With the deployment of personal smart health technology, new digital tools are now within reach of people around the globe. From smart watches that monitor heart rate to Bluetooth enabled pulse oximeters, individuals can now get information about their health and do a better job taking care of themselves. As the importance of these consumer …
For the first time ever, the Information School (iSchool) at UW–Madison is accepting applications for a newly launched Master of Science Information degree. The degree complements the iSchool’s long standing Masters of Arts degree in Library and Information Studies, extending the iSchool’s information and data management education and career preparation into new areas. The first …
Dr. Jacob Thebault-Spieker earned both a BA and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota. His research interests focus on bias, social computing, crowd work, and the shared economy. Dr. Thebault-Spieker’s work will be an important accelerator for the iSchool’s relationships in the new School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences. Educational/professional background: …
Speaker: Ming Jiang, PhD student at the Illinois Informatics Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Time: Thursday, Nov 19 at 3 p.m. CST Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98435362731?pwd=T0xVem1mT1RnbWZzWmNaQ0s5dU1iUT09 The rapid growth of scientific articles has made digital libraries (DL) a vital source for scholarly information access. A grand challenge in DL research today is to organize large volumes of …
Dr. Chaoqun Ni brings her expertise in information technology and science policy to the iSchool. She’s excited to continue her research in scholarly competition and gender disparities within scientific fields at the iSchool, particularly under the new CDIS division at UW–Madison. Educational/professional background: I earned a PhD in Information Science, with a minor in Statistics …
Language and Justice: Examining the Social Implications of Language Technologies Guest Speaker: Su Lin Blodgett, Postdoctoral Researcher at Microsoft Research Montréal Date/Time: Thursday, Nov 12 at 2 p.m., Central Time Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97748479865?pwd=amxrY1g0Y09wOUdHb29zUmZqb3ZoZz09 Natural language processing (NLP) systems are now ubiquitous. Yet the benefits of these language technologies do not accrue evenly to all users, and they …
Towards Explainable Information Retrieval Models for Professional Search Tasks Guest Speaker: Yue Wang, Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina, School of Information and Library Science Date/Time: Nov 17 at 3 p.m., Central Time Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96378926598?pwd=NkNuRjJ3M2FyQlNmT0hzNjBpc2tMZz09 In professional search tasks such as precision medicine literature search, a query often involves multiple aspects. To assess …
Jiepu Jiang comes to the iSchool with and MS in Information Science from Wuhan University and a PhD n Library and Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh. His research aims at understanding, evaluating, and enhancing search systems and conversational systems (e.g., Siri, Cortana, and Alexa) using behavioral data. His work has addressed the challenges …
Corey B. Jackson, the Anna Julia Cooper Postdoctoral Fellow at the iSchool, won an Honorable Mention for the Best Paper Award as part of the 2020 CSCW conference (Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing). The paper is titled “Shifting forms of Engagement: Volunteer Learning in Online Citizen Science.” Dr. Jackson also received an …
Dr. Corey Jackson joined the iSchool as a Postdoctoral Scholar this fall and will stay on as a faculty member in Fall 2021. Dr. Jackson earned an M.S. in Library and Information Science at the Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology at Syracuse University. Could you please describe your …