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The Department of Information Science enjoys a lively and challenging research environment. Department faculty have conducted funded research for the National Science Foundation, the International Social Science Council, Rome Laboratory, the Volkswagen Foundation, but also for such firms and organizations as Acxiom, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Heifer International, IBM, ALCATEL, Philips Research, Siemens AG, Rockwell International, AT&T, and U-HAUL International. Their research has appeared in leading national and international journals. Several faculty have won recognitions and awards for their research and service.

Faculty Research Interests

Russel Bruhn

(rebruhn@ualr.edu)

 

Associate Professor

Use of computers in teaching information science courses, using XML/Java in bioinformatics, and computational methods used by biologists, engineers, physicians and other scientists to gather and extract data.

Serhan Dagtas

(sxdagtas@ualr.edu)

Assistant Professor

Multimedia analysis, databases, image processing, computer graphics, and Internet technologies.                                            

Nicholas Karlson

(n_karlson@yahoo.com)

 

Assistant Professor

Data analysis, web-based data collection and collaboration, secured and optimized Linux servers, Perl vs. Java in the implementation of web applications

Eduard Tudoreanu

(metudoreanu@ualr.edu)

Assistant Professor

Information visualization, human-computer interaction, distributed systems, and virtual reality.

Rolf Wigand

(rtwigand@ualr.edu)

Professor

Electronic commerce, electronic markets, information flow, information management, networked organizations, standards development, value chains, strategic alignment and deployment of information and communication technologies

Ningning Wu

(nxwu@ualr.edu)

Assistant Professor

Data mining, secure data mining, network intrusion detection, and information systems security.

Xiaowei Xu 

(xwxu@ualr.edu)

Associate Professor

Database management systems, data mining, machine learning, information retrieval, and bioinformatics.

Yanping Zhao

(yxzhao@ualr.edu)

Assistant Professor

Design and performance evaluation of computer systems, multimedia streaming, e-commerce systems, and storage systems.