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Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology and began granting four-year degrees.
The Department of Computational Biology (DCB) at the University of Pittsburgh and the Computational Biology Department at Carnegie Mellon University together serve as the administrative homes of the CPCB. Dr. Ivet Bahar, the John K. Vries Chair of the Department of Computational Biology at Pitt, and Dr. Robert F. Murphy, Director of the ...
In July 1965, Allen Newell, Herbert A. Simon, and Alan J. Perlis, in conjunction with the faculty from the Graduate School of Industrial Administration (GSIA, renamed Tepper School of Business in 2004), staff from the newly formed Computation Center, and key administrators created the Computer Science Department, one of the first such departments in the nation.
The school also offers PhD degrees jointly with other colleges in the University: Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization (joint with Mathematics and Computer Science) The Hunt Library at Carnegie Mellon University is the primary source of hardcopy research material for students and faculty at the Tepper School
Schenck attended Carnegie Mellon University for his undergraduate degree. [1] After receiving his BS degree in 1986, he spent 4 years serving in the United States Army, leaving the service as a captain. [1] He then went on to Cornell University for his graduate work. After an MS in 1994, he completed his PhD in mathematics in 1997. [1]
The Mellon College of Science was founded in 1967, when the Carnegie Institute of Technology merged with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research to form Carnegie Mellon University. The scientific faculty and staff of both institutions became part of the new college, then named the Mellon College of Engineering and Science.
He then pursued a PhD in Computer Science at MIT and was advised by Charles E. Leiserson. [3] He graduated in 1988 with a dissertation titled Vector Models for Data-Parallel Computing. [2] [3] Blelloch joined Carnegie Mellon University in 1988 [2] and has taught courses on parallel algorithms and data structures. [4]
Kenneth R. Koedinger (born 1962 in Wisconsin) is a professor of human–computer interaction and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. [1] [2] He is the founding and current director of the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center. [3] He is widely known for his role in the development of the Cognitive Tutor software.