About Us

Our research teams are comprised of individuals with diverse research perspectives that bridge historically partitioned research areas. We leverage new media technologies to transform information into actionable knowledge for decision making. Our research interests focus on large-scale problems that provide opportunities for collaboration.

Focus

To conduct research and demonstrate how information technology can span the gap from energy detection (via sensors and human reports) to knowledge creation.

Goal

Led by the College of Information Sciences and Technology, we will provide knowledge transfer to industry and academia.

Mission

To conduct and encourage interdisciplinary research in which humans and computing systems collaborate for improved situational awareness and distributed cognition.

History

NC2IF was chartered as a Penn State research center in 2008.