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6 P i t t s b u r g h S upercomputing C e n t e r c e l e b r at e s 25 Y e a r s

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Armitage Recognized Among Best Educators

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To see the impact Professor Bruce Armitage has had on chemistry education at Carnegie Mellon and across the country, one only needs to see the numerous letters of support that include former students who are now teaching their own chemistry p h o t b y tim k a u l en courses. C M U a l u m n u s a n d a w ar d - w i n n i n g H o l ly w o o d p r o d uc e r J o h n W e l l s i n t e rac t s w i t h s t u d e n t s d ur i n g a r e c e n t e v e n t c e l e b ra t i n g h i s t ra n s f o r m a t i o n a l g i f t t o t h e S c h o o l o f D ra m a ’ s d i r e c t i n g p r o g ra m . F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e Armitage, a professor of g i f t a n d W e l l s , s e e p a g e 3 . chemistry and co-director of the

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Students Hit the Spring Carnival Road To Tackle Marketplace, Memory Lane Add to Midway Offerings Social Media n Maria Zayas will notice on Midway is the addition of artwork, jewelry and T-shirts. Organiza- A time machine will be part of campus the Midway Marketplace. tions also may use the space for projects, Challenges soon. “This year, the focus was on mak- discussions and more. For example, the It won’t hurl anyone into the distant ing something completely new for Spring Online Gaming Society is planning to host n Ken Walters future or the pre-historic past, but it will Carnival, rather than to augment it, and I a video game competition. think Marketplace was borne out of that,” Additional changes the student The course “Measuring Social walk attendees through the 91-year his- Yu said. Carnival Committee implemented include Initiatives” at Heinz College is taking tory of Carnegie Mellon’s annual Spring What used to be a small concert tent updating booth construction guidelines, students everywhere from executive Carnival, which takes place April 14-16. will have tables for student organizations said Nick Harper, chair of the student boardrooms to truck stops. An entry into the Midway will sport and individual students to display and sell Carnival Committee. Now in its third semester, the collages of images from past Spring merchandise and creative work. Merchan- The Carnival Committee has worked course is popular with students Carnivals as far back as 1920 in a fitting dise will include items such as student and gaining attention from major tribute to the Carnival theme, “When I C o n t i n u e d o n p a g e f o ur corporations. Student teams work with Was Your Age.” companies to create solutions to help “The entryway used to be this businesses capitalize on social media wooden card that just said ‘carnival’ trends and technology. and maybe had our opening hours,” said “Companies are investing Chun Yu, publicity co-chair on the Car- resources into social communities nival Committee. “We wanted to bring and channels to help build and engage something elaborate to Midway.” audiences, but find they don’t always The display also will include icons meet their objectives,” said Ari representing student organizations and Lightman, practice professor of digital their booths.

C o n t i n u e d o n p a g e e i g h t The second major change attendees O n e Q&A: Wallach, Staff Aid Students’ Quest for Scholarship

n Abby Houck previous award winners to help current Stephanie Wallach and her staff love students. We often have them read the working closely with students. And stu- applications, and they advise students dents love working with them. before they are interviewed. For ex- Wallach is assistant vice provost for ample, we draw on the Truman experi- undergraduate education and has directed ences of alumni such as Terry Babcock- the Fellowships and Scholarships Office Lumish, Amy Cyphert, Cameron Brown and Undergraduate Research Office since and Amy Nichols. 2006. Since that time she and her staff Swati Varshey, who won the have helped CMU students acquire more Churchill last year, spoke with Rebecca than 30 prestigious fellowships and schol- Krall about what to expect during phone arships, such as the Fulbright, Goldwater, interviews. Swati is in Cambridge this Churchill, Udall, Truman and Marshall. year and connected two of our finalists The Piper visited with Wallach to for the Gates-Cambridge Scholarship

find out more about the role she plays. Ph o t b y tim k a u l en with pervious award winners she met abroad. Although our candidates did not S t e p h a n i e W a l l ac h h a s d i r e c t e d t h e fellowships a n d s c h o l ar s h i p s a n d In October, you were selected to win, being a finalist is a big deal. U n d e r g ra d ua t e R e s e arc h o f f i c e s s i n c e 2 0 0 6 . participate in a two-week trip to Germany through a Fulbright There were a lot of different views professor in Modern Languages, and What scholarship and fellowship International Educators Award. How announcements will take place of higher education, which present op- Chris Menand, study abroad coordinator has the experience helped you? soon? portunities for our students. I learned in the Office of International Education, There was a great diversity of participants We had 22 applicants for Fulbright about different university structures to help us find and prepare students for in this Fulbright opportunity, with 17 scholarships this year, and 11 are final- by visiting universities in Berlin and international awards. other administrators representing major ists. The Fulbright is a good fit for us Leipzig. I also went with a group to We have made a very concerted research universities like the University because it is research driven. This is the Chemnitz University of Technology, effort to draw faculty directly into the of Pennsylvania to community colleges largest group of Fulbright finalists we’ve which has grown tremendously but also process. For example, a campus com- out West. Germany has a very rich ever had, and I think it’s really a result struggles to attract students to its remote mittee must approve every Fulbright research and higher education landscape, of a better-managed process on our location. I also visited Universität der and it offers opportunities for our Bundeswehr München, outside of undergraduate research students and Munich, which primarily trains military national fellowships. officers and officer cadets. S t e l l a r S c h o l a r s Stephanie Wallach’s team advises students throughout the How do you identify candidates for application process for national and international fellowships national and international awards? and scholarships. Her team has celebrated the success of nine We have so many fabulous students, but award winners this academic year and is awaiting the results of on a decentralized campus it is difficult the Udall competition and additional Fulbright announcements. piper to find students and for students to find 4/11 Issue us. It’s a combination of both an inter- So far this academic year, winners include: P u b l i s h e r est on the student’s part and making a Teresa Thomas Rebecca Krall, MCS senior Marianna Sofman, CIT senior good fit. We have worked very hard at E d i t o r Churchill Scholarship DAAD Scholarship Bruce Gerson developing better ways to figure out who Fulbright Scholarship these students are and also to let them Mackenzie Smith, H&SS senior M a n a g i n g E d i t o r to Germany Heidi Opdyke know about us. Luce Scholarship Benjamin Cowley, CIT junior W r i t e r s The first thing that we did was join John Cooper, H&SS senior Jocelyn Duffy Byron Spice together undergraduate research and Goldwater Scholarship Bruce Gerson Chriss Swaney German Chancellor’s Award Abby Houck Ken Walters national fellowships. They have been Stephanie Guerra, Heidi Opdyke Maria Zayas under one umbrella for a while, but Jane Herriman, H&SS/MCS senior Shilo Raube Andrea L. Zrimsek H&SS/MCS junior (Science (Science and Humanities Scholar) they didn’t really function in a way that and Humanities Scholar) D e s i g n e r allowed them to draw on each other. Fulbright Scholarship Melissa Stoebe Goldwater Scholarship Communications Design Group Students who engage in undergraduate to Switzerland research now become part of the cohort Robert Tisherman, CIT junior P h o t o g r a p h y Eda Akyar, H&SS/MCS senior Ken Andreyo of students that receives messages about Goldwater Scholarship Stephen Baden (Science and Humanities Scholar) Tim Kaulen scholarship opportunities. Fulbright Scholarship The Communications Design and We’ve developed the Odyssey Photography Group to Indonesia program, which invites a select group of To contact The Piper staff, call 412-268- 2900 or email [email protected]. sophomores to participate in a three-day

Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate and Carnegie candidate. We bring in research and end. We’ve helped students determine Mellon University is required not to discriminate in admission, workshop before the spring semester. employment, or administration of its programs or activities teaching faculty who have expertise in country placements that fit their needs on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or handicap in We also work closely with Student violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the areas of interest to the student. Fac- and interests. Students are now working the Educational Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the Affairs, the advising network, coaches, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or other federal, state, or local laws or executive orders. ulty can comment substantively on the substantively on their proposals over In addition, Carnegie Mellon University does not athletic directors and faculty members. discriminate in admission, employment or administration of student’s application and also help him a longer period of time. The involve- its programs on the basis of religion, creed, ancestry, belief, age, veteran status, sexual orientation or gender identity. or her make connections and research ment of the faculty committees also has Carnegie Mellon does not discriminate in violation of federal, Who supports students through the state, or local laws or executive orders. However, in the judg- ment of the Carnegie Mellon Human Relations Commission, application processes? placements abroad. translated into more Carnegie Mellon the Presidential Executive Order directing the Department of Defense to follow a policy of, “Don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t There is the staff at my office that in- When students make it to the final- finalists. pursue,” excludes openly gay, lesbian and bisexual students from receiving ROTC scholarships or serving in the military. Nevertheless, all ROTC classes at Carnegie Mellon University cludes Jennifer Keating-Miller, assistant ist rounds, which include interviews, We also are waiting to hear the re- are available to all students. Inquiries concerning application of these statements director of undergraduate research and we involve faculty and the Career and sults of the Udall Scholarship selection. should be directed to the Provost, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, telephone 412- national fellowships, and Jen Weiden- Professional Development Center’s 268-6684 or the Vice President for Campus Affairs, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, What are some recent additions to telephone 412-268-2057. hof, our program coordinator. We also consultants. I would say that it is genu- Carnegie Mellon University publishes an annual campus the URO regarding programs and security report describing the university’s security, alcohol and have Elisa Tragni Maloney, who is inely a campus-wide effort. drug, and sexual assault policies and containing statistics funding opportunities? about the number and type of crimes committed on the campus during the preceding three years. You can obtain a our Fulbright adviser and a part-time copy by contacting the Carnegie Mellon Police Department How do scholarship winners share We are continuing the Semiconductor at 412-268-2323. The security report is available through the instructor in the Modern Languages World Wide Web at www.cmu.edu/police/. their experiences? Research Corporation Undergraduate Obtain general information about Carnegie Mellon University Department. In addition, we draw on by calling 412-268-2000. Produced for Media Relations by The Communications We are always looking for intersec- Research Opportunities (SRC-URO) Design and Photography Group, April 2011, 11-475. Therese Tardio, associate teaching tions where we can use the expertise of C o n t i n u e d o n p a g e t h r e e T w o Q&A: Wallach, Staff Aid Students’ Quest for Scholarship Wallach’s Team School of Drama Renames Directing Program Guides Scholars After Hollywood Producer John Wells C o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e t w o program. We have 12 students n Heidi Opdyke Pittsburgh’s culturally rich environ- Shows produced by Wells have ment also was important for him in shap- received more than 200 Emmy Award conducting semiconductor and Hollywood executive producer John ing his studies. nominations and have won more than 50 information technology research in Wells has made giving back to his alma “The thing that made it special then Emmy Awards. His shows also have re- the program. It starts in the second mater a priority in his life. and now is it’s a very intensive, creative ceived 50 Golden Globe nominations and semester of the sophomore year, He credits Carnegie Mellon and the and academic experience. It’s completely have won four Golden Globes, and Wells continues through the summer and School of Drama as a central component focused on drama and storytelling and de- has won five Peabody Awards and the concludes at the end of the junior of his success as an executive producer. sign and theater, and theater is what feeds Humanitas Prize. Current projects include year. “It’s the people who make the dif- into television, which is what I ended up “Southland” and “Shameless,” and he’s We continue to have interest in ference,” he said in an interview during a doing,” he said comparing Pittsburgh to working to direct Meryl Streep and Julia I-SURG, which is the International visit in March. Wells was on campus to locations such as Los Angeles, Chicago Roberts in a film version of “August: Small Undergraduate Research Grant announce a transformational gift to the and New York. “What I wanted was some Osage County.” program. Students already planning university. place where I could grow the craft. You Wells returns often to talk to students to study abroad propose research Because of his generosity to CMU, need a conservatory experience to be the about the industry and his career. He projects to conduct either while they the School of Drama has renamed the basis to start. It’s the edge of the pool you spoke of the classical underpinnings that are abroad or when they return. directing program in his honor. His gift, push off of.” the School of Drama reinforces, which he In addition, we have the Jen- the amount of which is private, includes One thing that has stayed similar is said set the basis for how he approached nings Brave Family Companions The John Wells Visiting Professorship the small selective nature of the school. his career, as well as how to work with Fund. Larry Jennings, a trustee at in Directing, support for student fellow- “There’s more opportunity to be other people. Having that foundation, he Carnegie Mellon, has created this ships in directing, called “Wells Fellows,” hands on,” he said. “You’re not sharing added, is more important than learning opportunity to support students who and a discretionary fund for the head of the play with 20 people but rather two or the newest technology and keeping up may not have the resources to go the School of Drama to subsidize the three.” with equipment changes. abroad in the summer. He is especial- costs of visits from guest artists, cross- As a student, Wells struggled with “Once you have that, you’re prepared ly interested in students who want disciplinary symposia and other activities tuition. He said he was from Arapahoe to do any project out there,” he said. to go to underdeveloped countries. to enrich the school’s theater training. County outside of Denver where there One thing Wells hopes is that H&SS sophomores Prisca Ohito and School of Drama Head Peter Cooke said were “a lot of people living hardscrabble students talk to guest artists and visiting Kimberly Josephson are this year’s the first visiting guest artist would be lives.” One of his professors, Bill Nelson, lectures and connect those experiences to recipients. Peter Kleinert of the Ernst Busch School found a benefactor “and he would write a their education. of Performing Arts in Berlin, Germany. check that would keep me in school when They may not yet appreciate the Can you give us a sneak peak at The university has changed since Meeting of the Minds? I thought I was going to have to go. And level of professional of their professors,” Wells graduated in 1979. At the time, the It’s so hard to choose, because there I never forgot that. I never would have he said. “There’s terrific faculty, and Purnell Center for the Arts was only a are so many great projects. been able to do any of the things in my ultimately it’s about the quality of the hill, and drama students shared quarters We funded a SURG in Spring career that I did without the education I professors and the students.” with musicians in the CFA building. 2010 for Pigpen, a group of seven received here.” acting students who performed in New York last summer. They have spent the past two years exploring how to create highly atmospheric CMU, Shrinivas Dempo Announce $3 Million Gift theater using shadow play, simple lighting effects, puppetry, live music Shrinivas V. Dempo, chairman of the ly links faculty at Carnegie Mellon and with the chair will be a senior, tenured and group music. Dempo Group of Companies in Goa, In- at leading universities in India. Thus, faculty member of an Indian university. There’s also a research project in dia, has made a $3 million gift to endow there will be two Vasantrao Dempo pro- The partnership continues Carn- computer science on robot soccer. a professorship at the Tepper School fessors at all times — one at Carnegie egie Mellon’s important connections to Another student, Rebecca of Business. Dempo earned a graduate Mellon and one in India. The selected India. More than 30 percent of Carnegie Potash, researched inkjet electron- degree in industrial administration from Carnegie Mellon faculty member will Mellon students are from outside the ics with Vice President for Research CMU in 1998. be appointed to the chair for a tenure U.S., and the majority of those students Rick McCullough. She became a The gift will be used to endow the of four years, which can be renewed are from India. In addition, the largest contributing member of an entrepre- Vasantrao Dempo Reflective Chair, for one additional four-year term, after concentration of CMU alumni outside neurial spinoff, and she is learning named in honor of Shrinivas Dempo’s which a different faculty member will be of the U.S. lives in India. about patents and business start-up grandfather. The reflective chair formal- chosen. The Indian scholar who partners methods. CIT student Heather Dolan did research on DNA sequencing with Professor James Schneider, and she’s about to have a potential article in Science based on her findings in the lab. Kelly Bescherer is working with History Professor Donna Harsch to explore the feminist squatting move- ment in Germany in the late ’70s and the early ’80s. Finally, Rachel Inman worked on a design project called “My City, My Block,” which advances design solutions for public spaces in Pitts- burgh. CFA faculty members Donald Carter, Dylan Vitone and Joshua Welsh supported her project. w e ca n m a k e a d i f f e r e n c e . C ar n e g i e M e l l o n U n i v e r s i t y i s o n t rac k t o r e ac h t h e $ 1 b i l l i o n g o a l o f t h e

