UA Little Rock doctoral student selected for prestigious computer science research workshop
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock doctoral candidate has been selected for a prestigious workshop designed to prepare graduate students for careers in the computer science industry.
UA Little Rock doctoral students mentor middle school gaming club in South Carolina
A husband and wife team, who are both pursuing a Ph.D. in information science at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, are mentoring middle school students by sharing their love of games with a science fiction and fantasy club in South Carolina.
U.S. State Department officials view how technology can help government agencies battle foreign propaganda
Researchers at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock demonstrated to visiting government officials how web-based, social-media tracking technology programs can help government agencies identify and analyze foreign propaganda and disinformation.
UA Little Rock grad is taking the Information Technology world by storm
As a sophomore information science major at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2010, Karen Watts of Bryant faced a difficult choice.
UA Little Rock’s Agarwal named Arkansas Research Alliance Fellow
Dr. Nitin Agarwal, a distinguished professor of Information Science Department and head of the university’s Collaboratorium for Social Media and Online Behavioral Studies (COSMOS), was one of six new Arkansas Research Alliance Fellows announced Thursday, Dec. 13, during a news conference at the Arkansas State Capitol.
UA Little Rock grad researches validity of patient data found on social networks
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock student who is graduating on Dec. 15 is making it easier for medical researchers to validate patient data found on social networks that can be used to make important decisions about what medical products are advanced for future development.
Agarwal elected to Arkansas Academy of Computing
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock information science professor has been inducted as a fellow of the Arkansas Academy of Computing for his contributions to computing in Arkansas.
UA Little Rock research shows that bots may have less influence on people than previously thought
New research at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock digs into assumptions about the influence of bots on people’s opinions.
UA Little Rock paper wins award at international conference for research on tracking disinformation campaigns through social media
A UA Little Rock research paper on strategic integrations of social media platforms received the Challenge Problem Runner Up award at the 2018 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation this summer.
UA Little Rock professor joins program to fight the spread of foreign propaganda
University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor and social media infiltration expert Dr. Nitin Agarwal has been selected as a member of the U.S. State Department’s Tech Demo program to counter foreign propaganda and disinformation.