I am a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Information Science in the College of Information at the University of North Texas. The Department of Information Science offers programs at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels. Our programs are nationally recognized. The Master of Science program is accredited by the American Library Association. We also offer the nation's largest interdisciplinary PhD program in Information Science. Our vision is to became globally recognized excellence in preparing leading information professionals, advancing knowledge, and serving the data and information professions.
My teaching and research areas include Information Retrieval and Access, Digital Libraries, Data Science, and Information Systems Design. I welcome talented undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students to join UNT Intelligent Information Access Lab and participate in Information Science and Data Science related research and development.
I am the Editor-in-Chief of The Electronic Library(TEL), an international peer-reviewed journal for the application of technology in information environments. Click here to understand the scope of the journal. Note TEL has changed its scope. Please read this editorial The Electronic Library: New Scope and Writing Suggestions to guide your writing for TEL. To submit your manuscript to TEL, please use the ScholarOne Manuscripts.
- February 28, 2019. Cal for papers and partiicpation - Please submit your research to JCDL 2019 workshop on Organizing Data, Information, and Knowledge in Big Data Environments . The Deadline for the workshop submission is April 5th, 2019.
- February 17, 2019. Please attend Information Science reserach meeting every Friday from 12 - 1pm in IS multi-purpose room. The schedule of the presentation and discussion can be found at IS Research Meetings page.
- January 29, 2019. the National Science Foundation awards a grant of $359,879 to University of North Texas for support of the project entitled "REU Site: Data Analytics and Information Retrieval." The project is under the direction of Junhua Ding (PI). It will start on March 1 , 2019 and end on February 28, 2022. Please visite our REU site here. We welcome qualified undergraduates to apply.
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