INI News Archives

New Mobility Research Center Launched

Carnegie Mellon CyLab has launched a new research center to study business, organizational and technical issues related to mobility in managing systems found in cell phones, home appliances and building infrastructures. Read more.

Life at the INI

As you walk towards Carnegie Mellon’s campus, you will certainly notice the 100-foot sculpture that towers over the students who play Frisbee below it. Read more.

Silicon Valley: The Land of Opportunity

Carnegie Mellon’s campus in the Silicon Valley is a sun-drenched asset that’s tucked in among high-tech corporate giants and major universities—a great place for technology innovators like Carnegie Mellon. Read the article.

Alumni Come Together to Celebrate Five Years of Success

Carnegie Mellon’s Information Networking Institute (INI) is set to celebrate the 5th anniversary of its Athens Master of Science in Information Networking program (Athens MSIN). An alumni reception will be held at the Arion Resort and Spa in Athens, Greece, on June 12, 2008, the day after the Athens MSIN Graduation Ceremony. Read the article.

Class of 2008 Award Winners

The Information Networking Institute (INI) presents awards to each graduating class to recognize the students who excel among their peers and who exemplify the qualities of an INI graduate. Read the article.

Dean Pradeep Khosla Named University Professor

Carnegie Mellon has named Dean Pradeep K. Khosla University Professor, the highest academic distinction university faculty members can achieve. The title is awarded on the basis of national or international recognition for research and other scholarly activities. “As a University Professor, Pradeep joins a distinguished group of peers who represent the intellectual leadership of Carnegie Mellon,” said Jared L. Cohon, Carnegie Mellon President. Read the article.

Research Highlight: Glove Prototype Interprets American Sign Language

May 15, 2008 - A student team advised by Professor Priya Narasimhan has created a research prototype of a glove that can translate American Sign Language (ASL) into text and sound. Read the article.

INI Graduate Makes Plans to Assist a Ghanaian University

May 9, 2008 - While many INI graduates begin jobs in fast-paced technology environments this summer, MSISTM student Adrienne White will be making a temporary home in the West African country of Ghana. Read the article.

iGate Corporation's Sunil Wadhwani To Speak at INI Graduation CeremonyApril 24, 2008

The INI will welcome Sunil Wadhwani, a Carnegie Mellon alumnus with a Master of Science in Industrial Administration, as keynote speaker at the 2008 graduation ceremony. Read more.

Carnegie Mellon Ranks Again Among the Top Ten Engineering Schools

The College of Engineering has been named one of the top graduate schools in the country. See the 2008 rankings.

Carnegie Mellon's Jon Peha To Testify at FCC Hearing About Broadband Network Practices

April 17, 2008 - Carnegie Mellon University's Jon Peha will recommend that Comcast be investigated for its broadband network advertising practices during a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hearing on April 17. Read the Carnegie Mellon press release.

Scholarship Finalist Invited to Googleplex

March 28, 2008 - Aditi Suhas Pendharkar, a first-year graduate student at the INI, has been selected as a Google Anita Borg Scholarship finalist, an award given to women who excel in computer science, technology and leadership. Read more.

Student Research Alters Course

March 21, 2008 - Japan has tried using e-voting in recent local elections but security failures have cast doubts on its viability. Hiroki Hisamitsu, a recent graduate of the MSIT-IS program in Kobe, performed a comprehensive study of the e-voting machines and operational processes during real elections in Japan. Read the Carnegie Mellon article.

Student Spotlight:
The Future of Video Monitoring

March 11, 2008 - Studying artificial intelligence, Can Gao explores ways computers can keep a watchful eye on human activity. Read on.

Women@INI Recognized at Second Annual Reception

March 5, 2008 - The Information Networking Institute (INI) celebrated Women@INI (WINI) at the second annual reception honoring the student-run organization yesterday afternoon. Read the article.

Student Spotlight: Advancing Data Storage

February 27, 2008 - Shobhit Dayal is helping research groups understand the demands on data storage and one day enhance system designs. Read on.

Take A Closer Look at Our Global Efforts
The Engineering Magazine

Carnegie Mellon's key players discuss the thought behind the College of Engineering's international partnerships. Read the article (PDF).

Carnegie Mellon's CyLab Japan Honors Elite Information Security Graduates

February 4, 2008 - Carnegie Mellon celebrates the second graduating class of the Kobe MSIT-IS. Read the Carnegie Mellon article.

Student Spotlight:
Working Towards a "Sensed" Campus

January 14, 2008 - Student Gurpreet Singh joins the research efforts on a campus-wide project to tackle issues of large sensor networks. Read more.

CyLab Team Shines

January 14, 2008 - Hirokazu Sasamoto, a grad student at Carnegie Mellon CyLab Japan, Eiji Hayashi (E '06) and Carnegie Mellon faculty Nicolas Christin are changing the way people think about cybersecurity. See the Carnegie Mellon article.

International Conference Accepts Work of INI Students

December 27, 2007 - Student Hirokazu Sasamoto (Kobe MSIT-IS, Class of 2008) and alumnus Eiji Hayashi (Kobe MSIT-IS, Class of 2007) received acceptance of "Undercover: Authentication Usable in Front of Prying Eyes" as a full paper at ACM CHI 2008. Read more. Also, see the January 2008 issue of The Piper, page 9.

Bicultural Search Engine Results from Cross-Campus Research

December 21 , 2007 - A Japanese version of the Carnegie Mellon-developed tool PrivacyFinder is now available. Read more. Also, see the January 2008 issue of The Piper, page 9.

New in Fall 2008! Introducing the INI Pittsburgh-Silicon Valley Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) Program

December 7, 2007 - The INI is excited to announce the launch of a new professional graduate degree program in information technology that will give students the experience of two locations, the rich academic setting at Carnegie Mellon's main campus in Pittsburgh and the unique professional exposure at Carnegie Mellon's Silicon Valley campus. Read more.

2007 News Archive