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NSF Grant Will Allow Acuna to Study Optimization of Scientific Peer Review Process
Deficiencies in the scientific community’s centralized peer review process can impact more than a researcher’s career. Faults in the process can ultimately affect the kinds of scientific discoveries that are made, the distribution of information about findings, the technology innovations…
CCDS Plans Un-Conference on Democracy, Digital Media, Decision Making, Data Analytics
The Center for Computational and Data Science (CCDS) at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Research Un-Conference in September. The purpose of the Un-Conference is to bring together faculty from the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ community in a…
iSchool Researchers to Participate in Twitter-funded Study on Discussion Quality
In the context of growing political polarization, the spread of misinformation, and increases in incivility and intolerance, how can the Twitter social networking service assess and improve the quality of its conversations?  Two researchers from the School of Information Studies (iSchool)…
What the Trump Administration Gets Wrong on Trade
The following essay was written by Jason Dedrick, a professor with ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s School of Information Studies, Kenneth L. Kraemer with the University of California, Irvine and Greg Linden with the University of California, Berkeley. The Trump administration’s tariffs on China have…
Data Summit Draws Over 70 from Upstate Governments and Municipalities
Over 70 people attended the first Upstate Data Summit held last week at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, and sponsored by the School of Information Studies (iSchool), the City of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and the Center for Technology in Government at the State University of…
Stripling Elected to Board of Freedom to Read Foundation
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor of Practice and Senior Associate Dean Barbara Stripling has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF). She will begin her term in June after the organization’s…
Whole Foods Discount for Amazon Customers is Logical Next Step in ‘Cyber-Physical Strategy’
This week Whole Foods launched a loyalty program for Amazon Prime members, offering them special discounts at their grocery stores. The specials are available now in Florida and will roll out to all other stores starting this summer. Associate professor…
Summit to Showcase Innovative Uses of Government Data
The School of Information Studies (iSchool), the City of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, and the Center for Technology in Government at the State University of New York at Albany are joining together to offer the Upstate Data Summit at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ in June. The one-day event, planned for…
New Faculty Snapshot: Radhika Garg, Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Team Wins 2018 National Cyber Analyst Challenge
A team of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students was awarded first place and $20,000 in the National Cyber Analyst Challenge (NCAC) at Temple University in Philadelphia in April. The team was comprised of cybersecurity graduate students Priyank Thavai and Sirisha Prakash from the College of…