacy.cs.cmu.edu/
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Congratulations to @SCSatCMU #REUSE alums Lindsay Popowski and Reed Oei for taking home top honors in the 2020 @CRAtweets Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award! Learn more: isr.scs.cmu.edu/news/2021/01…
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And our own @clegoues, @heathercmiller, and Ben Titzer will be working to develop an approach to #fullstack #resilience #engineering that will enable secure, effective and performant edge #computation in NextG systems!
CMU researchers will use nearly $3 million in funding from the @NSF to help develop intelligent, resilient and reliable next-generation (NextG) networks. bit.ly/3jQJhi7
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Congrats again to @lorrietweet and ISR Societal Computing alum, Blase Ur, on their awards at @sig_chi. Lorrie took home the Social Impact Award while Blase received an Outstanding Dissertation Award!
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A decade ago, #bugs were an annoyance. Now they are a catastrophe waiting to happen. #SoftwareEngineering’s Eunsuk Kang is perfecting modeling techniques to ensure the systems that can’t fail won’t fail. Learn more: piped.video/tfUfWPVetEI
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Our REU-SE undergrads are getting the full CMU package this summer: hard work, tough problems, and fence painting! isri.cmu.edu/education/reu-s…
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Reminder: Join @scsatcmu’s @moarbugs TOMMOROW Nov 8, 5-6PM, for a Grad School Q&A session on Zoom. Learn more + Register (required) at isri.cs.cmu.edu/gradzoom/
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Associate Research Professor, Nicolas Christin (@nc2y) will be giving testimony before congress today on cybercrime, the Darkweb, cryptocurrencies, and more. isri.cmu.edu/news/2018/0315-… @SCSatCMU @CyLab @CMU_EPP
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Getting your @scsatcmu #gradschool #application ready? Our grad students want to help you put your best foot forward. Sign up today + get feedback on your materials from someone w/ a deep understanding of the #admissions process. Learn more and Sign Up: isri.cs.cmu.edu/gradzoom/
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Disinfo, bots, + many other aspects of social media tech shape both the digital landscape + society at large. Want to tackle systemic challenges w/ social network analysis and/or network science? We're looking to hire tenure-track faculty like you! Apply: isri.cmu.edu/jobs/tenure-tra…
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Despite being at it for only a couple of months, our brilliant #REU students produced some truly remarkable #SoftwareEngineering #research this summer. Here they are last week, showing the world what they can do. As they head home, we want them to know: You will be missed!!
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First came @b_vasilescu's Holiday Hippo. Then there was @heathercmiller's Lightup Llama. Now the seasonal decorations around @isrcmu are taking a turn for the nerdy. Let it never be said that we don't know how to have a little fun around here!!
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Aurelia Augusta, a Ph.D. student in societal computing in @SCSatCMU who is co-advised by @CyLab / @isrcmu’s @LorrieTweet, works to improve online experiences. “Intersectionality is important to me in all areas.” Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2021/0614-…
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ICYMI: @isrcmu @SCSatCMU's @lorrietweet was awarded @sigchi's Social Impact Award. Societal Computing PhD alumnus Blase Ur also taking home the group's Outstanding Dissertation Award. Outstanding work and very much deserved!! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2018/0227-…
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Don't forget! Join @cylab’s @lorrietweet Tomorrow, Nov 13, 1230-130PM for a #GradSchool Q&A session on Zoom. Learn more + Register (required) at isri.cs.cmu.edu/gradzoom/
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#Code don’t fail me now! #SoftwareEngineering’s Jonathan Aldrich is making software #dev more reliable & secure by rethinking the developer's canvas: the programming #language. #BuildItBetter Learn more: piped.video/VwvUVLv23ks
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Want to know what awesome #research our @scsatcmu undergrads get up to? Check out this amazing blog post by new grad, Eunice Chen, on her work with @cmeik on extending his automated #resilience #testing tool, Filibuster, for #Redis testing! christophermeiklejohn.com/fi…
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It's a sweep! Congrats to @SCSatCMU REUSE program students Justin Lubin, @koronkebitch. and Serena Chen for taking first, second, AND third prizes in undergrad #research @splashcon! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2018/1116-…
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Join us in welcoming @VHellendoorn to the faculty! His work into #software as a form of #communication btwn #developers is a bold new addition to our #research community. Very excited!
Happy to share that I will be joining @SCSatCMU as an Assistant Professor this fall, working with the wonderful people in @isrcmu! Many thanks to my advisor @devanbu and the many others who have mentored and supported me during my PhD.
