Home
News Articles by Tag : News Category: research

News Category: research

Dr. Gwizdka investigates eye-tracking for adaptive user interfaces

July 17, 2017

School of Information Assistant Professor Jacek Gwizdka, a co-director of the iSchool’s Information eXperience (IX) Lab, is a principal investigator on a new project called “Eye-Tracking for Adaptive User Interfaces.” The project is being funded by Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Read more about Dr. Gwizdka investigates eye-tracking for adaptive user interfaces

Dr. Xie boosting older adults' eHealth skills

May 8, 2017

Associate Professor Bo Xie is working on a project that will help older adults use the Internet to make informed choices about health and medicine.

Dr. Xie received a $426,127 grant from the NIH’s National Institute on Aging for the study, which is titled “Boosting Older Adults’ Cognition by Training Real-World eHealth Skills.”

“Older adults face a range of medical decisions,” Dr. Xie said. “The Internet has the potential to meet their needs for a diverse range of health information.”

Read more about Dr. Xie boosting older adults' eHealth skills

School of Information creates makerspace

March 8, 2017

If students dream it, the School of Information will help them build it.

In Fall 2016, the iSchool debuted the Information Lifecycle Lab, a makerspace that gives students room to share ideas, tinker with hardware and create prototypes for new electronic devices. The lab offers a range of high-tech equipment from 3D printers to computer microprocessors.

Read more about School of Information creates makerspace

Texas iSchool to research White House social media archives

Jan. 4, 2017

The White House announced on Jan. 5 that Texas iSchool Assistant Professor Amelia Acker will conduct a pair of research and teaching projects using President Barack Obama’s complete social media archives.

Read more about Texas iSchool to research White House social media archives

Professor Lease wins HCOMP 2016 Best Paper Award

Nov. 30, 2016

A research article co-authored by School of Information Associate Professor Matthew Lease received the Best Paper Award from the 2016 Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing (HCOMP) this November.

Read more about Professor Lease wins HCOMP 2016 Best Paper Award

Texas iSchool awarded $635K grant to improve credit for research software

Nov. 10, 2016

School of Information Assistant Professor James Howison is collaborating on a new project that aims to transform the way we measure the scholarly impact of software.

Funded by a three-year, $635,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Dr. Howison is working with the open-source website Impactstory to create a database of software projects that are mentioned in research papers.

Read more about Texas iSchool awarded $635K grant to improve credit for research software

Advisory Council welcomes new chair, vice chair

Nov. 2, 2016

Dr. Dale Ricklefs has concluded her three-year term as chair of the School of Information Advisory Council. She is succeeded by Christian Schley, who served the past three years as vice chair.

In addition, Advisory Council member Sue Trombley has been appointed vice chair.

Read more about Advisory Council welcomes new chair, vice chair

Randolph Bias and Sheng-Cheng Huang Receive John Wiley Best Paper Award at ASIS&T

Sept. 30, 2016

The world’s leading organization for information research, ASIS&T, has awarded the 2016 John Wiley & Sons Best JASIST Paper Award to iSchool professor Dr. Randolph Bias and his doctoral graduate, Dr. Sheng-Cheng "Hans" Huang, for their work on neuroimaging and information systems. The honor will be presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Read more about Randolph Bias and Sheng-Cheng Huang Receive John Wiley Best Paper Award at ASIS&T

School hosting several research events

Sept. 20, 2016

The School of Information has scheduled a full slate of public research events for the fall 2016 semester.

At the iSchool’s research events, experts come together to discuss a wide range of subjects, such as:

Read more about School hosting several research events

Gwizdka, Zhang Earn Grant

Feb. 8, 2016

UT iSchool Assistant Professors Yan Zhang and Jacek Gwizdka received a $44,444 grant from the UT-Austin in Portugal International collaborator for Emerging Technologies co-lab. The grant will fund their study of interface and content elements that people use to evaluate online health care information. Zhang and Gwizdka are working with their colleague Carla Lopes from the University of Porto in Portugal.