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t h e h o m e s t r e t c h t o ac h i e v e t h i s h i s t o r i c m i l e s t o n e . V i s i t c m u . e d u / ca m p a i g n f o r t h e l a t e s t ca m p a i g n n e w s T h r e e a n d p r o g r e s s , o r t o m a k e y o ur g i f t t o d a y . P r o g r e s s s i n c e J a n uar y 31, 2011: $5,389,673. Reveling in Robot Innovations Spring Carnival Celebrates 91 Years C o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e o n e n Byron Spice years, and his research interests include virtual humans. with the booth organizations on the plan review process and guidelines for erecting Robots come in all shapes and sizes. At ICT, Swartout provides overall structurally sound buildings. The Carnival Construction Standards have been Some look like cars or toys — others direction for the institute’s research rewritten and the new codes are based on the International Building Code and like humans — and their diversity will programs and leads the National Science guarantee a safer Spring Carnival. be celebrated at Carnegie Mellon during Foundation-funded museum guides This will be the second year that all of the decade-based reunions will gather National Robotics Week, April 11-15. project, which is bringing ICT-created at Spring Carnival. With more alumni than ever coming back, the weekend promises During that time, there will research a bustling and full campus. virtual humans to the Museum of Sci- project demonstrations at the Robot- “Spring Carnival traditionally has been a student-run event,” said Dan Barnett, ence in Boston. In 2009, he received ics Institute, the annual Mobot races director of alumni on-campus programs. “In recognizing that more alumni were the Robert Engelmore Award from the and the annual Teruko Yata Memorial attending the events surrounding the weekend, reunions and additional programming Association for the Advancement of Lecture, featuring William Swartout of have been layered onto what the students had typically planned. Artificial Intelligence for seminal contri- the University of Southern California. butions to knowledge-based systems and The celebration overlaps with Spring explanation, groundbreaking research Carnival, April 14-16. s p r i n g C a r n i va l C o mm i tt e e ’ s w e b s i t e : on virtual human technologies and their The week’s aim is to highlight the applications, and outstanding service to w w w . s p r i n g ca r n i va l . o r g growing importance of robotics in a the artificial intelligence community. wide variety of application areas, rec- s p r i n g C a r n i va l & R e u n i o n w e b s i t e On Friday, April 15, the Robotics ognize robotics technology as a pillar of ( i n c l u d e s e v e n t r e g i s t r at i o n ): Institute will host demonstrations from 21st century American innovation and to noon to 4 p.m. in the Planetary Robot- w w w . cm u . e d u / a l u m n i / i n v o lv e d / e v e n t s / ca r n i va l / emphasize robotics’ ability to inspire. ics Lab highbay on the first floor of the “Now in its second year, National Gates and Hillman centers. A limited Robotics Week continues to be a tre- “It is an exciting opportunity to showcase the efforts of Carnegie Mellon number of openings are available for mendous success in educating the public students. We are seeing more participation by the colleges and various departments hourly demonstrations of balance experi- on how robotics impacts society, both around campus. I know that the student committee is also working hard to enhance ments with a life-sized Sarcos humanoid now and in the future,” said Rep. Mike the programming and events that they coordinate,” Barnett said. robot. A reception in the highbay will Doyle of Pennsylvania’s 14th District, With that in mind, the committee hopes more of the campus community takes follow from 4 to 6 p.m. co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on advantage of activities. Pre-registration is requested by Robotics. “Robotics provides an excit- “I would like to see more involvement from graduate students in the future. April 11 for the April 14 Yata lecture and Right now, graduate schools don’t get the days off for Carnival and there is gener- ing, hands-on way for students to learn reception as well as the April 15 human- ally a bit of a disconnect between graduate and undergraduate students in terms of science, technology, engineering and oid tours and robotics reception. More involvement in student activities,” Harper said. “I think Carnival would be great for math subjects, and the industry is poised information and links to the pre-regis- grad students to get involved with, considering how many people from the Carnegie to create many high-tech jobs in the U.S. tration form are available in the Events Mellon community and the surrounding Pittsburgh community come to attend.” in areas ranging from manufacturing to and Activities section of the Robotics health care.” Institute website, www.ri.cmu.edu. Swartout, director of technology for Also on Friday, April 15, the School the USC Institute for Creative Technolo- of Computer Science will host the 17th gies (ICT), kicks off the celebration by p r i n g a r n i va l v e n t s annual Mobot races, www.cs.cmu. S C E presenting the Yata Lecture at 3:30 p.m., edu/~mobot/, from noon to 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 14 in the Rashid Audi- For the full list of events, visit the mall. Participants will race their torium of the Gates and Hillman centers. www.cmu.edu/alumni/carnival small autonomous vehicles they created Swartout has been involved in the through a slalom course on the paved School of Drama Production: Alumni Association Spring Carnival research and development of artificial “The Alice Project” Golf Outing walk outside Doherty and Wean halls. intelligence systems for more than 30 Thursday and Friday: 8 p.m. Shuttle will leave from UC Circle at Noon, Saturday: 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Friday, April 15 Phillip Chosky Theater, Purnell Center 3 Lakes Golf Course, Penn Hills, PA For tickets and additional information please Registration Required/ Event Fee: $50 visit: www.cmu.edu/cfa/drama/ Register online, visit: www.cmu.edu/ alumni/involved/events/carnival/ Calendar of Events Scotch’n’Soda Production: “Cabaret” registration-golf/index.html Thursday: 8 p.m. Friday: 3 p.m. & 11 p.m. The 15th Gate: MOBOT Award “The Alice Project” Earth Day Saturday: 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. Ceremony & Wrap Up This innovative production has been devel- The College of Engineering and Steinbrenner Rangos Hall, UC 3 p.m., Friday, April 15 oped through a yearlong interdisciplinary Institute present “Flying High” and “Heels on Tickets can be reserved online at Rashid Auditorium, Gates & Hillman centers collaboration. Wheels.” Come see birds of prey and the tickets.snstheatre.org April 14-23 launch of a new drive to ride bicycles to Activities Board Spring Carnival Philip Chosky Theater campus to save fuel. Spring Carnival Midway Opening Comedy Show with Eddie Griffin www.drama.cmu.edu Noon – 3 p.m., Thursday, April 21 Ceremony 8 p.m., Friday, April 15 Scaife Hall Garden 3 p.m., Thursday, April 14 CFA Lawn (Rain Location: Wiegand Gym) Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Spring Carnival Midway Open House University Lecture Series Sweepstakes Final Races 1 p.m., Friday, April 15 Nancy Klancher, a doctoral candidate in Kiltie Band Concert & KidZone Activity Area 300 S. Craig Street religious studies at the University of Pittsburgh, 4 p.m., Thursday, April 14 9 a.m. – Noon, Saturday, April 16 See pages 6-7 for more information. will discuss “A Massacre Averted: An Armenian Spring Carnival Midway Tent Schenley Park (Course is on Tech Street, RSVP at www.psc.edu/discover11/rsvp.php Town, an American Nurse, and the Turkish Frew Street & Schenley Drive) Army They Resisted.” Activities Board Spring Carnival School of Art Lecture 4:30 p.m., Monday, April 25 Concert Holi Craig Dykers, co-founder of Snøhetta, a Porter Hall 100 (Gregg Hall) 8 p.m., Thursday, April 14 Noon – 4 p.m., Saturday, April 16 transdisciplinary architecture, landscape and Spring Carnival Midway Tent Flagstaff Hill interiors firm with offices in Oslo and New Buhl Lecture www.cmu-om.org York, will discuss “Snøhetta: Works.” Scott Aaronson, an associate professor of Preliminary Sweepstakes Races 6 p.m., Monday, April 18 electrical engineering and computer science & KidZone Activity Area President’s Address & Student Carnegie Museum of Art Theater at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 8 a.m. – Noon, Friday, April 15 Life Panel will speak. Schenley Park (Course is on Tech Street, Frew 1 – 2:30 p.m., Saturday, April 16 “A Dream Play” 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 29 Street & Schenley Drive) Connan Room, UC Caryl Churchill’s new version of August Mellon Institute Auditorium Strindberg’s “A Dream Play,” which follows For more information, visit page 5. Alumni Association All Campus BBQ Alumni Sing the vision of a divine daughter’s visit to Earth. www.cmu.edu/physics/seminars-and-events/ 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., Friday, April 15 3:30 – 5 p.m., Saturday, April 16 April 20-23 buhl-lectures/ Merson Courtyard & Loggia, UC Great Hall, College of Fine Arts Helen Wayne Rauh Studio Theater www.drama.cmu.edu The Adamson Awards Ceremony Final MOBOT Slalom Races Keynote reading by visiting author Wang Ping, Noon, Friday, April 15 followed by a presentation of the annual Race courses in front of Wean Hall Adamson Awards for student writing. 8 p.m., Friday, April 29 Adamson Wing, Baker Hall 136

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n Michael Schneider year — include government and industry Currently numbering about 90 sci- shakedown process with new systems. scientists as well as universities. entists and computing and communica- It allows us to have more influence with The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center “We’re a service organization,” tions professionals, PSC’s staff, Levine the vendors for the course of develop- (PSC) started from an idea over lunch Levine said. “We buy supercomputers said, takes a backseat to no one as an ment of the system.” in 1984. and make them available along with the assemblage of skill and experience in Carnegie Mellon Physics Professor expertise required to use them produc- supercomputing. Latest Acquisition Michael Levine knew that the National tively.” It should be no surprise that PSC Science Foundation was soliciting PSC’s current lead system is Blacklight Partnership with Westinghouse was participated in breathtaking technologi- proposals for something that didn’t then (an SGI Altix UV1000), acquired in a key to PSC’s winning proposal. While cal change. It’s built into the idea of a exist: supercomputing centers to serve 2010 with a $2.8 million award from the administrative offices are at 300 S. Craig supercomputer, which — by common U.S. science and engineering research. NSF. Featuring 512 eight-core proces- St. (having moved from the Mellon definition — means the most powerful “Why don’t we submit a proposal?” sors (4,096 cores) with 32 terabytes (a Institute Building in 2006), PSC’s super- scientific computer available at a given he said to his research collaborator and trillion bytes) of memory, Blacklight is computers are at Westinghouse Energy time, and times change rapidly. The friend across the table. partitioned into two 16-terabyte systems Center in Monroeville and are linked useful life of a supercomputer, Roskies “Why would they want to give a — the two largest “shared-memory” to Oakland by high-speed fiber. Rather noted, has been three to four years. supercomputer to us?” asked University systems in the world, a significant than building from scratch a facility for “In cost effectiveness, the evolution of Pittsburgh Physics Professor Ralph advantage for many kinds of scientific high-performance scientific computers, from 1986 to now is nearly 100,000- Roskies. applications. Shared memory, as op- PSC has been able to leverage Westing- fold,” he said. “Our first machine was a “Who else should they give it to?” posed to distributed memory, means all house’s infrastructure. Westinghouse in CRAY X-MP that cost $18 million dol- The two physicists soon teamed of a system’s memory can be accessed 1984 was running two Cray systems, and lars. A 2011 laptop is more powerful.” with Jim Kasdorf, then director of from all of its processors, making it — their experience and credibility reassured To bring home the point about cost- supercomputing at Westinghouse, now relatively speaking — easy to program skeptics that the Pittsburgh team could effectiveness, he analogizes to cars. A PSC director of special projects, and and use, and useful for applications operate supercomputers productively for car today of similar quality to one that more than a few sleepless nights later, that require large amounts of data to be the national research community. cost $30,000 in 1986 would be 30 cents. in the spring of 1985, their proposal resident in memory. Perhaps even more important to “You wouldn’t pay to park it.” flew by special courier to Washington Early this year, Blacklight became PSC’s proposal and to its staying power Beginning with that CRAY X-MP, — on the day of the deadline. After available for research as part of the as a world-class research center is the PSC has implemented 13 systems for many suspense-filled months, on Jan. TeraGrid, the NSF cyberinfrastructure partnership between CMU and Pitt. research use, most of them “serial num- 17, 1986, the National Science Board program that links resources at 11 com- ber one” — first of their kind released approved funding for the PSC, with putational centers across the country. Forefront of Innovation by the vendor. PSC has a reputation for Levine and Roskies as co-directors. Through funding from the National taking the plunge with new technolo- Twenty-five years later, PSC is a Beginning with Levine and Roskies’ Institutes of Health, PSC’s biomedi- gies and quickly transforming them into nationally leading center in providing lunchtime brainstorm, PSC was one of cal group, the National Resource for productive research tools. the best possible computing environ- the first major research efforts — there Biomedical Supercomputing (NRBSC), “The advantage,” Levine said, “is ment for scientists and engineers doing have been others since — to receive of- carries out a research program of its own the payoff to the scientific community. unclassified research. ficial backing from both CMU and Pitt. and provides outreach and training in If you get new machines into use early Researchers who use PSC resources “Affiliation with two great universi- supercomputing for biomedical research. in their cycle, you can use them longer. — numbering in the thousands each ties,” Levine said, “has certainly helped With a $2.7 million “grand opportuni- in attracting talent.” We’re experienced and skilled at this ties” grant from NIH in 2009, NRBSC

