A UALR Department of Information Science professor has received a prestigious “Test of Time Award” in recognition of the groundbreaking research he conducted nearly 20 years ago. Continue reading “Professor’s data mining research stands ‘Test of Time’”
A UALR team of computer science students won first place among Arkansas institutions in the Association for Computing Machinery Mid-Central USA programming contest Saturday, Nov. 5.
A $742,044 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant will finance research by two information scientists at UALR’s Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology (EIT) on how blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media influence group actions.
Officials of UALR and the Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey, recently signed a new agreement of cooperation to promote joint education programs and research, exchange students and faculty, and engage in cultural cooperation.
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Three UALR students have been selected for internships this summer by The Washington Center, the largest independent, nonprofit academic internship program in the country. Founded 35 years ago, The Washington Center’s mission is to build future leaders by instilling in all program participants the need to be well-informed, public-spirited, and socially engaged leaders.
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Professors and a Ph.D. candidate from UALR’s College of Engineering and Information Technology have developed a new model to manage the “vast ocean” of user-generated content being generated by the ever-growing social networking sites including Facebook and Twitter.
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Two teams of UALR student computer programmers are competing in the Mid-Central Regionals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest Saturday, Oct. 24, at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville.
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Dr. Nitin Agarwal, professor of information science at UALR’s College of Engineering and Information Technology (EIT), has published a book offering a comprehensive overview of the various concepts and research issues the various concepts web logs — or blogs.
Continue reading “Professor’s Book Investigates How to Mine Blog Data”