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#IoT to detect failing machinery or that a dementia patient is having symptoms they can't remember? mites.io from @isrcmu and @cmuhcii 's Yuvraj Agarwal, @hciprof, Sudershan Boovaraghavan, Chen Chen, @gierad, @yangzh7 is doing just that! piped.video/j-0v8Tn4IH0
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#ComputerScience has an #ethical obligation to consider the far horizon implications of the #tech they create. #SocietalComputing director, @nc2y, breaks down what drives this vital work and how you can be a part. Watch: piped.video/f-Y8KFoo9Tg Learn: sc.cs.cmu.edu/
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Congratulations to @SCSatCMU @CMU_CASOS's Dr. Kathleen M. Carley on her honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich (@UZH_en)! Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/news/2019/0529-…
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The most dire challenges our society faces can’t be solved in silos. Our #SocietalComputing #PhD students bridge disciplinary gaps and expand our notion of computing’s potential. APPLY TODAY! Watch: piped.video/CAVdGP_DJyM Learn more: sc.cs.cmu.edu
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Check out #SoftwareEngineering #PhD alumna + @eceuoft faculty member, @shuishuiblue talk about her path to @scsatcmu, how the program shaped her #research, and the closeness of the ISR #community in this short video: piped.video/mBC5xh3kVWM Learn: se-phd.isri.cmu.edu/
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ICYMI: Awesome #software is built by awesome #teams. @scsatcmu #SocietalComputing’s @b_vasilescu + @cmustrudel are using #datascience + @github to get a deep, real-time look into what makes for a great #dev team. Learn More: sc.cs.cmu.edu/ Video: piped.video/BFarCOdKOaQ
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Join Prof. Bogdan Vasilescu's Q&A on Oct 1: Explore our Societal Computing PhD program at tech & social sciences crossroads. Register: bit.ly/3zCSKoF #PhDLife #TechForSociety #GradSchool #GradSchoolAdvice #ComputerScience #SocietalComputing
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Getting #SoftwareEngineering #research experience as an #undergrad can be a tricky thing. Luckily @scsatcmu’s @clegoues is hosting a #GradSchool Q&A (Nov 18. 1-2PM, Zoom) where she can talk about #reu progs, SE minors, and more! Register (required) at isri.cs.cmu.edu/gradzoom/
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It's @ICSEconf this week here in the Burgh. And as if that wasn't awesome enough, two of the nine distinguished papers come from ISR's own! Congrats @p0nk @jherbsleb @courtneyelta @b_vasilescu @dnlklg @fang_hongbo @hemanklamba!
All nine @ICSEconf 2022 papers winning the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award can now be found here: conf.researchr.org/track/ics… Congrats to @eadinella, @b_vasilescu, @p0nk, @jherbsleb, @FitashUlHaq, @lionel_c_briand, @YuriyBrun, and many more!
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CS, Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Robotics, CompBio. The list of #computing disciplines is intimidating. Join @JAldrichCMU to talk about your options + more at his 11/24 Grad School Q&A session on Zoom (3-4pm) Learn more + Register (required) at isri.cs.cmu.edu/gradzoom/
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ICYMI: We're dropping some real big news tomorrow. Want to know what the fuss is all about? Tune in Tomorrow, 9/22, at 5pm. --- and no, we're not getting a pool. Yet. ;)
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The most dire challenges our society faces can’t be solved in silos. Our #SocietalComputing #PhD students bridge disciplinary gaps and expand our notion of computing’s potential. Interested? Watch: piped.video/CAVdGP_DJyM Learn more: sc.cs.cmu.edu/
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The sands of #tech are constantly shifting. #SoftwareEngineering can be a stabilizing force. Learn more: isri.cmu.edu/education/se-ph…
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The newest issue of @ieeesoftware on adaptive systems is pretty ISR heavy! Pick up a copy and check out work by @SCSatCMU ISR faculty and alumni; including @GHFairbanks, @clegoues, @p0nk, @ipekozkaya, David Garlan, @JAldrichCMU, and more! computer.org/csdl/magazine/s…
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From #Netflix to #eBay some of the largest #software platforms in the world are only possible with #Microservices. And failure isn’t a matter of if, but when. Learn how @scsatcmu’s @cmeik’s + @DoorDash are taking #resilience testing to the next level: isri.cmu.edu/news/2022/0426-…
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