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Many Carnegie Mellon researchers Wake-up Call for Public Data use the Pittsburgh Supercomputing In 2009, The New York Times and other Center in their projects. Here’s a national media reported that Alessandro snapshot of some recent work done Acquisti, a CMU professor of information systems, had exposed a potentially serious in conjunction with the PSC. vulnerability in online information. Learn about more projects at: The information age has changed commercial life irrevocably in favor of rapid DISCOVER11, From Scientific transactions at high volume, and inherent Vision to Scientific Discoveries in this transformation is the risk that highly PSC Open House skilled, dishonest people can obtain identity 1 p.m., April 15 information and use it fraudulently. Further complicating the situation are social net- 300 South Craig Street works such as Facebook. As much as they add to our ability to communicate, they also The PSC will highlight achieve- make information public that exacerbates ments over the past 25 years and the potential for criminals to create financial present Blacklight, its newest com- chaos. puting resource, along with remarks Relying on PSC’s Pople system, Ac- quisti and post-doctoral researcher Ralph from PSC partners. Shake, Rattle and Roll Gross showed that with information gleaned From the research of Jacobo Bielak, CMU professor of civil and environ- For more information: www.psc.edu from online sources it’s possible to predict mental engineering, this snapshot from a simulation at the PSC shows soil most — and sometimes all — of an indi- vibration from an earthquake near Thessaloniki, Greece. vidual’s Social Security number. Bielak and colleagues have developed a program, Hercules, that is one of the “In a world of wired consumers,” world’s leading efforts to realistically simulate soil vibration during earthquakes. Acquisti said. “it is possible to combine in- In 2008, Bielak won a four-year, $1.6 million NSF grant, with colleagues from formation from multiple sources to infer data the University of California, to help determine seismic risks affecting the Los that is more personal and sensitive than any Angeles Basin and other earthquake-prone regions. Bielak’s team has worked single piece of original information alone.” closely with PSC scientists over a period of years in developing Hercules. www.psc.edu/science/2009/privacy/ www.psc.edu/science/2008/quake.html/ S i x Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Celebrates 25 Years of Cutting-Edge Technology

(Computation and Science for Teachers), Signs of Success PSC staff members have trained many To Levine and Roskies, the measure of southwest Pennsylvania science and success that counts most is scientific math high-school teachers in easy-to-use accomplishment. PSC resources have modeling and simulation tools that bring enabled thousands of published papers. “cool” technology into the classroom. Along with many CMU projects, the With CMIST (Computational Modules PSC has contributed to heart modeling in Science Teaching), NRBSC provides that led to a practical prosthetic valve, multi-disciplinary teaching materials protein simulations that were cited in — lecture slides, animations and lesson the 2003 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, plans — as ready-to-use online modules and storm forecast modeling that for the and DVDs. The initial module, first time successfully predicted precise “Molecular Transport in Cells,” presents location and structure of a severe thun- principles of osmosis and diffusion. A derstorm six hours in advance. second module, “Big Numbers in Small Industrial applications include Spaces: Simulating Atoms, Molecules,

te s y of the p itt sb u rg h e rco m utin g c ente r beverage can modeling by ALCOA and and Brownian Motion,” premiered in quantum simulation of photochromic 2009, and a third, “Enzyme Structure technology for sunglasses for PPG

p h o t co u r and Function,” came out last year. Industries. M i k e L e v i n e ( l e f t ) & R a l p h R o s k i e s , p s C c o - d i r e c t o r s Another PSC outreach program, During the H1N1 outbreak, epidemi- BEST (Better Educators of Science ological modeling at the PSC supported for the first time made a novel system — a high-speed network hub that connects for Tomorrow), introduces high-school decision makers in Allegheny County named Anton — available to biomedical CMU, Pitt, Penn State, and other uni- teachers to a bioinformatics curriculum. and in Washington. Recently, PSC scien- researchers nationally. versities and public-school districts to BEST provides ready-to-use lesson tists co-authored a paper in “Nature,” the Built and donated to NRBSC for a research and education networks, such plans for single-subject trained educators prestigious international science journal, year by D. E. Shaw Research in New as Internet2 and National LambdaRail, to teach bioinformatics and has become that for the first time presented a wiring York City, Anton is designed to do only that link universities, corporations and a course in several southwest Pennsyl- diagram for a portion of the brain. molecular dynamics — a method to research agencies nationally. vania high schools. “We’re pleased and lucky,” Roskies simulate the structure and motion of In 2010, 3ROX joined with a coali- In 2010, the PSC introduced SAFE- said, “to be, in a sense, voyeurs — to be proteins and other biomolecules — tion of Pennsylvania organizations to Net, funded by an NSF grant for Cyber able to see wonderful and important sci- and is the world’s most effective system form the Pennsylvania Research and Safety Awareness. In this program, PSC entific accomplishments made possible for doing this. Education Network (PennREN), and provides learning materials that address and happening because the technology PSC staff led the PennREN effort that cyber threats, measures of protection, is progressing at an astounding pace. To Collaboration and Outreach won $100 million in federal stimulus and questions of cyber ethics that arise be a computational scientist is to live in money to build a broadband network Among other ways the PSC serves from social networking and other uses of very interesting times.” western Pennsylvania is its network- across Pennsylvania. the Internet. ing group that operates and maintains PSC also has an active program in 3ROX (Three Rivers Optical Exchange), educational outreach. Through CAST

Excited States of the Strong Force This graphic, showing the spectrum of “excited states” of protons and neu- trons, is from computations by CMU Physics Professor Colin Morningstar. In 2008, Morningstar and his col- leagues in a team called the Hadron Spectrum Collaboration used resources

at the PSC and other NSF TeraGrid te s y of the PSC It Knows What You’re centers to apply a sophisticated, Fixing the Holes Thinking computationally demanding approach In 2006, by including black holes for With help from PSC computing, Tom called lattice QCD (quantum chro- I m ag e s co u r the first time in a large-scale cos- Mitchell, who chairs CMU’s Department modynamics) to do what no one had mological simulation, CMU Physicist of Machine Learning, and his collabora- previously been able to do: They suc- Opening the Glutamate Gate Tiziana Di Matteo uncovered their tors have shown that a mind-reading cessfully calculated the masses of an Showing structure of the binding domain function in regulating the growth of computer — though a long way from excited-state spectrum of the class of for a membrane protein called gluta- galaxies. current reality — is within the realm of fundamental particles called hadrons. mate, this image from simulations by This snapshot from her simulation the possible. www.psc.edu/science/2009/qcd/ CMU computational chemist Maria at PSC shows the cosmos at about six Their intriguing experiments with Kurnikova highlights her findings that billion years, when the universe has functional magnetic-resonance imaging provide new insight into how glutamate many black holes and a pronounced show that a computer model can predict opens its “gate” to allow neurotransmit- filamentary structure. which noun you’re thinking about among ters to pass and activate neurons. Her To do this simulation, Di Matteo a group of selected nouns. findings identify precise atom-by-atom used 2,000 processors of the PSC’s In 2010, using PSC’s Pople system, changes. BigBen system (now decommissioned) and with critical help from PSC consul- The availability of PSC’s BigBen for more than four weeks. tants, Ph.D. student Indrayana Rustandi, system allowed her and colleague www.psc.edu/science/2006/blackhole/ working with Mitchell, designed an Tatyana Mamonova to run simulations algorithm that markedly boosts accuracy overnight that used to take several days. of the noun-prediction model. www.psc.edu/science/2008/glutamate. www.psc.edu/science/2010/brainactivity/ html/ S e v e n CMU Appoints New Deans for Qatar Campus and Tepper School

