Valley View Elementary Students Test-Drive NASA Rovers Nov 6, 2009
The robotic rovers are similar to those used in space exploration and are designed and built by the Carnegie Mellon University in partnership with NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Robots are used extensively in the Spaceward Bound program for students and teachers, designed to train the next generation of space explorers through participatory educational activities. (NASA Watch)
Heitor Villa-Lobos Celebration at Americas Society Nov 5, 2009
The Cuarteto has toured extensively around the world and was in residence at Carnegie Mellon University from 1988 until 2008. Under the auspices of the SNOJIV, the Cuarteto created the Latin American Academy for String Quartets in Caracas. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Hooks Hijacked? New Research Shows How To Block Stealthy Malware Attacks Nov 4, 2009
Here's what Carnegie Mellon University Electrical and. (Aug. (Science Daily)
Study: Hope can be harmful to mental health Nov 4, 2009
A spoonful of hope might not be the best medicine, according to a new study from a Carnegie Mellon University professor that asserts that optimism can actually be harmful to mental health. The study, authored by CMU's George Loewenstein and several researchers at the University of Michigan, measured the emotional well-being of patients in two groups: those with permanent colostomies and those with colostomies that might be reversed. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Pool isn't always kind to state champ with chlorine-induced asthma Nov 4, 2009
Instead she'll apply to such stellar academic schools as Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University, schools with Division III swimming programs. She's also considering Division I schools including the University of New Mexico and will likely get a jump on her college career by taking a couple of classes at UAF next semester. (Anchorage Daily News)
Pittsburgh-area college presidents' compensation below $1M mark Nov 3, 2009
Carnegie Mellon University President Jared Cohon received total compensation of $733,220 in 2007-08 according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Related News. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
CMU among colleges with tuition above $50,000 a year Nov 3, 2009
File photo Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh s Oakland neighborhood. Related News. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Motheral sells Oakland property to CMU Nov 3, 2009
Museum Park Hotel LP, a partnership led by developer Brinton Motheral which has been working to develop a new hotel on a former gas station in the Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood, has decided to drop the plan and sell its property to its biggest neighbor and opponent of its project, Carnegie Mellon University ... Motheral reached a final agreement with Carnegie Mellon University on Monday afternoon. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
U-M research shows chronically ill may be happier if they give up hope Nov 2, 2009
Ubel and his co-authors both from U-M and Carnegie Mellon University -- studied patients who had new colostomies: their colons were removed and they had to have bowel movements in a pouch that lies outside their body ... D., a research specialist at the Ann Arbor VA Health Services Research and Development Center and a U-M psychologist; Aleksandra Jankovic, of U-M's Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine and George Loewenstein, professor in the Department of Social and... (EurekAlert!)
College leaders beat pay freeze Nov 2, 2009
Among those receiving substantial raises was Jared Cohon, who has been president of Carnegie Mellon University since 1997. His total compensation (counting pay and benefits) grew from $591,876 in 2006-07 to $733,220, an increase of $141,344 or 24 percent in one year. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Economists urge U.S. to replace government-led growth Nov 2, 2009
"The United States is headed toward a new financial crisis," said Allan Meltzer, professor of political economy at Carnegie Mellon University. "A steady, committed policy to reduce future inflation and lower future budget deficits will avoid the crisis that current policies will surely bring," he said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Rail would link city neighborhoods Nov 2, 2009
It usually takes 20 to 30 minutes to drive to Carnegie Mellon University from the former LTV site in Hazelwood. That commute could take six minutes by train. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Looking for Reason in the Net Neutrality Debate Nov 1, 2009
"If you believe you will ever sit on an operating table with a remote surgeon, you're going to get really upset if a video stream interrupted your connection," said David Farber, a professor of public policy and computer science at Carnegie Mellon University and an. RELATED ARTICLES. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Walk on CMU campus honors Randy Pausch Oct 30, 2009
Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette The new pedestrian bridge on the Carnegie Mellon University campus is being dedicated today for former computer science professor Randy Pausch ... The walkway is being dedicated tonight at Carnegie Mellon University in honor of her late husband, computer science professor Randy Pausch. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Electric motorbikes? Firm charges ahead Oct 30, 2009
The men tailgated with Pittsburgh Steelers fans, spoke to students at Carnegie Mellon University and battled autumn rains that soaked them through much of the journey. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Bay Bridge repairs will face extra scrutiny Oct 30, 2009
Steven Fenves, professor emeritus of civil engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and a bridge historian, said it is essential that Caltrans brings in outside experts to review its plans. Caltrans had the independent seismic panel look over plans for the Labor Day repair job, Ney said, but not the federal inspectors. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Electric Bikes Trace Car Execs' DC Trip Oct 29, 2009
The men tailgated with Pittsburgh Steelers fans, spoke to students at Carnegie Mellon University and battled autumn rains that soaked them through much of the journey. After they arrived in Washington, the riders and Brammo CEO Craig Bramscher met Tuesday with officials from the Energy Department and with lawmakers, including their home state senators. (KSBW 8, CA)
West Penn names EVP of external affairs Oct 27, 2009
She served as the chief spokeswoman and director of intergovernmental affairs for former Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy and was director of government relations at UPMC Magee-Women s Hospital and Carnegie Mellon University before that. Most Read Stories. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Comparison shopping taking place of leisure? Oct 25, 2009
George Loewenstein, a Carnegie Mellon University professor who's an expert on the psychology of economics and consumer decision-making, believes "there is reason to panic" over the loss of community-centered businesses such as Barnes & Noble. Among the great appeals of Pittsburgh, he said, are its many great browsing areas of Walnut Street in Shadyside, Murray and Forbes avenues in Shadyside and Carson Street on the South Side. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Making a cellular menagerie Oct 24, 2009
Robert Murphy who s also one of our collaborators, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is developing image-recognition software that if you say centriole can give you a whole list of images of cells where you can visualize the centriole even if the centriole wasn t the primary focus of the person doing the imaging. How can individual researchers contribute to the databank. (Scientific American)
The 'Southland' that almost was Oct 23, 2009
This was the statement that seemed to catch "Southland" executive producer and 1979 Carnegie Mellon University graduate John Wells off-guard. "I think we were all interested in reading what Angela had to say to you the other day," Wells began during a press conference a few days later on the Warner Bros. (Multichannel News)
Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic? Oct 23, 2009
Dave Farber, a respected computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University and former chief technologist for the Federal Communications Commission, also said it is likely that data collected in a facility like the Bridgeton center would be used elsewhere, once the facility is set up to divert the data. "If I own the routers, I can put code in there to have them monitor for certain data. That's not a particularly difficult job," said Farber, who is considered one of the pioneers of Internet... (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Many just can't resist texting while driving Oct 22, 2009
He really shouldn't, said Carnegie Mellon University psychology professor Marcel Just, who has done brain imaging research showing that just listening to a cell phone conversation reduces the amount of brain activity dedicated to driving by 30 percent. Writing a text message would be a "double whammy," said Dr. Just, because not only are drivers' brains occupied but their fingers and eyes are as well. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
G-20 protest arrestees line up before judges Oct 22, 2009
Ms. Ong, 19, a Carnegie Mellon University student, teared up as she described her search for an escape route through lines of police in riot-control gear. The judge dismissed her charges. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Google Takes On AT&T in Fight Over `Terrifying' Internet Neutrality Rules Oct 22, 2009
Rules on managed services also could affect TV programming offered by phone companies, including Verizons FiOS and AT&Ts U-verse, said , a professor of computer science and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, in an interview. Farber served as the FCCs chief technologist in 2000 and 2001. (Bloomberg)
Oil risk assessment called flawed Oct 21, 2009
The state faces a big challenge because the problems it is trying to pin down are complex, said Paul Fischbeck, the Carnegie Mellon University professor who chaired the panel. As designed, the study would involve sifting through a massive amount of data. (Anchorage Daily News)
