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use of physical space</a></h3> <p>As part of a new project from Department of Computer Science students and faculty, cameras are popping up throughout the 5th and 6th floors of Sennott Square to investigate how</p></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-slider-item-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://www.cs.pitt.edu/news/view-photos-april-2022-graduate-recognition-ceremony"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.cs.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/slider-image/img_2885.jpg" width="680" height="300" alt="" /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><h3><a href="https://www.cs.pitt.edu/news/view-photos-april-2022-graduate-recognition-ceremony">2022 Spring Graduate Recognition Ceremony</a></h3> <p>Photos from our Spring recognition ceremony for graduating students are now available on our website and</p></span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field 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(assistant professor) received an NSF CAREER award for his project “Ubiquitous Earable Sensing Using Low-Cost Earphones.”</p> </span> </div></li> <li> <div class="views-field views-field-field-slider-item-image"> <div class="field-content block-slider--three-item__image"><a href="https://www.sci.pitt.edu/news/stephen-lee-nsf-sustainable-infrastructures"><div class="block__slider--three-item__img"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.cs.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/slider-image/cs_site_featured_news_header_1.png" width="680" height="300" alt="" /></div> <h3 class="block__slider--three-item__header">Stephen Lee Receives NSF Grant</h3></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><p>Dr. Stephen Lee (assistant professor) received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for his project, “Data-Driven System-Design for Sustainable Long-Lasting Distributed Infrastructures." </p> </span> </div></li> <li> <div 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