Carnegie Mellon Provost and Executive ar tatives from Carnegie Mellon and Qatar t Vice President Mark Kamlet has Foundation for Education, Science and announced the appointment of two Community Development. Additionally, new deans. he is a member of the board of trustees Ilker Baybars, deputy dean, the of Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, George Leland Bach Chair and profes- as well as vice president and board sor of operations management at the member of the Alliance on Business Tepper School of Business, was named Education and Scholarship for Tomorrow dean of Carnegie Mellon in Qatar, in Tokyo. He has served as a consultant effective this August. Robert M. (Bob) to the United Nations and various public

Dammon, associate dean of education and private organizations in Turkey and te s y of C ar ne g ie M e llo n U nive rs ity in Q a and professor of financial economics at Asia. the Tepper School of Business, has been Dammon will succeed Kenneth chosen to lead the school as its ninth Dunn, who stepped down as dean on Ph o t co u r R o b e r t M . D a m m o n I l k e r B a y b ar s dean, effective May 1. December 31, 2010, after nine years at Baybars will assume duties from the post. Kamlet has served as acting interim dean G. Richard Tucker, who dean since Dunn’s departure. including Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 A noted and well-respected research- has been serving since August 2010. He “We are fortunate to have Bob as- firms, in industries ranging from finan- er whose work has been published in the will be Carnegie Mellon Qatar’s second sume leadership of one of the world’s cial services to telecommunications and most prestigious finance and economic dean, following Charles E. “Chuck” great business schools,” Kamlet said. consumer packaged goods. journals, including the American Eco- Thorpe, who served in this role from “The analytical approach to solving Dammon is the only three-time nomic Review, the Review of Financial 2004 to 2010. complex business problems was invented winner of the Tepper School’s George Studies and the Journal of Finance, “With more than 32 years of at Carnegie Mellon’s business school Leland Bach Teaching Award (1989, Dammon’s most recent research focuses service to Carnegie Mellon and our and serves as an important framework 1997, 2007). He has taught numer- on lifetime savings, investing and asset university community, Ilker is one of for business. Our expectation of a leader ous graduate-level classes in corporate allocation. Among the awards he has won the longest-serving and most valued for the school’s academic and research finance, mergers & acquisitions and cor- for his scholarship is the 2004 TIAA- academic leaders of the institution,” priorities is extremely high, and Bob’s porate restructuring, and has developed CREF Paul A. Samuelson Award for Kamlet said. “His experience and experience is unmatched.” and taught numerous executive educa- Outstanding Scholarly Writing on successes in teaching, research and After earning his MBA in 1980 and tion programs in the arena of corporate Lifelong Financial Security. academic initiatives will be a great his Ph.D. in 1984 in financial economics finance. benefit to our campus in Qatar.” at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, A native of Turkey, Baybars Dammon joined the faculty of the received his bachelor’s degree from Tepper School of Business, formerly Students Tackle Social Media

Middle East Technical University known as the Graduate School of C o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e o n e (METU) in Ankara, Turkey, in 1969. Industrial Administration. He became media and marketing. “Working with our students provides them with analytic After spending a year at METU as an associate dean for education at the expertise to create strategies that will deliver positive results, while also gaining instructor, Baybars studied at Carn- Tepper School in 2008. access to the generation of individuals who use this technology all the time.” egie Mellon, where he earned master’s While regarded as a world-class With a group of diverse clients, students benefit from a range of experiences, (1972) and Ph.D. (1979) degrees. He academic researcher and leading expert whether it’s helping a company improve existing social campaigns or build an online joined the university faculty in 1978. on the implications of taxation on asset social strategy from scratch. Baybars’ primary teaching and research allocation and corporate finance, Which brings us to the truck stop. have been in the fields of quantitative Dammon’s direct ties to industry are Students teamed with Progressive Commercial, a division of Progressive methods, operations research and pro- equally strong through consulting roles Insurance, to help truckers build a social media presence. duction management. and executive education programs. As part of their research, one student took a road trip and visited various truck Baybars has served as a member of Dammon has developed and taught cus- stops, asking truckers what kinds of information they would find useful on a mobile Carnegie Mellon Qatar’s Joint Advisory tomized financial management programs application. The student team also met with an official at Pitt-Ohio, a trucking and Board, which is comprised of represen- for more than two dozen corporations, transportation solutions company. “We learned that truckers, who are always on the road, would find value in a mobile application that aggregates relevant industry information,” said Maxine Markfield, a master’s student in the college’s Public Policy and Management Program. “When they In Memory are hauling loads from location to location, they want to know information about the shippers. When they arrive with the load, will the shipper turn it around quickly? Where can they park? “Truckers are also interested in finding the best truck stops. They want to know about cleanliness, food quality, are pets allowed and is Internet access available,” she added. Working with Progressive Commercial, the students designed a crowdsourcing application, which allows truckers to provide and share timely information about shipping locations and truck stops, Markfield said. She noted Progressive Commercial was pleased with the project, adding that it provided value to the trucker community and the company. The Progressive Commercial team wasn’t the only group of students hitting the road. Credit Suisse, a multinational financial services company, invited a team of students to its New York office. “The students enjoyed two days of solid meetings, learning about the company and industry so that they could provide strategies and recommendations for an internal social collaboration and communication initiative,” Lightman said. Other students worked with eBay on a project to help the company connect with hobbyists, an important audience for the online auction and shopping website. The group conducted research on how social commerce affects buyers and sellers, and proposed an application to develop greater levels of engagement with this key stakeholder group. p h o t b y tim k a u l en “The companies we bring in want to do more projects with us,” Lightman said, A s e l f - p o r t ra i t o f s t u d e n t J e e - H o o n C h o i w a s par t o f a m e m o r i a l noting that recent sponsors have included SAP, Comcast, the Pittsburgh Steelers and e x h i b i t o f h i s w o r k at T h e F ra m e e ar l i e r t h i s m o n t h . C h o i , a s e n i o r i n Tom’s of Maine. “In the future, I’d like to team up with different departments on campus t h e S c h o o l o f A r t , w a s k i l l e d M arc h 2 5 i n a car acc i d e n t i n F l o r i d a . so we can create a center where companies can be fully educated on the social media

