The Information Networking Institute (INI)

"The need to combat hate is an increasingly urgent call to action. While the challenge will be great, we should not underestimate the incredible power we can harness when we come together with common purpose. Together with our colleagues at Pitt and with partners across the region, we look forward to advancing both scholarship and solutions on this important issue and, ultimately, helping to safeguard the right of all to peace, safety and respect." - President Farnam Jahanian CMU has announced new partnership with University of Pittsburgh to form a new research center to better understand and prevent the spread of extremist hate: Collaboratory Against Hate Research and Action Center. http://cmu.is/collaboratory #TartanProud #H2P

Happy International Women's Day! This year's theme is #ChoosetoChallenge. Today and every day, women and allies should join together together to "Celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality." #IWD2021

Welcome back to the spring semester! Our community knows and loves the student floor in the INI Building it’s the perfect space to gather for projects, studying and hanging out. To capture that spirit, GOINI is launching a Virtual Student Floor in gather.town - come join us! Link is in Slack and INI Hub. MS31 Pranay Garg played a big role in recreating the INI student floor down to the smallest detail. During my first year of CMU, I used to spend a lot of time at INI's s...tudent space. My friends and teammates goofing about, working on awesome projects and assignments. However, COVID changed a lot of things, even though INI was open, it was less accessible. I missed sitting with everyone, unwinding and peeking on what people are up to. To my surprise, talking with my friends, I wasn't the only one. So, if I can't go to INI, let’s bring INI here! Now we can be online and interact somewhat live as we always have!" Upcoming Events: Monday-Thursday (2/1 - 2/4) from 4pm to 5pm ET: Join us to ask questions or just drop in and say hi. This is open to all INI students (especially spring starts)! Thursday (2/4) @ 4pm ET: An introduction of the GOINI officers. Good luck to everyone this semester, and we hope to see you soon!

Today, we invite our community to pause and reflect upon the question: "How will you continue to uplift Dr. King’s legacy in 2021?" Join the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion for a series of events in honor of Martin Luther King Jr, now through April: http://cmu.is/mlk-events Suggestions from the Center on ways to give back today:... - Drop off a non-perishable donation to a local food bank in your area.You can also support the CMU Pantry with a donation. - Collect new and unopened hygiene items for a local homeless or women’s shelter. - Call an elderly neighbor to check in on them. - Contact a local nonprofit or environmental agency and inquire about any upcoming outdoor clean-up day events. - Donate to a local social justice organization committed to eradicating racism in your community. - Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper uplifting a social justice issue that you are passionate about. See more

As National #Cybersecurity Awareness Month draws to a close, we caught up with #INIalum and @Cofense CEO Rohyt Belani about how his human-oriented approach to stopping phishing attacks turned his startup into a leader in workplace cybersecurity. Get the full story: https://www.cmu.edu/ini/news/2020/rohytbelani-2020.html #ncsam

What happens when you combine the lab kit for Professor Patrick Tague's Intro. to Embedded Systems with your jack-o'-lantern masterpiece? Dance Party Pumpkin! Shout-out to INI students John and Sara for this fun adaptation of their lab! Take a peek at this practical, hands-on course that introduces students to the basic building-blocks and the underlying scientific principles of embedded systems: http://mews.sv.cmu.edu/teaching/14642/f20/