Robots take aim in Segway soccer Oct 20, 2009
The Coral research group at Carnegie Mellon University is preparing to hold the first ever football match in which mixed teams of humans and robots play against each other, all on Segways. The game, which kicks off in March, will be the first time robots and humans will have taken part in a task in which they are peers and on an equal "footing", says Professor Manuela Veloso, Coral group leader. (Yahoo News -- Segway Human Transporter)
URA tour highlights Pittsburgh development Oct 20, 2009
Soffer said he s met two or three times with search engine company Google about establishing a 40,000 square foot office at the SouthSide Works as the company considers its local expansion needs beyond its office at Carnegie Mellon University. tschooley@bizjournals. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Electric cars don't deserve halo yet: study Oct 20, 2009
Nuclear and renewable power would have to generate a larger portion of U.S. power for electric cars to become much greener compared to gasoline-powered cars, Cohan, who is also president of Carnegie Mellon University, said in an interview. Advances in coal burning, like capturing carbon at power plants for permanent burial underground, could also help electric cars become a cleaner alternative to vehicles powered by fossil fuels, he said. (Scientific American)
What is the Real Cost of Power Production? Oct 20, 2009
"There are many external effects of energy production and use," said Jared Cohon, president of Carnegie Mellon University and chairman of the panel that wrote the report. "These are important because they can lead to distortions in decision making.". (Scientific American)
Broadband funding stimulates proposals Oct 20, 2009
The government initiative was designed "to help reach out to groups that have not historically participated equally in the Internet," said Jon Peha, the chief technologist at the Federal Communications Commission and a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. "I'm glad people are thinking creatively," he said. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Researcher paves alternate path for hard drives Oct 20, 2009
A professor at Carnegie Mellon University is developing a technology seen as a dark horse in the race toward tomorrow's ultra-dense hard disk drives. Jimmy Jian-Gang Zhu is developing a prototype of his microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) technique he believes will pack three terabits of data in a square inch of a spinning disk. (EETimes)
Identifying ID Theft And Fraud Oct 20, 2009
5, 2006) Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University are using data mining techniques to identify perpetrators of fraud among online auction users as well as their otherwise unknown accomplices. The new. (Science Daily)
New broom may sweepGoogle China ahead Oct 20, 2009
He earned a PhD in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University. While working as an assistant professor there, he developed the world's first speaker-independent continuous speech-recognition system, which BusinessWeek honored as the "Most Important Innovation" of 1988. (Asia Times Online)
City's profile rising in video games Oct 18, 2009
But in "Fallout 3 -- one of the best-selling games of 2008 -- it is most definitely Pittsburgh shining through the post-apocalyptic haze. "The Pitt" is based on an alternate-reality premise in which Pittsburgh still exists, possibly without the Steelers ever having won a Super Bowl -- a scary premise, indeed. The city has become "an industrial raider town," however, and humans and mutants alike are enslaved by other humans. Gamers must decide if the slavers have good reason for their actions. If... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Online, teachers walk a fine line Oct 18, 2009
"I do believe my personal life should be private, but I do believe I conduct myself in a professional matter," said Bowen, a recent graduate from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. "All the hard work myself and my colleagues do doesn't seem to get noticed. It's just, 'Oh my God, a teacher is wearing a swimsuit in Florida.' ". (Florida Today)
Researchers Tout "Wimpy Nodes" for Net Oct 17, 2009
( 00004000 Carnegie Mellon University) ... Mainstream servers are growing increasingly brawny with multicore processors and tremendous memory capacity, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Intel Labs Pittsburgh think 98-pound weaklings of the computing world might be better suited for many of the jobs on the Internet today. (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)
Mercer's Davidson repeats Oct 16, 2009
Shtemberg and Trinh followed up that up by outlasting Laura Chen and Ashley Herrick from Carnegie Mellon University, 6-3, 1-6, and 1-0 (10-9). NEW JERSEY WEATHER Newark, NJ. (NJ.com -- Times)
Lockheed realigns, names Kubasik president and COO Oct 16, 2009
He also has earned an Executive Engineering Certificate from Carnegie Mellon University in 2008 and has attended an Executive Program at Northwestern Universitys Kellogg School of Business. Lockheed Martin, of Bethesda, Md. (FCW.com)