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Educators Recognized for Work Inside and Outside Classroom C o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e o n e Center for Nucleic Acids Science and William H. and Frances S. Ryan Technology, is this year’s recipient of the G r a d u at e S t u d e n t s H o n o r e d Award for Meritorious Teaching university-wide William H. and Frances Bruce Armitage, professor, Department of Chemistry S. Ryan Award for Meritorious Teaching. Hilary Franklin, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English, is He will receive the award at the the winner of the 2011 Graduate Student Teaching Award. Franklin is Barbara Lazarus Award for Graduate Celebration of Education at 4:30 p.m., known for creating a welcoming atmosphere in the classroom and Student and Junior Faculty Mentoring Tuesday, April 26 in Rangos 1 & 2. The for being enthusiastic, flexible and creative in designing curricula. Karen Stump, teaching professor and director of undergraduate students and laboratories, event is free and open to the public. Honorable Mention for the teaching award went to Michael Department of Chemistry Douglas Mitchell, an assistant Klipper, a doctoral student in the Department of Mathematical professor of chemistry at the University Sciences. Klipper has been a teaching assistant for many courses Mark Gelfand Service Award for of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, credits and wrote a textbook aimed at first-year students with strong Educational Outreach Armitage’s Organic Chemistry II course mathematical backgrounds. Carrie Doonan, teaching professor and director of undergraduate laboratories, Department of for deciding to switch from biology to Omar De Leon, a student in the Civil and Environmental Biological Sciences chemistry. Engineering Department, won this year’s Graduate Student Service “Bruce’s course left me with Award. De Leon serves on a number of committees at the university, The College Teaching Awards an insatiable desire to learn more represents CMU on the Pittsburgh Student Government Council and Carnegie Institute of Technology chemistry,” Mitchell wrote in his is a representative for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engi- Benjamin Richard Teare, Jr. Teaching Award nomination letter. neers’ national board of directors. Philip LeDuc, associate professor, departments of Other alumni have gone on to teach For more: www.cmu.edu/news/blog/2011/Spring/student- Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, awards.shtml (courtesy), Computational Biology (courtesy) and Biological Sciences California Polytechnic State University, Adrian Perrig, professor in the departments of Clark College, and the University of just generally what makes me tick.” Faculty Member Award. In 2002, she Electrical & Computer Engineering, Engineering & Colorado at Boulder, to name a few. Stump’s responsibilities include received the regional Responsible Care Public Policy and Computer Science (courtesy) Hyung Kim, head of the undergraduate education, advising, Catalyst Award for excellence in college Department of Chemistry, wrote that educational outreach, TA training chemistry teaching from the American College of Fine Arts Armitage’s efforts in innovating the and administrative oversight of the Chemistry Council and was the 2005 Henry Hornbostel Teaching Award organic chemistry curriculum have been undergraduate program in chemistry. recipient of the William H. and Frances Robert Page, Paul Mellon University Professor of Music and director of Choral Studies, essential. Currently she teaches Laboratory I: S. Ryan Award for Meritorious Teaching. School of Music “Bruce is one of the most, if not Introduction to Chemical Analysis as well the most, sought-out faculty member by as the undergraduate seminar sequence in Mark Gelfand Service College of Humanities & Social Sciences chemistry undergraduates who want to chemistry, and is the primary academic Award for Educational Elliott Dunlap Smith Award for Teaching have research experience,” Kim wrote. adviser for students majoring or minoring Outreach & Educational Service in Humanities “His lab is equally popular among in chemistry. Carrie Doonan, a teaching professor and & Social Sciences Sharon M. Carver, teaching professor, graduate students for doctoral research.” “Karen is very active in supporting director of undergraduate laboratories for Department of Psychology; director of Armitage joined the CMU faculty not just chemistry, but all CMU students the Department of Biological Sciences, The Children’s School in 1997. His teaching interests include at different events around campus,” wrote is this year’s recipient of the award for organic chemistry, which he has taught Maggie Braun, assistant department head educational outreach. The H. John Heinz III College to undergraduates since 1999, medicinal for undergraduate affairs. Doonan has developed outreach Martcia Wade Teaching Award chemistry, chemosensors and biosensors, As chemistry’s departmental liaison activities for students of all levels, from David J. Dausey, Distinguished Service and supramolecular chemistry. His and a member of the executive committee primary school-aged Girl Scout troops, Professor of Health Policy and Management research group focuses on nucleic acids for the undergraduate science laboratory to teenagers from church groups, to AP School of Information Systems & chemistry and fluorescence technology. renovations project in Doherty Hall, course students and teachers from local Management Teaching Award she was instrumental in more than a high schools. Her lab is often students’ Alessandro Acquisti, associate professor of Barbara Lazarus Award decade of intensive planning that led to first exposure to scientific discovery. information systems and public policy for Graduate Student and the project’s groundbreaking in 2001. “Dr. Doonan generates outreach labs Mellon College of Science Junior Faculty Mentoring Her educational contributions have been in order to motivate, excite and educate Julius Ashkin Teaching Award Karen Stump, who joined the her success in creating and sustaining young minds. The labs are always Tom Bohman, professor, Department of Department of Chemistry in 1983, is educational outreach programs for framed within an interesting and exciting Mathematical Sciences a teaching professor and director of kindergarten through 12th grade students story, such as a murder mystery relating Undergraduate Studies and Laboratories. and science teachers. She initiated and the science to CSI, in order to engage the School of Computer Science She is this year’s recipient of the administered the Westinghouse Science students,” wrote Nina DiPrimio, special Herbert A. Simon Award for Teaching award for outstanding contributions to and Mathematics Program for minority faculty in the Department of Biological Excellence in Computer Science Avrim Blum, professor, Department of academic advising and mentoring. students and has directed several Sciences. “These programs not only Computer Science “I have always felt that Karen is residential programs for teachers in educate but inspire students that may not really invested in me as a person, not just districts throughout Pennsylvania. have originally considered going into Tepper School of Business as a student,” wrote Alyssa Montanaro, a She is a past winner of the Julius the sciences to think about that field as Gerald L. Thompson Teaching Award in junior in chemistry and psychology. “She Ashkin Award, the college level teaching a realistic option and provide them with the B.S. Business Administration Program cares about my future, what I’m involved award in MCS, and was the 2003 and 2005 contacts at CMU.” J. Patrick McGinnis, assistant teaching professor with on campus, my academic path and recipient of the Greek Council Outstanding Richard M. Cyert Teaching Award in the B.S. Economics Program Karen Clay, associate professor of economics & public policy

M.B.A. Teaching Award/George Leland Bach Excellence in Teaching Award Michael Trick, professor of operations research and associate dean of research

Graduate Student Awards Graduate Student Teaching Award Hilary Franklin, English

Graduate Student Teaching Honorable Mention Award p h o t b y ken a nd r ey p h o t b y s te hen ba den p h o t b y s te hen ba den Michael Klipper, Mathematical Sciences

C arr i e D o o n a n ’ s o u t r e ac h ac t i v i t i e s M a n y o f B ruc e A r m i ta g e ’ s s t u d e n t s K ar e n S t u m p ’ s o f f i c e i s a l w a y s Graduate Student Service Award h av e g o n e o n t o t e ac h c h e m i s t r y . f u l l o f s t u d e n t s s e e k i n g a d v i c e . m o t i vat e a n d e x c i t e y o u n g m i n d s . Omar De Leon, Civil & Environmental Engineering N i n e Workshop Aims To Create Female Negotiators of All Ages

n Jeffrey Inscho

When it comes to negotiating, women and engaging day for women and girls W h at : “S p e a k U p ! G e t t i n g W h at Y o u W a n t often hesitate. Linda Babcock is working to become inspired, and to learn and t h r o u g h t h e P o w e r o f N e g o t i at i o n ” to change that. discover the power of speaking up for W h e n : 8:30 a . m . t o 1 p . m ., S at u r d ay , M ay 11 Babcock, the James M. Walton what they want and deserve. Professor of Economics at Carnegie “With this event, ‘Speak Up,’ we W h e r e : H a m b u r g H a l l Mellon’s Heinz College, established hope to bring in a diverse mix of women the Program for Research and Outreach and girls to share important tips and R e g i s t e r O n l i n e : h t t p :// h n z . c m /S p e a k -U p -E v e n t on Gender Equality in Society, or techniques on effective negotiation,” PROGRESS, five years ago. From 8:30 said Ayana Ledford, executive director a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 11 at of PROGRESS. for executive education have offered for them by teachers, peers and other Hamburg Hall, the program will have Attendees will be split up into two instruction for women to improve their adults,” Ledford said. workshops for women and girls between sections — women and girls — and will negotiation skills. In all of this, however, The girls’ interactive workshop, the ages of 7 and 12. receive customized training according to one point has been almost universally which is led by trained community The event, “Speak Up: Getting their age group. overlooked: All the negotiation advice volunteers, will focus on teaching girls What You Want Through the Power In the past two decades, a barrage in the world will be useless if someone to speak up for themselves and make of Negotiation,” will be an energetic of books, magazines and advertisements never gets to the bargaining table in the positive choices throughout their lives. first place. While this is the first “Speak Up” The women’s workshop, led by event produced by PROGRESS, Ledford Babcock, will present evidence showing said she hopes the momentum will that women are much less likely than continue. piper men to initiate negotiations and how “Our goal is to make ‘Speak Up’ an much women lose by not negotiating. annual event,” she said. “It’s so inspiring Congratulations to Bonnie Lack for correctly answering the March It also will discuss the importance to see such a diverse mix of women — Piper Trivia question. of teaching girls to negotiate and how moms, grandmothers, grad students, to teach daughters these important skills undergrads and girls — in the same room Go online to the Piper+ at http://bit.ly/CMUpiper for this month’s that will last a lifetime. with the same purpose.” question. Previous winners are ineligible. Winners will receive a Interventions need to begin early, Scholarships for girls are generously prize from the Carnegie Mellon Bookstore. Ledford said. She said one of the factors provided by Patricia Cluss of the

holding women back from negotiating University of Pittsburgh; Sitko, Rodella Connect with Internal Communications are the messages they receive as girls and Bruno, LLC; and The Women http://bit.ly/CMUnewsFacebook about how to get what they want. and Girls Foundation of Western “These messages come from the TV Pennsylvania. For more information twitter.com/CMUnews shows they watch, the movies they see, and to register visit http://hnz.cm/Speak- and often the behavior that is modeled Up-Event.

