[Asis-l] Research News from the iSchool at Syracuse University

[John David Ross]

Research News from the iSchool at Syracuse University

iSchool Faculty Part of Project to Improve Web and Cloud Computing Accessibility
The Disability Rehabilitation Research Project (DRRP) on Inclusive Cloud and Web Computing includes researchers at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies (iSchool) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Read more...<http://ischool.syr.edu/newsroom/research.aspx?recid=1555>

Leadership and Culture Course, Book In Classroom Field-Testing
Professor Martha Garcia-Murillo took the lessons she and others were teaching face-to-face in a leadership seminar at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and turned them into an easily-digestible book, “Leadership and Culture.” Read more...<http://ischool.syr.edu/newsroom/index.aspx?recid=1554>

Østerlund Named Associate Editor For ISR Journal
Associate Professor Carsten Østerlund has been selected to serve in the position of associate editor at Information Systems Research (ISR) Journal. Read more...<http://ischool.syr.edu/newsroom/index.aspx?recid=1553>

Associate Professor Joon S. Park Has Patent Registered
Registered as patent US 8,387,115, entitled, “Active Access Control System and Method,” the patent relates to a method that dynamically provides the fine-grained access control mechanisms, considering the user’s current contexts and computing environments. Read more...<http://ischool.syr.edu/newsroom/research.aspx?recid=1552>

iSchool Doctoral Graduate, Professor Receive ASIS&T “Best Paper” Award
A paper lead-authored by doctoral degree recipient Youngseek Kim (‘13) and co-authored by Jeffrey Stanton, professor and senior associate dean at the School of Information Studies, was selected as the winner of this year's “best paper” award for SIG-USE at the Association for Information Science and Technology organization’s annual conference. Read more...<http://ischool.syr.edu/newsroom/research.aspx?recid=1542>

Faculty Members Author Chapters on Curiosity, Motivation in Learning
Faculty members Marilyn Arnone, Ruth Small, and Derek Cogburn have authored chapters in two just-published books pertaining to curiosity and motivation and how those elements of personality can impact the learning process. Read more...<http://ischool.syr.edu/newsroom/research.aspx?recid=1525>

Research Professor Awarded $100,000 NAFKI Grant
Research Assistant Professor Jun Wang is continuing his work on how drawing scientific concepts can help promote learning for students in Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) studies with a distinguished grant from the National Academies Keck Futures Initiatives (NAFKI). Read more...<http://ischool.syr.edu/newsroom/research.aspx?recid=1509>

Ping Zhang Accepts Role of Field Historian for AIS
Named as the first AIS Historian earlier this year, Dr. Zhang spent much of her time–coinciding with her sabbatical leave--exploring the various aspects of the field’s history. Read more...<http://ischool.syr.edu/newsroom/index.aspx?recid=1511>

For more news about the iSchool at Syracuse University, visit our news site<http://ischool.syr.edu/newsroom/index.aspx> and blog, Information Space<http://infospace.ischool.syr.edu/>.
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