Internet Services: Researchers Save Electricity With Low-power Processors And Flash Memory Oct 16, 2009
15, 2009) Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Intel Labs Pittsburgh (ILP) have combined low-power, embedded processors typically used in netbooks with flash memory to create a server architecture that is fast, but far more energy efficient for data-intensive applications than the systems now used by major Internet services. See also. (Science Daily)
KDKA's Jeff Verszyla is tweeting up a storm Oct 16, 2009
" But that flies in the face of what mainstream scientists believe. Peter Adams, an assistant professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and an expert in atmospheric chemistry and climate change, said he first encountered meteorologists skeptical of climate change during a lecture in Cleveland this summer. In interviews last year with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, several prominent forecasters at Cleveland TV stations, including WJW's Dick... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Smoking bans protect nonsmokers, report says Oct 16, 2009
Many of the institute s committee members were skeptical they would find much benefit from the bans, said statistician Stephen Feinberg of Carnegie Mellon University. He called himself the resident skeptic who changed his mind. (Boston Globe)
Teenage Boys Take Less Responsibility For Preventing The Spread Of Chlamydia Oct 14, 2009
14, 2009) Teenage boys in Sweden take less responsibility than girls for preventing the spread of chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections, according to a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy. The study was published in the journal Midwifery and was carried out in primary care in the V. (Science Daily)
Skinner: Nobel award recognizes U.S. dominance Oct 13, 2009
Editor's note: Kiron K. Skinner is an associate professor of international relations at Carnegie Mellon University, directs the university's International Relations and Politics Program, and is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. She is the co-author, along with Serhiy Kudelia, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Condoleezza Rice, of "The Strategy of Campaigning: Lessons from Ronald Reagan and Boris Yeltsin.". (CNN -- US)
City's solar team ready to heat firehouse Oct 13, 2009
In collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, the city has tested the solar potential of 125 of its buildings. It hasn't yet finished ranking them according to roof quality, appropriate angle, age and absence of other utilities issues. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
MIT alumnus gets Nobel for economics research Oct 13, 2009
and a doctorate in economics from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. While his Nobel Prize-winning research was not done in Cambridge, officials at MIT were clearly taking pride in his tie to the school yesterday. (Boston Globe)
This time of year, the 'boo' business is big Oct 11, 2009
Each year, the duo tags 50 unsuspecting groups, times the groups' trips through the house and finds the mean average to dissect with Carnegie Mellon University economists to try to produce more efficient visitor flow. Ticket prices are $15 regularly and $17 on Friday and Saturday. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
America's Best Young Entrepreneurs 2009 Oct 10, 2009
Husband-and-wife team Eric Koger, 25, and Susan Koger, 24, launched indie clothing e-tailer in 2002, near the end of their freshman year at Carnegie Mellon University. They've managed to raise a little over $3 million from angels such as co-founder Jeff Fluhr and venture capital firms First Round Capital and Maples Investments. (BusinessWeek)
Household Robots Do Not Protect Users' Security And Privacy, Researchers Say Oct 10, 2009
(June 7, 2007) People are willing to pay extra to buy items from online retailers when they can easily ascertain how retailers' policies will protect their privacy, a new Carnegie Mellon University study. . (Science Daily)
Road warriors Oct 8, 2009
"I haven't seen any research that shows that those measures from the autonomic nervous system ... measuring blood pressure, measuring breathing, measuring heat on the face, are at all related to intent," said Stephen Fienberg, professor of statistics and social sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. Fienberg, who participated in a government study critical of the use of polygraphs, said he worries that a lot of money is being spent on a program that in the end will show "the emperor has no... (CNN -- US)
Autism Associated With Single-letter Change In Genetic Code Oct 8, 2009
7, 2004) Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans, a team of scientists at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh have found differences in the activation and. (Jan. (Science Daily)
Americans share Nobel physics prize Oct 7, 2009
It s one of those technologies that, when it happened, it just took off like wildfire, said Farber, a professor of computer science and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University. Kao concluded in 1966 that it would take fibers of highly purified glass to carry light over long distances. (Boston Globe)
