New Research Grants
The following are grants of the faculty in the Department that were
approved since May 2003. Grants are listed in reverse chronological
order, by their start dates. Faculy affiliations are with the
Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh, unless noted
otherwise.
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- Opinions in Question Answering
(NEW)
- Source: ARDA AQUAINT
- Faculty:
Jan Wiebe (PI), Claire Cardie, Cornell (Co-PI), Ellen Riloff, Utah (Co-PI)
- Duration: May 2004 - April 2006
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- Modeling Fragility of Sociotechnical Systems: A Transportation Study
(NEW)
- Source: National Science Foundation ($60,000)
- Faculty:
Louise K. Comfort (PI, GSPIA),
Milos Hauskrecht (co-PI),
Jeen-Shang Lin (co-PI, Civil & Environmental Engr)
- Duration: Feb 2004 - Jan 2005
- More info: NSF award data
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- Tutoring scientific explanations via natural language dialogue
- Source: National Science Foundation ($2,500,000)
- Faculty:
Kurt A. VanLehn (PI),
Carolyn P. Rose (Co-PI, CMU),
Diane J. Litman (Co-PI),
Michelene Chi (Co-PI, LRDC),
Pamela W. Jordan (Co-PI, LRDC)
- Duration: Jan 2004 - Oct 2007
- More info: NSF award data
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- Adding Spoken Language to a Text-Based Dialogue
Tutor
- Source: Office of Naval Research ($389,969)
- Faculty: Diane J. Litman (PI)
- Duration: Nov 2003 - Sep 2006
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- Secure CITI: A Secure Critical Information Technology Infrastructure for Disaster Management
- Source: National Science Foundation ($2,800,318)
- Faculty: Ahmed Amer,
Jose Carlos Brustoloni,
Panos K. Chrysanthis,
Louise K. Comfort (Co-PI, GSPIA),
Milos Hauskrecht,
Alexandros Labrinidis,
Rami Melhem (co-PI),
Daniel Mosse (PI),
Kirk Pruhs
- Duration: Sep 2003 - Aug 2008
- More info: http://www.cs.pitt.edu/s-citi,
NSF award data
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- Adapting program code continuously and
aggresively
- Source: National Science Foundation ($654,538)
- Faculty: Mary L. Soffa (PI), Bruce Childers (Co-PI)
- Duration: Sep 2003 - Aug 2006
- More info: NSF award data
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- Productive, Easy-to-use Reliable Computer
Systems
- Source: IBM ($895,531)
- Faculty:
Rami Melhem (PI),
Ahmed Amer,
Raymond Hoare (EE)
- Duration: Sep 2003 - Jul 2006
- More info: http://www.cs.pitt.edu/PERCS
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- Monitoring Student State in Tutorial Spoken Dialogue
- Source: National Science Foundation ($420,003)
- Faculty: Diane J. Litman (PI)
- Duration: Sep 2003 - Jul 2006
- More info: NSF award data
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- Behavioral Modeling of MEMS Sensors for System Level Design
- Source: National Science Foundation ($240,000)
- Faculty: Steven P. Levitan (PI, EE Dept) and Donald Chiarulli (Co-PI)
- Duration: Aug 2003 - May 2006
- More info: NSF award data
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- Latent variable models of large stochastic networks.
- Source: Small Grants Program, University of Pittsburgh ($9,900)
- Faculty: Milos Hauskrecht (PI)
- Duration: July 2003 - June 2005
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- Scalable Peer to Peer Data Management
- Source: Small Grants Program, University of Pittsburgh
($15,100)
- Faculty: Alexandros Labrinidis (PI)
- Duration: July 2003 - June 2005
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- Multi-Use Wireless Gateways
- Source: Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse ($98,312)
- Faculty: Jose Carlos Brustoloni (PI)
- Duration: July 2003 - December 2004
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- SoftTest: An Eclipse Plug-in for Scalable and Flexible Testing of Java Programs
- Source: IBM, Eclipse Innovation Grants
($29,000)
- Faculty: Mary Lou Soffa,
Bruce Childers
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