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SI recognizes 107 degree candidates at April ceremony
(May 2008)
The first students from the School of Information's newest specializations were among the degree candidates honored at the Graduate Recognition Ceremony on April 25.
Mark Ackerman's SocialWorlds research group: Melding social science and technology
(Apr 2008)
Though he did his graduate work in computer science and information technologies, Mark Ackerman's undergraduate degree was in "history in the social sciences," and both the technology and the social science influences are clear in the work of his SocialWorlds research group.
Online magazine Concentrate features SI student projects
(Apr 2008)
The April 23rd, 2008, issue of Concentrate magazine has a feature on SI student projects, "the next evolutionary stage in information technology."
SI study finds Yahoo Answers users seek advice, opinion, as well as expertise
(Apr 2008)
One of the first large-scale analyses of how people share knowledge on Yahoo Answers has found that participants use the site to exchange advice and opinions, in addition to technical expertise.
SI Research and Innovation Office adds wiki, online grants database
(Apr 2008)
SI's Research and Innovation Office has two new resources online for faculty and students involved in research: a research wiki and a database of active research grants.
Clarkson and Frost win grant to develop digital museums with tribal communities
(Apr 2008)
Two SI researchers have won a $200,000 NSF grant to work with American Indian communities developing "digital tribal museums" while also bringing new educational opportunities in computer science and information to reservations.
SI team takes second in CHI 2008 Student Design Competition
(Apr 2008)
An SI team's system that used social networking tools to encourage volunteerism finished second in the CHI 2008 Conference Student Design Competition.
Dean Martha Pollack paper named highly influential by professional group
(Apr 2008)
A paper coauthored by SI Dean Martha E. Pollack has won a 2008 influential paper award from the International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS).
Margaret Hedstrom featured in New York Times story on digital preservation
(Apr 2008)
Associate Professor Margaret Hedstrom is featured in an article on digital preservation in the April 9, 2008 New York Times.
Ph.D. students take honorable mention in North Campus design contest
(Mar 2008)
A team of doctoral students from SI and the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning earned an honorable mention for their submission in the first Work/Play competition at the U-M.
Lada Adamic wins prestigious NSF CAREER Award
(Mar 2008)
Assistant Professor Lada Adamic has won a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the NSF -- given to the top young researchers nationwide each year -- for proposed work on the social dynamics of information in virtual spaces.
Atkins is first Kellogg Professor in Community Information
(Mar 2008)
A lifelong commitment to empowering communities through the strength of global computing has earned Daniel E. Atkins an appointment as the first Kellogg Professor in Community Information at the School of Information.
MSI student Andrew Hunt a Digital Library Federation fellow
(Mar 2008)
Andrew Hunt, an MSI student specializing in Archives and Records Management, has been selected one of four national Digital Library Federation fellows and will attend the federation's spring forum in Minnesota.
SI student projects displayed at 2008 expoSItion
(Mar 2008)
So many student projects were on display at the 2008 expoSItion that some groups had to set up in the hallway outside. Winning project submissions have been announced.
Dean Pollack delivers upbeat State of the School address
(Mar 2008)
"The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades!" That's the message Dean Martha Pollack closed with in her first "State of the School" talk on March 12th.
iSchool at Michigan does i-Conference at UCLA
(Mar 2008)
Having hosted the previous i-conference in late 2006, U-M's School of Information was all over the 2008 i-conference. Literally.
Tiffany Veinot to join SI faculty in fall 2008
(Mar 2008)
Tiffany Veinot will join the faculty of the School of Information as an assistant professor. Her primary academic field is Library and Information Services.
Newman is latest distinguished addition to SI's HCI faculty
(Mar 2008)
SI's newest faculty member, Assistant Professor Mark Newman, comes to SI with a research career at the legendary PARC, a Ph.D. in computer science from UC-Berkeley, and a passion for making ubiquitous computing, well, ubiquitous.
Internet pioneer Atkins receives Paul Evan Peters Award
(Feb 2008)
Professor Daniel E. Atkins, whose work has made it easier for scientists to collaborate online across the globe, has been named the 2008 recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award, joining Tim Berners-Lee, Vinton Cerf, Brewster Kahle, and Paul Ginsparg in being so honored.
Projects show SI's HCI strengths
(Feb 2008)
HCI projects at SI are many. Recent examples range from an AJAX interface for quickly browsing comments at SlashDot to visualizations of paths students take through the SI curriculum.
Rackham presents Outstanding GSI Award to Libby Hemphill
(Feb 2008)
Doctoral student Libby Hemphill has been awarded an Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award for the 2007-08 academic year.
SI student teams reach semifinals in CHI 2008 Student Design Competition
(Feb 2008)
For the third year in a row, SI is sending teams of students to the semifinal round of the Student Design Competition at the CHI conference. Will SI bring home gold again?
MBooks project reaches one-million-volume milestone
(Feb 2008)
The Michigan Digitization Project collaboration between U-M and Google has thus far transcribed 16 miles of books into 42 terabytes of data. The result: U-M now has one million volumes online.
Computational Linguistics Olympiad comes to Ann Arbor
(Feb 2008)
On February 5th local high school students tested their wits by solving language problems as part of the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO). SI faculty played key roles.
