IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering faculty and students made a big impact at the prestigious Association for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting.
Assistant Professor of Information and Library Science Kahyun Choi, Professor of Information Science Pnina Fichman and Professor of Information Science Howard Rosenbaum, as well as Meredith Dedema, Ph.D. student, were honored during the meeting, which is the premier international conference on information science and technology. It ran Oct. 29 through Nov. 1 in Pittsburgh, Pa.
“I was pleasantly surprised to hear that some of our faculty’s work was recognized by this international scholarly organization,” said Noriko Hara, chair of information and library science. “Congratulations Kahyun, Meredith, Pnina and Howard. I am proud of all of you.”
For 85 years, the ASIS&T has gathered more than 400 of the world’s leading information scholars and researchers to share ideas and innovations in the study of information, people and technology in society. It’s designed to help bridge the gap between present and future, between research and application, between developer and user. The goal is to meet today’s challenges to create a better tomorrow.
Rosenbaum and Fichman received ASS&T Distinguished Member program recognition. That honors achievement through hard work, commitment to personal development and dedication to excellence in the profession by sustained educational pursuits, as well as a proven track record of service to the community, and the information science and technology field. Members are expected to serve as mentors and role models. Distinguished Member status last five years and must be renewed through additional professional requirements.
Rosenbaum and Fichman also co-organized and moderated the conference’s successful doctoral colloquium.
“We’ve been running it for at least a decade,” Rosenbaum said. “I’d guess well over 100 doctoral students have passed through it.”
Choi and Dedema were co-authors of the award-winning paper titled, “AI & Co-design in public libraries: Empowering underserved youth to cultivate symbiotic relationships between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and their communities.”
Other authors were Hee Rin Lee, assistant professor, Michigan State University; Selin Akgun, Ph.D. student, Michigan State University; Ji Youn Shin, assistant professor, University of Minnesota; and Pooja Malvi, master's student, Michigan State University.
“Hee Rin Lee gave a wonderful presentation,” Choi said, “and everyone on the project received the award together.”
Choi also gave a presentation, “Computational Poetry Collection Analysis via Context-Dependent Language Models.”