N e w s B r i e f s The living analytics research program ‘Pinburgh’ Animates Nielsen Honored for combines large scale data mining, statistical Pittsburgh Mural Work In Aerospace machine learning, and computational tools Famous for his large illustrative panoramas Software Engineering President Cohon Addresses for the analysis of dynamic social networks of Pittsburgh, muralist Doug Cooper, the Paul D. Nielsen, director and CEO of the Soft- State Assembly in India with analytics focused on consumer behav- Andrew Mellon Professor of Architecture at ware Engineering Institute, has received the During a recent trip to India, Carnegie Mellon ior and social media. Carnegie Mellon, animated his local land- 2011 American Institute of Aeronautics and President Jared L. Cohon was invited by The center will be physically anchored scapes as a big pinball machine in his first Astronautics (AIAA) Aerospace Software Engi- The Honorable Dilip Walse-Pital, speaker at SMU’s School of Information Systems in short film, called “Pinburgh,” which can be neering Award for outstanding technical and/ of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Singapore and at CMU’s Heinz College iLab viewed at http://vimeo.com/15749259. or management contributions to aeronautical to address the Assembly of The State of in Pittsburgh. Most scenes use static hand-drawn or astronautical software engineering. Nielsen Maharashtra on Friday, March 4. He spoke backgrounds into which green-screened ac- was honored for leadership in the global about the fast pace of technological change, Foundation Gives tion shots have been layered. The collabora- software engineering community and for ad- the importance of technology in improving CNAST $3.9 Million tive project features Ryan Melia, Arya Shahi, dressing the challenges of complex aerospace higher education and about the many The DSF Charitable Foundation has given a Ben Ferguson and Dan Weschler, seniors software. Nielsen joined the SEI in 2004 after connections between Carnegie Mellon $3.9 million grant to Carnegie Mellon’s Cen- from CMU’s School of Drama who formed a distinguished 32-year career in the U.S. Air and India. ter for Nucleic Acids Science and Technol- the theater group “PigPen.” The group acts Force, where he retired as a major general. President Cohon’s entire speech ogy (CNAST) to further the development of in the animation and created the musical Read more: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/about/ can be downloaded at www.cmu.edu/ novel biomedical tools targeted at monitor- score. people/nielsen.cfm about/leadership/president/cohon- ing and manipulating gene expression. The Ryan Woodring (MFA’10) edited the speech-to-maharashtra-assembly.pdf grant will allow the interdisciplinary team green screen sequences and was the film’s AI Faculty, Alumni Named of researchers to advance its work aimed compositer. Architecture students Shawn To “10 To Watch” List CMU Partners With at providing innovative approaches for Cencer and Greg Tanski created the 3D IEEE Intelligent Systems magazine, which Singapore School understanding and treating disease. These modeling for the film. Live action green- recognizes 10 outstanding young researchers Carnegie Mellon and Singapore Manage- include the development of peptide nucleic screen filming took place at Pittsburgh in artificial intelligence (AI) every two years, has ment University have teamed up to establish acids (PNA), synthetic analogs of DNA and Filmmakers, under the direction of Gretchen included two CMU faculty members and two the Living Analytics Research Center, which RNA that have extraordinary scientific and Neidert and Matthew Day. Ph.D. computer science graduates in its latest will develop new techniques to acquire therapeutic potential. “AI’s 10 to Watch” list. data on consumer and social behavior and “We are so grateful to the DSF Charitable Go Ahead, Brag a Little The 2011 list includes André Platzer, as- analyze that data to develop applications Foundation for this tremendous award, You may have heard about this campaign sistant professor of computer science in the and methods that will benefit consumers, which will position CNAST — and Pittsburgh offering free decals to students. And as School of Computer Science, and Daniel B. businesses and society. — to generate fundamental biomedical promised, they’re now being offered to fac- Neill, assistant professor of information sys- The collaboration has received a five- discoveries in the coming decade,” noted ulty and staff, because as members of the tems in the Heinz College. Neill, who earned year, $20 million grant from the National Re- Fred Gilman, dean of the Mellon College CMU community there’s a lot to brag about. his master’s degree and Ph.D. in computer search Foundation in Singapore. With SMU of Science. “This award will leverage the Request your free decal at http://www. science at CMU, also has courtesy appoint- and CMU committed to cash and in-kind trademark interdisciplinary work of our cmu.edu/freedecal and show your CMU ments in the Machine Learning Department contributions, and third party funding, the departments of Chemistry and Biological pride by displaying it on your car, bike, lap- and the Robotics Institute. Platzer was cited $47 million center will establish Singapore Sciences.” top or guitar case. Let the world know what for his pioneering work in developing methods as one of the world’s pre-eminent centers of university you call home. for verifying the performance of cyberphysi- excellence in computational social science. T e n Frankly Speaking Students, Mothers Share Social Perspectives on WRCT Talk Show n Bruce Gerson

Students can now get motherly advice “It gives them a forum to express “It also keeps in perspective how “You forget you’re on the radio. every Tuesday night without even themselves without feeling inhibited,” much hasn’t changed, and how much of You create an environment of trust,” calling home. Schlueter said. what we feel like is new and different Morris said. “What Would Your Mother Amy Mija Catalina Quispe, a was really just never talked about openly Morris, a veteran radio personality Say?” a candid talk show in its first sophomore studying computer science before,” Kirby said. who hosted and produced “Stock Talk” on season on WRCT 88.3 FM, Carn- and mathematical sciences who has Each show begins with an expert KQV-Radio in Pittsburgh from 1998-2004 egie Mellon’s student radio station, been a guest on the show, said she likes guest who calls in and introduces a topic and “What Would Your Mother Say?” brings students together with a mother having a mother on the panel because it and initiates the conversation. Guests at Stanford University from 2005-2010, — unrelated to them — to discuss allows her “to really question campus have included Amir Levine, co-author selects her guests through research, and everything from dating, relationships life and the changing face of the world,” of “Attached: The New Science of Adult finds mothers from ads on Craigslist and and marriage, to social networking, and “sometimes the mom will say some- Attachment,” Peter Kramer, author of students through campus connections. academic stress, money and room- “It’s a great show because it’s honest,” mate etiquette. Quispe said. “The direction the conversa- “The show is a sounding board W h at W o u l d Y o u r M o t h e r S ay ? tion goes completely relies on the differ- for students,” said host Susan Morris, ences between all our perceptions. There 9 – 10 p . m ., T u e s d ay s o n WRCT 88.3 FM wife of Professor Jim Morris, former are times that my perception of campus dean of the School of Computer Sci- C a l l - i n n u m b e r : 412-621-9728 life is completely different than the other ence and head of CMU’s Silicon Val- E ma i l a d d r e s s : w h at w o u l d y o u r m o t h e r s ay @ w r ct . o r g students, and often a mother figure’s is ley campus. “I want students to share different too.” L i s t e n o n l i n e at w w w . w r ct . o r g their experiences and mothers to bring “Students should listen because their perspective.” W e b s i t e : h tt p :// w h at w o u l d y o u r m o t h e r s ay . n e t / it’s entertaining and we give them good Cleah Schlueter, an administra- advice at how to deal with problems they tive associate and project coordinator might face,” Kirby said. in the School of Computer Science, thing that I know my own mother would “Listening to Prozac: The Landmark The show seems to be gaining and a mother of two, has been a disagree with, and that’s something to Book About Antidepressants and the Re- listeners. guest on the show. She said while the talk about.” making of the Self,” and blogger Susan “Just last week, I had three people show’s topics can be a little embar- Sophomore physics major Dan Walsh of hookingupsmart.com. text me right after the show telling me that rassing at times, it’s good for students Kirby also likes hearing mothers’ view- After the expert segment, Morris en- they had learned something,” Quisbe said. to be able to discuss with a mother points. He said he enjoys learning how gages the studio panel — three students “A lot of people are really happy when figure topics that they might feel un- much some things have changed, such and one mother in a discussion. In the I tell them that they can stream it online. comfortable discussing with their own as how technology has impacted social final portion of the hour they take emails I have friends in Seattle, D.C., and Philly mothers. interaction. and phone calls from listeners. that listen in. That’s pretty cool.”

cal systems, such as collision avoidance ‘Rock Prodigy’ Wins Art, a green roof with a public open gathering however the 2012 edition does include CMU systems, while Neill was recognized for his Appy Education Award space, and a new loading dock. The north rankings from previous years. A full list of use of machine learning techniques for early wing exterior of Doherty, a 16,000-square- Carnegie Mellon rankings is available at: “Rock Prodigy,” an iPhone/iPad app identification of events such as disease foot, seven-story addition, houses an www.cmu.edu/news/rankings-awards/rank- developed by Roger Dannenberg, associ- outbreaks, crime hot spots and network elevator, a fire escape, heating and cooling ings/index.shtml ate research professor of computer science intrusion. ventilation systems and emergency power. and art, has won the 2011 Appy Award for Also on the list are Jure Leskovec, who The renovated space received a silver Education. The Appy Awards honor mobile Cultural Trust Offers earned his Ph.D. in computational and statis- certification by the Leadership in Energy and apps in a number of categories. CMU Discounts tical learning at CMU in 2008, and Vincent Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building As Dannenberg describes it, Rock Prod- The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is offering CMU Conitzer, who earned his master’s degree Rating System in 2010. igy is “basically Guitar Hero for real guitars.” students, faculty and staff discounted tickets (2003) and Ph.D. (2006) in computer science Unlike the popular Guitar Hero video game, for select performances. Shows include at CMU. Rock Prodigy enables players to use real Engineering, Business “Mamma Mia” (April 19-24 at Heinz Hall); instruments and thus learn how to play guitar Among Top 2012 Graduate “One Night of Queen” (April 20 at the Byham Social Media Used and learn songs. Program Rankings Theater); “Hairspray” (May 5-15 at the By- To Map Potholes Players can compete with other users to U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 edition of ham); and “West Side Story” (May 17-22 at A new Carnegie Mellon project allows achieve the high score for a song, or they “America’s Best Graduate Schools” includes the Benedum Center). anyone with a GPS-linked cellphone camera can use the app to practice at various skill new rankings for business and engineering For more information or to order tickets, and a Facebook account to take an active levels. programs. go to http://www.pgharts.org and login us- role in monitoring the constantly changing The College of Engineering’s graduate ing the promo code CMU. You also can call pothole environment. CMU Wins Prestigious programs are ranked sixth overall. In spe- 412-471-6930 or email groupsales@pgharts. The Road Damage Assessment System Building Award cialty categories, the College of Engineering org for more information. (RODAS) Project (www.rodasproject.org), ranks fifth in computer engineering, seventh Two discounted dinner and show pack- Carnegie Mellon has won an esteemed headed by Robert Strauss, economics and in electrical and environmental engineering, ages also are available to the university Building Excellence Award from the Master public policy professor at the Heinz College, 10th in civil engineering, 11th in mechanical community. Enjoy dinner at Lidia’s Restau- Builders Association of Western Pennsylva- and Takeo Kanade, professor of robotics engineering, 13th in materials engineering, rant before “Mamma Mia” on Thursday, April nia in the Renovation Construction Over $10 and computer science, enables anyone to 16th in chemical engineering and 29th in 21; and “West Side Story” on Thursday, May Million Category for the Doherty Hall Phase click a photo of a pothole and upload it via biomedical engineering. 19. For more information and/or to order II Project. The honor is one of the highest Facebook. The system then links the photo The Tepper School of Business’ MBA the package, go to http://www.pgharts.org/ and most sought-after commercial construc- to a pinpoint on its online map, creating a program is ranked 18th overall and seventh groupsales/broadwaylidias.aspx tion industry awards. Second-place in this public repository of road conditions indepen- among part-time MBA programs. In specialty category went to the Bakery Square renova- dent of any government agency. Todd Eichel, categories, the Tepper MBA program ranks tions in East Liberty. a recent graduate of CMU’s Masters of second in information systems and produc- Completed in August 2008, the $28 mil- Information Systems Program, implemented tion/operations management, fourth in sup- lion Doherty Hall Phase II Project included the system. ply chain/logistics and 13th in finance. 81,000 square-feet of new labs and offices The hope is that community members will U.S. News and World Report does not for the Chemical Engineering Department, continue to keep an eye on “their” potholes, rank all graduate programs annually, woodshops and studios for the School of updating the site when the hole is repaired, or when the repair fails, or if it simply goes unrepaired. E l e v e n Chef Sizzles at Regional Culinary Challenge

