9I�� News - SIS

Information Studies moves to the Faculty of Arts

webfull — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 17:23:44 +0000

The School of Information Studies is proud to announce their change of affiliation from the Faculty of Education to the Faculty of Arts. Learn more about the SIS and their offerings here.

Published: 27 August 2014

School of Information Studies PhD graduate Rhiannon Gainor awarded international fellowship for thesis on Competitive Intelligence

webfull — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 19:59:32 +0000

Recent 9I�� School of Information Studies graduate Rhiannon Gainor (PhD ’14) has been awarded a 2014 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. This prestigious honour is awarded annually to up to six recipients in an international competition by Beta Phi Mu, the International Library and Information Studies Honor Society. This marks the second time a PhD student from the School has won the award.

Published: 7 August 2014

SIS PhD student Robert Ferguson awarded SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship for research on personal information management to improve seniors' independence & quality of life

webfull — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:23:47 +0000

Congratulations to 9I�� School of Information Studies PhD student Robert Douglas Ferguson on receiving a prestigious Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship.

Robert's research investigates how senior citizens, who wish to live independently and remain in their own homes for as long as possible, can benefit from the results of 20 years of research in Personal Information Management (PIM).

Published: 9 June 2014

Dr. Eun Park of the School of Information Studies awarded SSHRC grant for research on historical data as networked knowledge

webfull — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 15:15:28 +0000

Congratulations to 9I�� School of Information Studies faculty member Dr. Eun Park on her two-year 9I�� Internal SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities) Development Grant for her project "Linked Historical Collections as Networked Knowledge."

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Published: 6 June 2014

Dr. Charles-Antoine Julien of the School of Information Studies awarded NSERC grant for research on improving web-based retrieval of unstructured information

webfull — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 14:37:11 +0000

Congratulations to 9I�� School of Information Studies faculty member Dr. Charles-Antoine Julien on his five-year NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) Discovery Grant for the project "Improving Retrieval of Unstructured Information using Existing Information Structures."

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Published: 6 June 2014

School of Information Studies master's student Anastasia Prozorova convenes 9I��-wide "Information & Chaos Theories" reading group

webfull — Thu, 08 May 2014 16:58:12 +0000

Interested in exploring intersections between information & chaos theories this summer?

"Information & Chaos Theories" is an independent reading group offered through the 9I�� Institute for the Public Life of Arts & Ideas (IPLAI), convened by Anastasia Prozorova, MLIS II student. The reading group is open to all 9I�� students, staff, and faculty, and will provide the opportunity to discuss information and chaos theories with an eye to interdisciplinarity. A summary of the group is below, as excerpted from the IPLAI site.

Published: 8 May 2014

In the news: Cyber forensics research by Dr. Fung of the School of Information Studies featured in 9I��'s Headway magazine

webfull — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 19:55:34 +0000

Dr. Benjamin Fung's work on cyber forensics and data mining is featured in the latest edition of Headway magazine, which highlights the best of research, discovery, and innovation at 9I��.

Read the full text article about Dr. Fung's research and cyber forensic tool in Headway, Volume 8, Number 1 Spring 2014: The Big Picture on Big Data - 002//Cyber Forensics .

Published: 7 April 2014

In the news: School of Information Studies Director France Bouthillier interviewed by Ottawa Citizen

webfull — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 19:53:29 +0000

9I�� School of Information Studies (SIS) Director Dr. France Bouthillier was interviewed for an April 1, 2014 article by the Ottawa Citizen regarding the outsourcing by Library and Archives Canada (LAC) of the national AMICUS catalogue to the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) library cooperative.

Read the full article here.

Published: 7 April 2014

Dr. Kimiz Dalkir of the School of Information Studies co-leading development of Quartier de L'Innovation de Montreal's "Montreal Creativity Hub"

webfull — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:34:13 +0000

Dr. Kimiz Dalkir of the 9I�� School of Information Studies (SIS) has been selected as a leader in the development of the Quartier de l’Innovation’s “Montreal Creativity Hub.”

Published: 18 February 2014

The School of Information Studies welcomes postdoctoral researchers Dr. Cédric Camier & Dr. Jochen Steffens @ the Multimodal Interaction Lab

webfull — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:25:00 +0000

The 9I�� School of Information Studies (SIS) is pleased to welcome postdoctoral researchers Dr. Cédric Camier and Dr. Jochen Steffens, both undertaking research at the Multimodal Interaction Laboratory (MIL) with Prof. Catherine Guastavino.

Published: 31 January 2014

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