Spring 2020 Speakers

 DateDeptName of the SpeakerTitle of the TalkHost
1/24ISDr. Rajesh Jugulum, Director, Global Data Strategies, CignaRobust Quality Approach for Analytics ExecutionTalburt
1/31ISDr. Elizabeth Pierce, Information Science, UA Little RockJob Hunting StrategiesTalburt
2/7ISDr. Mary Lacity, Director, Blockchain Center of Excellence, UA FayettevilleAddressing Key Challenges to Making Enterprise Blockchain Applications a RealityPierce
2/14ISDr. Richard Wang, Director, UA Little Rock Institute for Chief Data OfficersThe Landscape of Chief Data Officers and Preliminary Research on Data Washing MachineTalburt
2/21ISDr. Jeff Jonas, CEO Senzing CorporationMacro Tends in Data and Sensemaking (Keynote at the 14th International Conference on Information Quality in 2009)Pierce
2/28ISDr. Veysel Erdag, Chief Information Security Officer, UA Little RockThe Importance of Data Analysis in Cyber Security, and Current Threats and Common Attacks on UA Little Rock’s Cyber InfrastructureDagtas
3/6ISGlediana Rexha, UA Little Rock Intellectual Property Manager & Rebecca Todd, Innovation Consultant Ark Small Business and Technology CenterTechnology Transfer and the Commercialization of ResearchTalburt
3/13ISDr. Robert Belford, Dept of Chemistry, UA Little RockTBATalburt
3/20ISMustafa Alassad, PhD Candidate, CIFS Information Science ProgramComputational Social Science Techniques to Identify Malicious Groups of Users in Online Social PlatformsTalburt
3/27SPRING BREAKNO COLLOQUIUM
4/3SYENZaid Siddiqi, PhD Candidate, Systems Engineering ProgramComputational Fluid Dynamics and Its Application in Subsonic, Unmaned Aerial Vehicle AerodynamicsNisanci
4/10ISTuja Khaund, PhD Candidate, CIFS Information Science ProgramSocial Media BotsTalburt
4/17ISDr. Xiaowei Xu, UA Little Rock, Information ScienceCan Artificial Intelligence Become a Pantomath?Talburt
4/24ISTammie Cash, Director, UA Little Rock, ORSPOffice of Research and Sponsored Program Services and the Research Grant Proposal ProcessTalburt
5/1ISDr. Halvor Halvorson, Assistant Professor of Biology, UCAOpportunities to harness the environmental data revolutionPierce