Professor & Department Chair - Industrial Engineering - The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Documentation Academy Aims to Empower Open Source Newcomers
Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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For Ibm, Africa Is Risky and Rife With Opportunity
Tony Mwai moved back to his homeland of Kenya in 2009 to run IBM's East Africa operations, about 20 years after joining the company in New York.
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Smartthings Aims to Deliver the Internet-Connected Home
In the elusive dream of the automated home, visitors ring a doorbell, and it buzzes the homeowner's mobile phone. Lawn sprinklers take rainy days off. At bedtime...
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Mandiant, the Go-To Security Firm For Cyber-Espionage Attacks
The brand-new operations center of cybersecurity firm Mandiant is deceptively tranquil.
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Qihoo Takes on Baidu in China's Search Engine Wars
In the past few years, Zhou Hongyi, the 43-year-old co-founder of Chinese antivirus company Qihoo 360 Technology, has engaged in high-profile legal conflicts with...
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Otis Elevator Vies For the Ultratall Skyscraper Market
The Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is the first of a breed of ultratall buildings that will exceed 3,000 feet in height. That's more than twice as tall...
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Ayasdi: Stanford Math Begets a Data Company
Like most of his peers, Gunnar Carlsson spends his time thinking about hairy, theoretical math problems.
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Hp Ceo Whitman Dubs Windows 8 a Work in Progress
There are plenty of Meg Whitman doubters out there. Some say the former EBay chief executive officer doesn't have the requisite big company experience to run a...
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Andrew Schwartz: Brain Control For Artificial Limbs
When Jan Scheuermann grasped a chocolate bar and raised it to her mouth last year, it was a neuroscience breakthrough.
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Tim Cook's Freshman Year: The Apple Ceo Speaks
Prior to his death on Oct. 5, 2011, Steve Jobs made sure that the elevation of Tim Cook—his longtime head of operations and trusted deputy—to Apple chief executive...
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Desperate, Hockey Fans Root For Virtual Team
Pat Hickey, who covered his first Montreal Canadiens game in 1968 for the now-defunct Montreal Star, and who has chronicled the team's exploits over the past 22...
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Japan's Once Mighty Tech Industry Has Fallen Far Behind Silicon Valley
In the 1980s, Sony co-founder Akio Morita fired a verbal missile across the Pacific at Silicon Valley: Japan's supremacy in business and technology would overwhelm...
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Facebook's 'Next Billion': A Q&A With Mark Zuckerberg
In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard University dorm room, hoping to see what his classmates were up to on campus. The following eight years...
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The Acer Smartphone That Never Was
It was going to be the big mobile-phone breakthrough Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba needed.
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With Iphone 5, Apple Again Raises the Smartphone Bar
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook took the stage Wednesday to unveil an eagerly awaited revamping of the company's flagship products, including the iPhone, iPod, iTunes—all...
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Why Investors Willingly Pay Speed Traders Extra Billions
When high-frequency traders defend themselves against criticism that they're screwing up the stock market by distorting prices or making it more volatile, their...
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In Silicon Valley, Hardware Is Hot Again
Since the mid-1990s Liam Casey, PCH International's chief executive officer, has helped technology companies with the nastiest task in Silicon Valley: building...
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Apple vs. Google: Starkly Different China Experiences
In China, sometimes having the first-mover advantage is often no advantage at all. Case in point: Apple vs. Google.
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Bre Pettis: 3d Printing's First Celebrity
Bre Pettis looks like a throwback. He’s got an Elvis Presley-meets-Buddy Holly thing going on with his chunky sideburns, thick-rimmed black glasses, and sculpted...
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