Dr. Nitin Agarwal

UA Little Rock Partnering in $660,000 Department of Defense Grant

Dr. Nitin Agarwal of UA Little Rock and Dr. Samer Al-Khateeb of Creighton University have received a $660,407 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)/Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) to research violent mob behavior to strengthen domestic and national security apparatus. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Partnering in $660,000 Department of Defense Grant”

Rick Galeano

Cybersecurity Student Profile: Lt. Col. Rick Galeano

In honor of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, UA Little Rock is profiling student researchers who are studying the rapidly growing field of cybersecurity.

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Moviebarcode, a technique used to summarize videos by compressing an entire video into a single image, to systematically categorize and analyze videos on YouTube.

UA Little Rock researchers earn Best Paper Award for research using moviebarcode as video analysis method

A group of researchers from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Collaboratorium for Social Media and Online Behavioral Studies (COSMOS) have been recognized for their research using moviebarcode, a technique used to summarize videos by compressing an entire video into a single image, to systematically categorize and analyze videos on YouTube. Continue reading “UA Little Rock researchers earn Best Paper Award for research using moviebarcode as video analysis method”

Faculty Excellence nominee Nitin Agarwal. Photo by Ben Krain.

Agarwal Guest Edits Special Magazine Issue Highlighting Cyber Social Health Research

Dr. Nitin Agarwal, Maulden-Entergy Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor of Information Science, has served as a guest editor for a special issue of IEEE Internet Computing magazine on cyber social health. Continue reading “Agarwal Guest Edits Special Magazine Issue Highlighting Cyber Social Health Research”

Katrin Galeano

Galeano selected for Workshop for Women in Computer Science Industry

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock doctoral student has been selected for a prestigious workshop designed to prepare graduate students for careers in the computer science industry. Continue reading “Galeano selected for Workshop for Women in Computer Science Industry”

UA Little Rock graduate student Adeola Adesoba was one of 40 national winners of the New Face of Tech Scholarship. The $1500 scholarship is intended to fund and fuel the aspirations of talented female college students pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, arts and math.

Adesoba selected as New Face of Tech Challenge Winner

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock student is one of 40 women from across the country that was recognized as an up and coming female professional in the technology industry as a winner of the New Face of Tech Challenge Continue reading “Adesoba selected as New Face of Tech Challenge Winner”

Adewale Obadimu, a fourth-year computer science doctoral student from Nigeria, has been selected for the 2019 URMD Grad Cohort Workshop March 22-24 in Waikoloa, Hawaii.

Obadimu lands new career at Linkedin

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock doctoral student has been recruited to begin a new career in engineering and operations at Linkedin.

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Dr. Nitin Agarwal

UA Little Rock researchers help identify COVID-19 misinformation and myths in new public website

A research team at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is working to warn the public about the dangerous spread of misinformation and scams surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

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