n Maria Zayas dale, Orlando and Miami. Highlights of Good things often come in threes. his career included serving as the personal One of those is CulinArt Chef Aldo chef to Antoine Walker and Dorel Wright Ramirez’s award-winning recipe for of the Miami Heat. He also managed the tri-tip beef. opening of the Steak House at Mountain- Ramirez was the first chef ever eer Race Track and Casino near Pitts- to represent Carnegie Mellon in the burgh. National Association of College & Uni- Ramirez joined Carnegie Mellon and versity Food Services’ regional Culinary CulinArt in 2010 as executive catering Challenge, which included Pennsylva- chef. nia State University, The University of “I like the variety and the challenges. Pennsylvania, Villanova University and The challenge is in taking my idea to Rutgers University. another building. Things like the transpor- His entrée, which included three tation logistics, that’s fun,” he said. different preparations of the same cut of Ramirez’s award-winning recipe will meat, took home a bronze medal. be added to catering’s extensive list of “It is wonderful that Chef Aldo is options. The dish includes three styles of receiving this recognition,” said Kim preparation: Oscar, Barbacoa and Asian Five-Spice. “The main idea for my dish was to make it small enough to present and to have three different tastes,” Ramirez said. During the competition, in which everyone was required to use beef tri-tip, everything had to be done within 75 min- utes without a grill. To accomplish that, Ramirez used special tools and ingredi- ents. For his Beef Oscar, he replaced the p h o t b y ken a nd r ey C h e f A l d o R a m i r e z r e c e n t ly w o n a b r o n z e m e d a l f o r h i s o r i g i n a l b e e f traditional creamy hollandaise sauce r e c i p e f r o m t h e N at i o n a l A s s o c i at i o n o f C o l l e g e & U n i v e r s i t y F o o d S e r v i c e s . p h o t b y ken a nd r ey with a powder made with maltodextrin. H i s d i s h f e a t ur e d f l a v o r s ra n g i n g When the powder comes in contact with f r o m cra b m e a t a n d a s p ara g u s t o the human palate, the pH of the mouth’s Chef Aldo’s Award-Winning Recipe w a t e r m e l o n a n d c h e e s e . environment turns the powder into cream. Beef Oscar Method: Abel, director of Housing and Dining To get a smoky flavor in the Barbacoa Beef, he used apple wood chips and a 4 2-oz. beef tri-tip 1. Season eight pieces of beef with salt and Services. “He has become such an as- 2 large purple potatoes sliced in eight pieces pepper. Sear all sides. Rub the last four smoke gun in the very final seconds to set to our dining program through his 8 oz. king crab leg meat pieces with 5 spice power, and then sear leadership and artistry in catering. We capture apple wood smoke inside a glass 4 asparagus, shaved with a vegetable peeler all of their sides. Finish all the beef in an and blanched oven to medium rare, and let them rest. are proud that he is part of our campus and cover the beef before serving. “I was very excited to represent 250 grams clarified butter 2. Steam purple potatoes for 3 minutes. community.” 75 grams maltodextrin Cool them in an ice bath and set aside. CMU, Housing and Dining, and CulinArt Ramirez was born in Peru and 1 teaspoon lemon powder (recipe follows) 3. Blanch Idaho potato batonnets in frying moved to the United States when he in this competition.” Ramirez said. “This pan until two-thirds done and set aside. Barbacoa Beef was 10 years old. He was working at his was my first competition; however, I have 4. Mix Gorgonzola, pea tendrils, watermelon done many cooking demonstrations and 4 2-oz. beef tri-tip and 2 ounces of raspberry BBQ sauce father’s restaurant and pizzeria in Florida 1 Idaho potato cut in 2-inch batonnets taught classes throughout my career. It and set aside. at 15, and he spent time in Fort Lauder- ½ cup micro greens 5. Mix julienne vegetables with sweet chili was a fun and rewarding experience.” ¼ cup medium dice fresh watermelon sauce for a slaw and set aside. 2 oz. crumbled gorgonzola cheese 6. In a bowl, mix clarified butter into malto- 4 oz. golden raspberry BBQ sauce (recipe dextrin in a small stream using a whisk follows) until it turns into a powdery texture. Watson Too Quick For Students 1 teaspoon wood chips Smoking gun or a ½ hotel pan with a lid Plate up in the following order: 4-12 oz. Rock Glass 1. Cut all beef pieces in two even slices and set aside to rest. 5 Spice Beef (Asia) 2. Place two purple potatoes on top side 4 2-oz. beef tri-tip of each plate. 1 teaspoon 5 spice powder 3. Arrange the batonnets in the center of the ¼ cup fresh pea tendrils plate and top with remaining Raspberry ¼ cup julienne red onion BBQ sauce. ¼ cup julienne squash 4. Remix slaw and place at the bottom side ¼ cup red peppers of the plate. 2 teaspoons sweet chili sauce 5. Arrange two slices of the 5-spiced beef 1 teaspoon sesame oil over the slaw on each plate. Lemon Powder 6. Drizzle sesame oil over 5-spiced pieces Using a microplane, zest two whole lemons. of beef. Place zest on a lined sheet pan and dehy- 7. Place two slices of beef on each plate drate in oven at 175 degrees for 6 hours. over the purple potatoes, top with Cool and place in a dry container. crabmeat, asparagus, butter powder and

p h o t b y tim k a u l en lemon powder.

R e s e arc h w o n t h e d a y a s i b m ’ s W a t s o n a d d e d C ar n e g i e M e l l o n a n d Golden Raspberry BBQ Sauce 8. Place remaining beef over the batonnets. 1 cup red onion U n i v e r s i t y o f P i t t s b ur g h s t u d e n t s t o t h e l i s t o f h u m a n s i t h a s s o u n d ly Using the smoking gun or pan lid, cap- 1 teaspoon olive oil ture the smoke from chips with the glass d e f e a t e d i n t h e g a m e o f “ J e o p ar d y ! ” C ar n e g i e M e l l o n ’ s t e a m o f C o n n o r 1 pint fresh golden raspberries and place over beef. F a l l o n ( f r o m l e f t ) , W i l l Z h a n g a n d E r i k S c h m i d t s c o r e d $ 7 , 4 6 3 ; t h e ¼ cup white balsamic vinegar 9. Top the glass with the watermelon U n i v e r s i t y o f P i t t s b ur g h ’ s t e a m o f D a n i e l l e A r b o g a s t , R i c h ar d K e s t e r , ½ cup sugar in the raw mixture. B r i a n S i s c o s c o r e d $ 1 2 , 9 3 7 ; w h i l e W a t s o n p u l l e d i n $ 5 2 , 1 9 9 d ur i n g Pinch crushed red pepper 10. When the guest is ready to eat, pull glass t h e f i r s t e x h i b i t i o n g a m e a t a c o l l e g e ca m p u s . C M U r e s e arc h e r s a n d from beef, tipping the salad on top of the s t u d e n t s h a d a h a n d i n b u i l d i n g W a t s o n , a n d t h e m a t c h w a s p ar t o f a d a y Caramelize onions in oil. Add raspberry vinegar, smoked beef o f s y m p o s i u m s , l e c t ur e s a n d d i s cu s s i o n s o f h o w t h e t e c h n o l o g y w i l l b e pepper and sugar and reduce by a quarter. a p p l i e d t o f i e l d s s uc h a s h e a l t h car e a n d d e f e n s e . Run the mixture through a fine sieve and cool. T w e l v e