Information Science Research Meetings

The Department of Information Science Research Meetings a.k.a Brown Bag meetings primarily focus on improving the quality of scholarly work at the department. They are meant to support faculty and Ph.D. students in their research careers, therefore it is open to all faculty and students who wish to share their ideas in the field of Information Science, Library Science, or Data Science. 

The Brown Bag meetings will be held in the DIS Multipurpose room and also online on Fridays from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. (CT) via Zoom for the Fall 2023 semester.
A facilitator(s) will open the meeting with a presentation, followed by a discussion. These meetings are designed to teach and encourage discussion.
 

Fall 2023

 

DATE TIME/LOCATION TOPIC DISCUSSION LEADER(S)
1 - Sept 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Fall 2023 kick off meeting Dr. Jiangping Chen
8 - Sept 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Edge-computing Supported Robust Multi-Robot System Dr. Kewei Sha
22 - Sept 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Deciphering Digital Discourse: An NLP Exploration of Online Incivility and Social Response Dr. Lingzi Hong
29 - Sept 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Introduction to our academic associations: ASIS&T, ALISE, and Other  Dr. Jiangping Chen
6 - Oct 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Records of Refuge: Supporting Refugee Communities' Archival Needs Dr. Ana Roeschley, Julie Miller, Kinza Alizai
13 - Oct 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Bias-Aware User Modeling and Evaluation in Intelligent Search and Recommendation
Dr. Jiqun Liu

(University of Oklahoma)
20 - Oct 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Generative Artificial Intelligence Entering Mainstream Society Dr. Brady Lund
3 - Nov 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Empowering the Next Generation: Exploring Data Literacy Perceptions and Practices in Community Colleges Dr. Jeonghyun Kim
10 - Nov 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Multilingual Support in Digital Environments: A Case Study of Online Catalogues in U.S. Public Libraries Dr. Tae Hee Lee
17 - Nov 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.  TBA TBA

 

Spring 2023

 

DATE TIME/LOCATION TOPIC DISCUSSION LEADER(S)
25 - Jan 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
  Departmental Research Summary for 2022-2023  Drs. Hossain, O'Connor and Moore
1 -Feb 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Cancelled: University closed -
8 - Feb 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Fighting Misinformation : A systematic review Dr. Jiangping Chen, Huyen Nguyen
15 - Feb 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. Attending Professional Conferences - Career Development Dr. Jeff Allen, Millicent Njeri
22 - Feb
12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Identifying Informative Comments in Online News Dr. Tozammel Hossain
1 - Mar 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Symbiosis or friction: Understanding participant motivations for information sharing and institutional goals in participatory archive initiatives   Dr. Ana Roeschley
8 - Mar 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Oral Histories of Childhood Reading from Diverse Perspectives Dr. Sarah Evans, kYmberly Keeton, Lacy Molina
22 - Mar 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Considerations for Supporting BIPOC First Generation College Students Dr. Daniella Smith, Diane Gill, Lydia Oladapo,
Ijay Kaz-Onyeakazi
29 - Mar 12:00 1:00 P.M. Theory development in LIS Dr. Shawne Miksa
12 - Apr 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. 
Social Support on Social Media for PTSD during the COVID-19 pandemic
 
Dr. Heejun Kim, Yildiz Esener
19 - Apr 12:00 - 1:00 P.M Diversity in the Curriculum: A Systematic Review, with Observations on Systematic Review Procedures Dr. Sarah Ryan, Mohotarema Rashid
26 - Apr 12:00 - 1:00 P.M The relationship between social noise and misinformation and their impact on the information ecosystem Dr. Suliman Hawamdeh, Manar Alsaid
3 - May 12:00 - 1:00 P.M An Autoethnographic Chronicle: The Evolution of Self-Documentation in African American Community Archives kYmberly Keeton

 

Fall 2022

 

DATE TIME/LOCATION TOPIC DISCUSSION LEADER(S)
7 - Sept 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
  Departmental Research Summary for 2021-2022   Dr. Jiangping Chen
14 -Sept 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Developing your Digital Presence: Moving a Career Forward Dr. Jeff Allen
21 - Sept 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
What the Shelves Aren’t Saying: An Exploration of Self-censorship in High School Libraries Dr. Jennifer Moore and Alissa Tudor
28 - Sept 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. The Two Faces of Social Media in Big Data Analysis, Mining, and Modeling Dr. Yunhe Feng
5 - Oct
12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Global, racial, and gender inequalities persistent in scholarly publishing Dr. