Online archive of Cohen AIDS literature now in beta version
(Dec 2008)
In conjunction with World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, SI and the U-M Library will launch a searchable, online trove of AIDS-related literature gathered by a prominent science writer.
MacKie-Mason-edited volume on digital library economics published
(Oct 2008)
U-M's Scholarly Publishing Office has issued a collection of essays that grew from a research project and conference on the economics of digital libraries. Professor Jeff MacKie-Mason is co-editor of the volume.
Alumna Elisabeth Jones wins Paul Evan Peters Fellowship
(Oct 2008)
Elisabeth Jones (MSI '07) has been honored with the 2008 Paul Evan Peters Fellowship from the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). Jones joins fellow alumni Christopher (Cal) Lee (MSI '99, Ph.D. '05) and Phillip M. Edwards (MSI '03) in being so honored.
1,000 Pitches contest aims to bring in new ideas
(Oct 2008)
A competition now under way at the University of Michigan aims to gather 1,000 pitches for new businesses, inventions, and nonprofit organizations by October 26. The award for winning entries in each of seven categories is $1,000.
Open access champion to address privatization of knowledge at Oct 22 JSB Symposium
(Sep 2008)
Brewster Kahle, a champion of open access to all knowledge, will consider the impact of the consolidation and privatization of knowledge sources when he gives the keynote talk at the John Seely Brown Symposium on Society and Technology, 3:00 p.m., October 22, 2008.
SI's Krause and Yakel win SAA's Posner Award
(Sep 2008)
Magia Ghetu Krause, a PhD candidate at SI, and Elizabeth Yakel, associate professor of information, have won the Society of American Archivists' 2008 Fellows' Ernst Posner Award for their essay, "Interaction in Virtual Archives: The Polar Bear Expedition Digital Collections Next Generation Finding Aid."
Mark Ackerman's SocialWorlds research group: Melding social science and technology
(Apr 2008)
Though he did his graduate work in computer science and information technologies, Mark Ackerman's undergraduate degree was in "history in the social sciences," and both the technology and the social science influences are clear in the work of his SocialWorlds research group.
SI student projects displayed at 2008 expoSItion
(Mar 2008)
So many student projects were on display at the 2008 expoSItion that some groups had to set up in the hallway outside. Winning project submissions have been announced.
Newman is latest distinguished addition to SI's HCI faculty
(Mar 2008)
SI's newest faculty member, Assistant Professor Mark Newman, comes to SI with a research career at the legendary PARC, a Ph.D. in computer science from UC-Berkeley, and a passion for making ubiquitous computing, well, ubiquitous.
Internet pioneer Atkins receives Paul Evan Peters Award
(Feb 2008)
Professor Daniel E. Atkins, whose work has made it easier for scientists to collaborate online across the globe, has been named the 2008 recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award, joining Tim Berners-Lee, Vinton Cerf, Brewster Kahle, and Paul Ginsparg in being so honored.
Projects show SI's HCI strengths
(Feb 2008)
HCI projects at SI are many. Recent examples range from an AJAX interface for quickly browsing comments at SlashDot to visualizations of paths students take through the SI curriculum.
MBooks project reaches one-million-volume milestone
(Feb 2008)
The Michigan Digitization Project collaboration between U-M and Google has thus far transcribed 16 miles of books into 42 terabytes of data. The result: U-M now has one million volumes online.
Computational Linguistics Olympiad comes to Ann Arbor
(Feb 2008)
On February 5th local high school students tested their wits by solving language problems as part of the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO). SI faculty played key roles.
Rieh grant part of project to transform the IPL
(Jan 2008)
Assistant Professor Soo Young Rieh has been awarded $75,000 as part of a larger, three-year grant for "Transforming the Internet Public Library," or IPL.
SI students show off cool network visualization projects
(Jan 2008)
Disease transmission. Free-riding on file-sharing networks. Micro-loan repayment in developing economies. The viral spread of FaceBook applications. SI students tackle all of these -- and more -- using networks analysis tools. The results are striking.
SI team's paper wins AMIA award
(Dec 2007)
A team of researchers that included SI students and faculty earned a Distinguished Paper Award at the American Medical Informatics Association's (AMIA) annual meeting in Chicago in November.
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