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PIPER11/08 Issue 3 A LIVING LABORATORY 4 P LAID PRODUCTIONS Inspired! C AMPAIGN KICKS OFF WITH A BANG 5 25 YEARS OF FIELD ROBOTICS ■ Heidi Opdyke 7 EDUCATION WITHOUT BORDERS 8 B UBBLING WITH JOY Leaders for the Campaign for Carnegie Mellon University hope donors are inspired to inspire 9 NEW SMOKING POLICY innovation in education and research. With more than $550 million raised, the university has announced the public phase of Core Values a $1 billion campaign that focuses on the comprehensive needs of the university. Key to Future “This campaign will shape the university’s future. Carnegie Mellon is one of the most of University imaginative and innovation-intensive universities in the world; a university that measures its ■ Heidi Opdyke excellence through its impact. This campaign Carnegie Mellon has a lot to be proud has already enabled more innovation at Carnegie of these days. And President Jared L. Mellon, and it will inspire more in the future,” Cohon had a chance to tout some of the said President Jared L. Cohon. university’s recent accomplishments in C ONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT his annual state of the university address during homecoming weekend. “We have invested a great deal in facilities and in programs and expanding and enriching the extracurricular activities for our students,” Cohon said. “There’s so much more that happens on this campus now than happened 10 years ago and certainly 20 or 30 or 40 years ago.” Cohon described recent investments in buildings and educational opportunities to a full crowd at McConomy Auditorium. From the new School of Computer Science complex now under construction to the Collaborative Innovation Center and F IREWORKS LIT THE SKY OVER Newell-Simon Hall, the skyline has C ARNEGIE MELLON AS PART OF grown from what alumni might remember. THE CAMPAIGN’ S KICKOFF PARTY “There has been great change here,” ON FRIDAY, OCT. 24. TO VIEW A Cohon said. “No matter how long it’s SLIDESHOW FROM THE FESTIVITIES, been since you’ve been away.” VISIT WWW CMU EDU NEWS PIPER . / / . CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHER C ONTINUED ON PAGE SIX University Dedicates H. John Heinz III College ■ Ken Walters The creation of the new H. John Heinz III College and policy problems that affect organizations, societies marks a commitment to provide future leaders and individuals around the globe.” with an exciting blend of the policy and technical The graduate curricula offered at the former H. expertise needed to overcome critical global issues. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management “The creation of the Heinz College is a logical has been transformed to create the new college with and compelling evolution for the university,” said a School of Public Policy and Management, and a Ramayya Krishnan, acting dean. “As information School of Information Systems and Management and communication technologies change the world, feature curricula that blends public policy, management the Heinz College is positioned to develop leaders and technology disciplines. Under the new curricula, who can understand, anticipate and effectively respond to the rapid, changing nature of managerial C ONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN O NE Q&A With Dena Tsamitis: How CyLab Reaches Out ■ Chriss Swaney to your strategy of PIPER stressing the impor- 11/08 Issue Dena Haritos Tsamitis is the director tance of information P UBLISHER of the Information Networking Institute assurance? Teresa Thomas (INI) and director of education, train- Information Assurance E DITOR ing and outreach for Carnegie Mellon education is most effec- Bruce Gerson CyLab. She was named the 2008 winner tive when it addresses M ANAGING EDITOR of the Women of Infl uence Award for Heidi Opdyke a variety of audiences professional and academic leadership in at all levels. Through W RITERS Cindy Carroll developing innovative information secu- the INI and Carnegie Jocelyn Duffy rity education programs. We caught up Mellon CyLab education Abby Houck Kelli McElhinny with her in the middle of a busy schedule initiatives, we do just Amy Pavlak to fi nd out more about her roles. Abby Ross that: we have developed Eric Sloss and offered programs Byron Spice What are some of the new program Chriss Swaney for audiences ranging offerings now under way at the INI? Ken Walters from children to senior Anne Watzman The INI just launched three new bi- Andrea L. Zrimsek citizens. coastal graduate programs in information D ESIGNER The NSF-funded technology (MSIT): the MSIT-Mobility, Melissa Stoebe Information Assur- Communications Design Group MSIT-Information Security and MSIT- ance Capacity Building P HOTOGRAPHY Software Management. These programs Program (IACBP) is Ken Andreyo offer, in my opinion, “the best of both Communications Design Group aimed at improving the worlds” — the rich academic setting To contact The Piper staff, call 412-268-2900 capacity of minority- DENA HARITOS TSAMITIS PHOTO COURTESY or email [email protected]. and interdisciplinary culture at Carnegie serving institutions, D ENA HARITOS TSAMITIS WAS NAMED A 2008 WINNER Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate and Carnegie Mellon’s main campus in Pittsburgh and OF THE WOMEN OF INFLUENCE AWARD. Mellon University is required not to discriminate in admission, including Historically employment, or administration of its programs or activities the unprecedented professional exposure on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or handicap in Black Colleges and Uni- violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the to high-tech companies in Silicon Valley. