UALR, MIT create first institute for chief data officers

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have partnered to create the first academic institute devoted solely to the professional development of chief data officers.

‘Big Data’ conferences attract reps from 25 countries

Representatives from 25 countries, 63 companies, and 20 educational institutions from around the world are at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock this week during two back-to-back major international conferences focused on data science.

STEM Students: Connecting Science, Community

Two students from the UALR George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology, Daniel Pullen and Anthony Keener, recently demonstrated two essential strengths in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics field – conducting original scientific research and communicating that research to a diverse audience.

EIT Alums Tie for International Award

Two scholars from UALR’s Information Quality Graduate Program tied for second place for the 2012 Donald Ballou and Harold Pazer Information Quality Dissertation Award from the International Conference on Information Quality (ICIQ).

UALR Joins National Identity Management Center

The Washington-based Center for Applied Identity Management Research (CAIMR) has asked UALR and its experts in the fields of information quality to join the public-private partnership in addressing current and future identity management challenges and finding real-world solutions.