CMU’S NEWS SOURCE FOR FACULTY & STAFF 12/13 ISSUE “My Work Is From the Heart” Subra Suresh Installed as President; Offers New Take on CMU Motto n Piper Staff In a formal academic ceremony fi lled with all the regalia and pageantry of commencement, Carnegie Mellon of- fi cially inducted Subra Suresh as the uni- versity’s ninth president on Friday, Nov. 15, the 113th anniversary of the univer- sity’s founding by Andrew Carnegie. The investiture ceremony contin- ued with the inaugural theme “Crossing Boundaries, Transforming Lives,” as Suresh compared the journey he took to arrive at CMU with experiences similar to its founder. But, he had his own take on the university’s motto, “My heart is in the work,” when he stated, “My work is from the heart.” The ceremony in Carnegie Music Hall opened with a stunning perfor- mance of Stephen Schwartz’ (A’68) “Corner of the Sky” by Tony Award- winner Patina Miller (A’06). Several gave remarks welcoming Suresh to Carnegie Mellon, including Allan Melt- zer, the longest-standing faculty member at CMU, Faculty Senate Chair Roberta Klatzky, Staff Council Chair John PHOTO BY TIM KAULEN C ONTINUED ON PAGE SIX F ACULTY M ARSHAL J OHN M ACKEY ( LEFT ) AND C HAIRMAN OF THE B OARD R AY L ANE PRESENTED C M U P RESIDENT S UBRA S URESH WITH THE C M U CHARTER AND MEDALLION OF THE UNIVERSITY SEAL . Tepper Quad Science of Learning Largest Gift From Simon Institute, New Consortium To Drive Educational Technology CMU Grad To Create n Piper Staff refl ect learners’ activities for decades. Council (GLC). Academic Hub Carnegie Mellon has launched the This wealth of data now will be shared A new consortium of education and more broadly. technology research leaders, the GLC n Ken Walters Simon Initiative to accelerate the use of learning science and technology to CMU also has called on experts will develop standards, identify best A $67 million gift from the charitable improve student learning. from academia, industry and practices and encourage engagement foundation of CMU alumnus and Named to honor the work of the foundations to form the Global Learning C ONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE renowned investor David A. Tepper late Nobel laureate and CMU Professor (TPR’82) will be used to create an Herbert A. Simon, the initiative will academic hub, including a new home for harness CMU’s decades of learning data the Tepper School of Business, on the and research to improve educational Pittsburgh campus. outcomes for students everywhere. “Our vision for the new David A. As part of the initiative, CMU Tepper Quadrangle builds on CMU’s will provide open access to the world’s strengths, creating new interdisciplinary largest bank of educational technology interactions for learning and research data — detailed data about how people and connecting innovation to the busi- learn and how effective learning ness community,” said CMU President software can be designed and deployed. Subra Suresh. CMU learning scientists have been “I’m excited by President Suresh’s performing research into every student and the university’s vision to make CMU interaction with learning software to C ONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN O NE 813752_Piper_November R1.indd 3 11/27/13 3:08 PM Human Rights Researchers Work To Find Justice for Victims n Shilo Rea directs CMU’s Center for Human Rights Immediately after Typhoon Haiyan A UTHORS E XPLORE P ROPER Science. hit the Philippines, the international “This means that some victims of community focused on providing W AYS T O R ECORD D EATHS confl ict and disaster have been identifi ed (in Bosnia or in the aftermath of the food, shelter and medical assistance to The recent violence in Syria vividly demonstrates the diffi culty — and 9/11 World Trade Center attacks), while survivors. importance — of accurately recording and estimating nonmilitary deaths in But for the families of the confl ict areas. others have not (in Rwanda or Haiti),” he thousands feared dead or missing, a “Counting Civilian Casualties: An Introduction to Recording and said. “The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami long-term recovery from the devastating Estimating Nonmilitary Deaths in Confl ict” surveys the challenges of this illustrates the inequities: international storm also depends on managing the task, presenting and evaluating methods for ensuring that these tragic efforts to identify the remains of victims remains honestly and honorably. That’s killings are properly acknowledged. Co-edited by Carnegie Mellon’s Jay D. were undertaken in Thailand, where there Aronson and Baruch Fischhoff and the University of Pittsburgh’s Taylor B. the role Carnegie Mellon’s Alex John was a high density of Western tourists, Seybolt, the book contains contributions from the top researchers in the London and Jay D. Aronson are helping but not in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, or other fi eld, presenting case studies from Latin America, South