Steelers' New Investors: A Q&A with Paul Sams Oct 4, 2009
Question: Does Blizzard have a pipeline to Carnegie Mellon University yet. Might you develop one, given your new business ties to Pittsburgh. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
A look back at the Pittsburgh Summit Oct 1, 2009
He took a few minutes to share some opening remarks with a group of journalists, students and invited Russian nationals from the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University and then took questions for about an hour. When Medvedev was asked where he sees U.S.-Russian relations in five years, he responded: I want them to be better than today, and added that today they are better than yesterday. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Electric cars could create 400 jobs Sep 26, 2009
"You are here to see the future," said Carnegie Mellon University President Jared Cohon, kicking off a news conference that featured Gov. Ed Rendell's announcement of 200 new jobs coming to the Pittsburgh area when South Korea-based CT&T Co. establishes one of two production and distribution centers. By all appearances, the future will be shiny, but also rather small. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Staying heard, not herded Sep 26, 2009
Speaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, he said he was comfortable as a ''proud and self-proclaimed nerd speaking to an audience of nerds. After Rudd had dealt at length with climate change, the university's president, Jared Cohen, told him: ''You really are a nerd. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
On periphery of summit, life goes on Sep 25, 2009
Mike Terrick of Munhall noticed the same thing as he headed toward Carnegie Mellon University to take his son, Michael to class. He'd left early, anticipating traffic and road blocks, but they passed only a handful of cars on the Homestead Grays Bridge and along Browns Hill Road. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Australian prime minister speaks at CMU Sep 25, 2009
Regarding Carnegie Mellon University, Rudd said that Australia and CMU share three common interests: CMU has a campus in Adelaide, Australia; CMU and Australia both place an emphasis on robotics; and both are focused on global warming. He spoke of CMU's robotics lab, and the technology the university is developing to address climate change. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Fed May Need to Be Aggressive in Reversing Actions, Warsh Writes in WSJ Sep 25, 2009
One critic has been , a Fed historian and economist at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He said earlier this year the central bank has often lacked the resolve to pursue unpopular policies to keep prices in check. (Bloomberg -- US)
Draft text shows G20 leaders seeking to curb banker bonuses Sep 25, 2009
"The remuneration structures and how they're calibrated in various markets around the world have a profound impact on Australia," Rudd told a joint news conference with Swan after addressing students at Carnegie Mellon University. "With large banks operating globally, if you do not have a proper calibration of risk and reward, then if those decisions are being regulated outside Australia and using a set of standards vastly different from what we would accept in Australia, then we have a... (Channelnewsasia.com)
At summit, doubts grow on reaching climate deal Sep 25, 2009
Rudd, speaking to students at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University, said that the Group of 20 should see a climate deal as a way toward a sustainable growth in the world economy. "Beyond avoiding another crisis, our parallel challenge is how to generate the economic growth and the jobs of the future given that the debt-driven consumption model of the past is unlikely to be trusted anymore," he said. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Obama wants worldwide end of fossil fuel subsidies Sep 24, 2009
A person walks past lines of state police assembled at Carnegie Mellon University as part of the security preparations for tomorrow's G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pa. Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. (USA Today -- Tech)
Theorists Attempt To Determine Whether Particle Physics And String Theory Can Be Reconciled Sep 24, 2009
Now, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University; the University of. (Aug. (Science Daily)
G-20 Host Pittsburgh Shows its Resilience Sep 24, 2009
Developed at Carnegie Mellon University, it's guided by radar, GPS and lasers. "The thing that's spinning up on top is a laser, actually 64 lasers," says engineer Bob Bittner. (CBS News)
Bill Gates helps dedicate CMU buildings Sep 23, 2009
Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette Henry Hillman, left, and Bill Gates celebrate the ribbon-cutting yesterday of the new Gates Center for Computer Science and the Hillman Center for Future-Generation Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University ... Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Inc. and computer legend, is described as "a rock star" at Carnegie Mellon University, especially in the School of Computer Science. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
