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Research at IST: Changing the World with Inspired Solutions
The "Reserach at IST" video provides an overview of the research activities within the College of Information Sciences and Technology. We define a new discipline, which is the movement of the iSchools, by:
- Investigating information-centric research questions that have an impact to the real world
- Integrating innovative ideas from multiple disciplines to influence the future of information technology
- Shaping the contexts in which information and technology is used
- Studying the impact of novel information technology on people
Research Areas
- Artificial Intelligence and Informatics
- Community Informatics
- Crisis Management and Emergency Response
- Cyber Security and Privacy
- Enterprise, Knowledge, and Process
- Geographic Information Systems
- Globalization*
- Health and Bio Informatics
- Human Capital in Knowledge Society
- Human Computer Interaction
- Information and Image Fusion
- Information Policy
- Learning and Innovation
- Psychology of Terrorism*
- Search, Information Retrieval, and Digital Library
- Social Impact and Social Inclusion
- Social Network Analysis*
*Indicates new research area
IST Faculty
Starting with five members in 1999, IST has grown into a diverse faculty of more than thirty at the University Park campus. Our scholarly community offers a breadth of research interests that impact every aspect of information technology. The college continues to add faculty members with rich, new areas of intellectual pursuit.
Rankings
7th in Top Research Universities Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index of Information Science/Studies – 2007 (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
4th Among Top 4000 Universities (Webometrics Ranking of World Universities)
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4th Among Top 4000 Universities (Webometrics Ranking of World Universities)
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Quick Facts
Inter and Multi-Discipline Research
In addition to having expertise in many areas, including human-computer interaction, data mining and information retrieval, intelligent systems, the social and behavioral aspects of information technology, and many more, our faculty collaborate in projects across disciplines such as:
- Health Informatics
- Medical Informatics
- Emergency Response
- Enterprise Informatics
- Globalization
