Leadership
Simon Named Executive Director for MSCF
Robert S. Simon has been named the new executive director of the Master of Science in Computational Finance Program (MSCF), a joint program among the Dietrich College’s Department of Statistics & Data Science, the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, the Mellon College of Science’s Department of Mathematical Sciences and the Tepper School of Business. Simon graduated from CMU in 1993 with a dual degree in information decision systems and business. He earned a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University in 1998. Simon will replace Rick Bryant, the inaugural executive director. Smith Named Co-director of CMU-Pitt Neuroscience Partnership
Robert S. Simon
Matthew A. Smith, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience Institute, has been named co- director of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC), a long-standing research and education partnership between CMU and the University of Pittsburgh. The center links faculty and students from the two universities through graduate training, undergraduate research opportunities, and joint publications and grant submissions. Smith shares leadership with Julie Fiez, chair of Pitt’s Department of Psychology. Tardio to Head Humanities Scholars Program Therese Tardio, teaching professor of Hispanic studies, has been named director of Dietrich College’s Humanities Scholars Program, an interdisciplinary program that enhances the undergraduate experience by offering the benefits of a learning community while exposing students to the analytical complexities of inquiry in the humanities . Tardio joined the faculty in the Department of Modern Languages in 2001. Her research is centered around different geographic areas in the Spanish-speaking world, with an interest in border studies, Central American cultural studies and gender-based violence.
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