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Saving Surgeons Hours: Pitt CIC Automates Knee Alignment Measurements with AI

May 28, 2026

Before surgeons perform knee replacements, they need to know exactly how the patient’s knee is aligned. That means manually placing markers on an X-ray of the patient’s full leg from hip to ankle and measuring the precise angles that will guide the procedure. It’s a task that must be done for every patient, takes roughly 15 minutes each time and must be completed by a surgeon whose time is among the most expensive in medicine.

One Year of Building What's Next: Celebrating the Pitt CIC's First Year

April 29, 2026

A year ago, the University of Pittsburgh Cloud Innovation Center (CIC), powered by AWS, opened its doors with a straightforward but ambitious mission: bring together Pitt students and cutting-edge cloud technology to solve real problems for the university community.

Transforming Healthcare Research: Pitt CIC Accelerates Medical Data Privacy with AI-Powered Solution

March 11, 2026

Before healthcare researchers can analyze patient data, they face a critical obstacle: removing all protected health information (PHI) to protect patient privacy. This de-identification process isn't just a formality; it's a legal requirement for research under HIPAA.

How Pitt CIC is Helping Pitt Athletics Turn Fan Feedback into Better Game Day Experiences

February 25, 2026

For organizations that rely on survey data to make decisions, the path from raw responses to actionable insight has always been frustratingly slow. Analysts often need to navigate multiple tools, wait on pre-processed dashboards, or depend on staff to manually interpret results, a workflow that limits agility and delays understanding and acting on the data.

Pitt CIC Tackles Healthcare's Data Translation Challenge with AI-Powered Mapping Solution

December 10, 2025

For decades, healthcare researchers have faced a frustrating obstacle before they can even begin their work: deciphering what their data actually means. Medical records use proprietary codes that vary from hospital to hospital, requiring researchers to spend hundreds of hours manually mapping these codes to standardized formats before analysis can begin.

Pitt Athletics Leverages AWS AI to Supercharge Fan and Alumni Engagement

October 3, 2025

The world of collegiate athletics thrives on passionate fan engagement, alumni connections, and philanthropic support. For the University of Pittsburgh Athletics department, reaching and nurturing these vital relationships has always been a priority.

Dive In: Revolutionizing Coaching with Automated Highlight Reels

August 6, 2025

The Pitt Cloud Innovation Center, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), collaborated with the Pitt Diving team to improve operational efficiency and create automated highlight reels. Before this solution, coaches dedicated hours to reviewing practice footage, meticulously searching for individual dives.