Thursday, March 31, 2016; 1:00 – 4:00 PM Registration: The workshop is free but space is limited. Participants are asked to register in advance at ischoolatpitt.wufoo.com/forms/library-freedom-project-rsvp/. Alison Macrina of Library Freedom […]
SFI is pleased to announce Christine L. Borgman, Center for Knowledge Infrastructures at UCLA, will join us on Feb. 29 at 3pm at the University of Pittsburgh’s University Club (Ballroom A). “Big Data, […]
The Sara Fine institute would like to welcome Dr. Leanne Bowler as its newly named Director. Dr. Bowler, an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Information Sciences, […]
Alondra Nelson (Columbia University) gave the Annual SFI Lecture on March 31, 2015. Entitled “The Social Life of DNA in the Era of Big Data,” the lecture focused on the expansive […]
Google and Johnson & Johnson have recently announced that they will be collaborating to develop new forms of robotics to assist with surgical procedures. At present, Johnson & Johnson is […]
Invention: “System and method for facilitating selection of dating partners in online dating environments” Filing date: March 29, 2013 Publication date: October 2, 2014 CLICK HERE for full patent Description: […]
Scientists in Austria have recently replaced permanently injured hands and arms of three people with bionic ones, which patients control using nerves and muscles transplanted into their arms from their […]
At present, there are almost 2,500 man-made satellites in outer space. Despite this large number, information about satellite building, testing, and contracts are often securitized or confidential; however, a recently […]
Multinational social media giant, Facebook, used by approximately 185 million people in the US alone, has recently altered an element of its digital platform. Instead of letting people decide whether […]
In the late 1980s, Jason Friedman was living in an apartment in Alphabet City, NYC working on his first book – Phantom Trucker. In a recent NYTimes post, Friedman describes […]