Ph.D. student Munson wins Yahoo! Key Technical Challenges grant
(Feb 2008)
SI doctoral student Sean Munson has been awarded a Key Technical Challenges (KTC) grant from Yahoo!. The award will mean $5,000 and a trip to a summer Yahoo! workshop.
Hedstrom recognized as a "Digital Preservation Pioneer" by Library of Congress
(Feb 2008)
We always knew it; now the Library of Congress has confirmed it. Associate Professor Margaret Hedstrom is profiled as a Digital Preservation Pioneer on the LoC Web site.
SI congratulates three new Ph.D.s.
(Jan 2008)
Matt Bietz, Jun Zhang, and Airong Luo are SI's newest Ph.D.s.
Rieh grant part of project to transform the IPL
(Jan 2008)
Assistant Professor Soo Young Rieh has been awarded $75,000 as part of a larger, three-year grant for "Transforming the Internet Public Library," or IPL.
SI students show off cool network visualization projects
(Jan 2008)
Disease transmission. Free-riding on file-sharing networks. Micro-loan repayment in developing economies. The viral spread of FaceBook applications. SI students tackle all of these -- and more -- using networks analysis tools. The results are striking.
MSI student attends cultural heritage curator program in Paris
(Dec 2007)
MSI student Anne Bast fell in love with France on a six-month study abroad as an undergraduate. Now she's returning to Paris to continue her education and her immersion in French culture at the prestigious Institut National du Patrimoine.
Yan Chen promoted to full professor
(Dec 2007)
SI faculty member Yan Chen has been promoted to the rank of full professor by the U-M Board of Regents.
SI well-represented in annual GROCS competition
(Dec 2007)
The work of School of Information master's and doctoral students has been cited in the annual GROCS Student Research Awards competition.
SI team's paper wins AMIA award
(Dec 2007)
A team of researchers that included SI students and faculty earned a Distinguished Paper Award at the American Medical Informatics Association's (AMIA) annual meeting in Chicago in November.
Gary M. Olson named Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
(Dec 2007)
University of Michigan faculty member Gary M. Olson has been named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), widely recognized as the premier professional organization in computing.
Importance of standards focus of IPOL series talk
(Nov 2007)
Carl Cargill, director of standards at Sun Microsystems, will speak on "Going Global: The New Social, Economic, and Political Life of Standardization" at the School of Information.
Scientific organization cites John L. King as fellow
(Oct 2007)
John L. King, professor of information in the School of Information and vice provost for academic information at the University of Michigan, has been honored as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
STIET program continues and expands into Wayne State University
(Oct 2007)
The innovative STIET program for doctoral students at the University of Michigan has received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to continue its programs for the next five years.
SI prepares to launch undergraduate program
(Oct 2007)
Starting in January, University of Michigan undergraduates will experience what the School of Information is like when they take pilot courses for a proposed Bachelor of Science concentration in informatics.
Funding agencies recognize SI as strong in research opportunities
(Oct 2007)
The School of Information continues to make its mark on the national stage through research activities. For the 2007 fiscal year that ended June 30, the School had approximately $6 million in research expenditures.
Clarkson travels the road of patent cartography
(Aug 2007)
Assistant Professor Gavin Clarkson of the School of Information has received a renewable IBM Faculty Award to pursue research into "Patent Cartography," sort of a roadmap for finding information about a specific U.S. patent.
Professor Emeritus Dave Hessler runs like the wind
(Aug 2007)
Professor Emeritus David W. Hessler has added two gold medals to his list of accomplishments.
U.S. lingustics teams capture top Olympiad honors
(Aug 2007)
Associate Professor Dragomir Radev coached eight American students to prominence in the fifth International Linguistics Olympiad, held in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Martha E. Pollack is new dean of the School of Information
(Aug 2007)
The School of Information has welcomed Martha E. Pollack as its dean. Her term as dean became effective August 1.
USENIX cites Peter Honeyman with Lifetime Achievement Award
(Jun 2007)
School of Information Research Professor Peter Honeyman has received the USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the UNIX community in regard to intellectual achievement and service.
King named to first Computing Community Consortium oversight group
(Jun 2007)
SI professor and former dean John L. King has been appointed to the first permanent Council for the Computing Community Consortium.
Clara Stanton Jones:
Significant figure in librarianship and her husband honored with scholarship
(Jun 2007)
Many students of color working in the information professions today have a University of Michigan graduate to thank for opening doors when so many were bolted shut to them.
Gift from Barbara Palmer (AMLS '68) creates scholarship fund
(Jun 2007)
Barbara Palmer (AMLS '68) knows firsthand how students benefit from the generosity of others. When she was a student at Michigan, the support of others who had given to the University made it possible for her to continue her education.
Jun Zhang receives Olson Award as outstanding doctoral student
(Jun 2007)
Doctoral student Jun Zhang has been awarded the Gary M. Olson Outstanding Doctoral Student Award for 2006-07
SI and U-M Library to digitize HIV/AIDS archive
(May 2007)
A grant from the John D. Evans Foundation is allowing SI and U-M Library researchers to digitize and put online one of the most comprehensive archives of material on the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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