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or other federal, state, versities (HBCUs) and Hispanic-Serving What are some of the opportunities or local laws or executive orders. Next year, we’re unveiling a track in In addition, Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate Institutions (HSIs), to offer high quality your overseas programs offer? in admission, employment or administration of its programs on Digital Forensics for our Pittsburgh-based the basis of religion, creed, ancestry, belief, age, veteran status, The INI currently offers programs in sexual orientation or gender identity. Carnegie Mellon does not information assurance (IA) education and discriminate in violation of federal, state, or local laws or execu- programs and our bi-coastal Pittsburgh- tive orders. However, in the judgment of the Carnegie Mellon a specialization in computer forensics Greece, Japan and Portugal. One unique Human Relations Commission, the Presidential Executive Order Silicon Valley programs. Through a series directing the Department of Defense to follow a policy of, “Don’t aspect of the global programs is local- ask, don’t tell, don’t pursue,” excludes openly gay, lesbian and science. bisexual students from receiving ROTC scholarships or serving of courses, students may earn a certifi cate in the military. Nevertheless, all ROTC classes at Carnegie The IACBP will aid minority-serving ized content in some of the courses. For Mellon University are available to all students. in Digital Forensics from CERT. This is Inquiries concerning application of these statements should institutions to develop IA curricula under example, the Telecommunications Policy be directed to the Provost, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, telephone 412-268-6684 particularly relevant to students who plan or the Vice President for Student Affairs, Carnegie Mellon Univer- advisement and with academic enrich- course recently taught as part of the Ath- sity, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, telephone to pursue careers in law enforcement and 412-268-2057. ment from CyLab and the INI, and result ens program integrated E.U. policy issues Carnegie Mellon University publishes an annual campus security report describing the university’s security, alcohol and government agencies. drug, and sexual assault policies and containing statistics about in implementation of new IA activities at into a course that normally focuses on the number and type of crimes committed on the campus during the preceding three years. You can obtain a copy by the minority-serving institutions. The pro- U.S. policy. contacting the Carnegie Mellon Police Department at 412-268- You just received $300,000 from the 2323. The security report is available through the World Wide Web at www.cmu.edu/police/. gram will offer guidance in the develop- In Japan, fast broadband access and Obtain general information about Carnegie Mellon National Science Foundation (NSF) University by calling 412-268-2000. ment of IA courses and programs, expand mobile devices are ubiquitous, so security Produced for Media Relations by the Communications for a successful capacity build- Design Group, November 2008, 09-279. ing program. How does that tie in the research opportunities in IA, and practices related to those technologies are build expertise in cyber forensics science. emphasized in the research and training taking place in the Kobe program. In How will the capacity building pro- addition to differences in policies and Panel Offers Climate, Energy Advice gram be structured? technology trends, strong cultural differ- The program will be structured as a two- ences make an impact on the software year workshop, including a two-week used, the incentive models and the threat session during the fi rst year, presenting models that are faced in a particular cul- IA theory and practice, with a three-day ture, and thus affect how students would follow-up session in the second year, approach and derive a solution. during which participants share their Students value the international per- initial outcomes and results with their spective shared in the classroom and the peers. The approach used integrates three different approaches to problem-solving main components: technical knowledge, and teaching across cultures, and often pedagogical support and an individual comment on this as particularly relevant development plan. There will be two in today’s global economy. summer offerings in 2009 and 2010, and in the summer of 2010 and 2011.