CMU Silicon Valley

Situated in a vibrant tech environment, Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley fosters creativity and entrepreneurship. Partnering with NASA and other organizations, CMU-SV is dedicated to advancing technologies and nurturing future industry leaders.

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Programs

Master’s

Executive education

Technical Entrepreneur Coaching Hub (TECH) Certificate Program

CMU Silicon Valley graduates go on to...

Work at companies like:

Adobe
Alibaba Group
Amazon
Apple
Electronic Arts
Facebook
Google
IBM
Intel
Microsoft
Meta
Oracle
Palo Alto Networks
Salesforce
Samsung
Uber
VMware
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News

Oct 13

News & Events

Tartan pride on show at E-Club's CMU-Silicon Valley networking night

Recently, the Entrepreneurship Club (E-Club) at Carnegie Mellon University's Silicon Valley campus hosted a Tartan Mixer event where students and alumni had the opportunity to network and make authentic connections.

Six CMU-Silicon Valley master's students collaborated on improving the Transactive Energy Service System (TESS) as part of their curriculum, aiming to enhance the user interface and user experience of the TESS Participant app.

Improving Transactive Energy Systems (TESS) to simplify home energy management

Apr 20

News & Events

Optimizing airport surface operations

A team of CMU-Silicon Valley INI students partnered with NASA Ames Research Center to develop simulation tools that aim to improve air traffic control and scheduling at San Francisco International Airport, utilizing a reinforcement learning approach to help air traffic controllers make better-informed decisions.

Jan 6

News & Events

Gifting in augmented reality

During November’s National Entrepreneurship Month, the university celebrated the Tartan entrepreneurs around the world who are bringing groundbreaking ideas to market and building successful startup businesses. CMU Silicon Valley alumna Alex Cusell is one of those Tartan entrepreneurs.

Dec 13

News & Events

Legendary lessons from Silicon Valley

Pixar founder, Alvy Ray Smith, inspires Silicon Valley students in the Integrated Innovation Institute, whose master’s degrees combine studies in design, business, and engineering disciplines.

Sep 8

Artificial Intelligence

Transformational growth at CMU-Africa

A historic partnership with the Mastercard Foundation will expand the engineering and technology, research, and entrepreneurship programs at CMU-Africa, helping to strengthen Africa’s technology, innovation, and research ecosystem.

Apr 1

News & Events

Students climbed the mountain together

When the pandemic forced CMU Silicon Valley to operate remotely, the student affairs team created a virtual immersion program to provide students with professional and social opportunities to keep them engaged.

Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering is excited to celebrate Engineers’ Week 2021.

Celebrating Engineers’ Week

Dec 9

Cyberphysical Systems

Detecting wireless interference

Carnegie Mellon researchers were awarded a $1M NSF grant to investigate a system that allows devices to scan wide bandwidths to avert interference.

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Nov 13

News & Events

Fall career fairs combine and go virtual

Thousands of students from around the world attended Carnegie Mellon’s first combined virtual career fair as the university community continues to find new solutions to global problems.

Oct 11

News & Events

The College of Engineering is seeking an associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion

There is an exciting opportunity in diversity at Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering. Learn more about the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion position.

Jul 15

News & Events

CMU-SV prepares for students, staff, and faculty to return

CMU-SV will begin its fall semester as planned on August 31, 2020. When you return, here are a few things that you can expect.

Pei Zhang has turned a fleet of taxis into a mobile sensing platform to collect data required to develop applications for a smart city.

Building smart cities with taxis

Apr 20

Cyberphysical Systems

CMU-SV students partner with tech titans

Integrated Innovation Institute and Information Networking Institute, students get the opportunity to work in their fields with major tech companies who partner with CMU-SV for internship, research, and networking opportunities.

Apr 1

COVID-19

The Remote Student Experience at CMU-SV

Staff and administrators are implementing creative ways of keeping community members engaged and connected with each other in the face of adversity.

Mar 9

COVID-19

Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley moves all courses online until further notice

Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley is moving to remote teaching until further notice in response to increasing cases of the coronavirus (COVID 19) in the County of Santa Clara, California.

Feb 17

Cyberphysical Systems

Feet beyond fiction

Carnegie Mellon’s Pei Zhang is part of a team blurring the line between science and magic with a footstep-sensing invention inspired by Harry Potter’s Marauder’s Map.

Oct 23

Cyberphysical Systems

Communications technologies for monitoring the great outdoors

Bob Iannucci has worked with the USGS building a low-power, wide-area wireless network (LP-WAN) platform that can be used to sense a host of environmental factors.