America, Europe, affected areas.” to play. Africa, the Middle East and Asia. To that end, Aronson reiterated London and Aronson are working Published by Oxford University Press, the book stems from a 2009 to improve standards and offer ethical workshop co-sponsored by CMU and Pitt and examines the most com- what he, London and the University of guidelines for identifying victims monly used casualty recording and estimation techniques and evaluates Pittsburgh’s Lisa S. Parker called for in in confl ict and disaster areas to help their strengths and weaknesses. It also analyzes how fi gures are used — the Sept. 13 issue of “Science” — the provide justice to victims and their and sometimes misused — by governments, rebels, human rights advo- creation of international structure to families. cates, war crime tribunals and others. promote more equal access to forensic London, professor of philosophy “One day, we may have an international convention, guaranteeing identifi cation technologies. proper, respectful records of all those killed in confl icts,” said Fischhoff, the and director of the Center for Ethics London advocated for policies to Howard Heinz University Professor in the Department of Social and Deci- and Policy, said CMU is the place for ensure that samples and information sion Sciences and Department of Engineering and Public Policy. “When gathered for the purposes of identifying this type of humanitarian effort because we do, the methods reported in this book will help to ensure that the work “CMU is a hotbed of multi-disciplinary is done with the accuracy and dignity that individuals deserve. Perhaps a missing people are not misused and that work with a strong emphasis on the clearer picture of these tragedies will reduce them in the future, while help- the process is strong enough to withstand ethical and policy dimensions of new ing the survivors today.” legal scrutiny. technologies.” “If families believe that their genetic London and Aronson recently material will be used in ways that could spoke at “The Missing: An Agenda For and data protection — a similar topic to a death of a loved one is a fi rst step in the result in their being subject to extra the Future,” a high-level international recent paper they published in “Science.” healing process and is often necessary policing, political reprisal or the disclosure conference that brought together the Aronson, associate professor of for families to secure benefi ts and assert of health-related information, then they world’s leading experts to discuss science, technology and society in the other rights, such as remarrying. may be unwilling to participate in the missing persons from armed confl icts, Department of History, argued that “Unfortunately, access to the identifi cation process,” London said. human rights abuses, disasters, identifying the missing should not be a resources and technologies to timely “Key to ensuring trust are clearly migration, human traffi cking, organized luxury and is crucial to enforcing human identify remains is signifi cantly articulated, enforceable procedures crime and other cases. Held at The rights, clarifying history and facilitating restricted by the willingness and ability that safeguard the rights and welfare Hague in the Netherlands, London and justice. It also plays a critical role for of governments and other organizations of participants and that ensure high Aronson presented on standards, ethics the victims’ families — confi rming the to pay for them,” said Aronson, who also standards of scientifi c quality.” CMU Participates in Transform Africa Summit PIPER n Chriss Swaney 12/13 Issue country building a Sub-Saharan Africa is P UBLISHER knowledge-based econ- Ken Walters home to 650 million omy. At present, CMU E DITOR M ANAGING E DITOR mobile phone subscribers, Bruce Gerson Heidi Opdyke offers a master’s degree in 50 million Facebook users information technology, W RITERS and an increasing number Dana Casto Abby Simmons and will begin offering Jocelyn Duffy Kelly Solman of technology and entre- a second master’s degree Bruce Gerson Byron Spice preneurial hubs. With that Sarah Nightingale Chriss Swaney in electrical and computer Heidi Opdyke Ken Walters growth comes a demand engineering in August Shilo Rea Pam Wigley for highly skilled workers, 2014. D ESIGNER and that need is being ad- Melissa Stoebe “Our 16-month Communications Design and Photography dressed by Carnegie Mel- programs deliver both Group lon’s graduate programs in theory and practice to stu- P HOTOGRAPHY Rwanda. Ken Andreyo dents, including success- Tim Kaulen James H. Garrett Jr., ful summer internships at Communications Design and Photography dean of the College of Engineering Group He said CMU’s graduate programs in global tech companies,” Garrett said. and the Thomas Lord Professor of Rwanda are designed to produce Africa’s To contact The Piper staff, call 412-268-2900 In addition to Garrett, CMU or email [email protected].