Pitt Cyber Publications

June 17, 2026

GenAI Conversations: Student Use of Generative AI at Pitt

Annette Vee, Patrick Manning, Jessica FitzPatrick, Jessica Ghilani, Catherine Kula, Patty Wharton-Michael, Jialei Jiang, Sean DiLeonardi, Elise Silva, Birney Young, Mark DiMauro, Jeff Aziz, Gayle Rogers

University of Pittsburgh

June 08, 2026

Google’s ‘New Era for AI Search’ May Threaten Democracy

Elise Silva, PhD, MLIS

TechPolicy.Press

April 03, 2026

What I Want My Kids to Know About GenAI

Elise Silva, PhD, MLIS

August 21, 2025

Building the AI Workforce: The Need for Accurate Data to Inform US Policy

Ilia Murtazashvili, Dominique Lazanski, Beth Schwanke

Center for Governance and Markets Paper No. FAI1-2025

July 20, 2025

Guest Viewpoint: Bridging the Cyber Gap: The Greater Pittsburgh CyberHub

David Hickton and Sean Luther

Pittsburgh Business Times

July 16, 2025

University Students Feel 'Anxious, Confused, and Distrustful' about AI in the Classroom and among Their Peers

Elise Silva, PhD, MLIS

The Conversation

July 15, 2025

Want Accountable AI in Government? Start with Procurement

Nari Johnson, Elise Silva, Hoda Heidari

Tech Policy.Press

June 23, 2025

From Margins to the Table: Charting the Potential for Public Participatory Governance of Algorithmic Decision Making

Motahhare Eslami, Sarah Fox, Hong Shen, Bobbie Fan, Yu-Ru Lin, Rosta Farzan, Beth Schwanke

Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency

June 23, 2025

Legacy Procurement Practices Shape How U.S. Cities Govern AI: Understanding Government Employees’ Practices, Challenges, and Needs

Nari Johnson, Elise Silva, Harrison Leon, Motahhare Eslami, Beth Schwanke, Ravit Dotan, Hoda Heidari

Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency

June 13, 2025

Lessons Learned from Red Teaming a Newsbot - TechPolicy.Press

Elise Silva and Madeline Franz

TechPolicy.Press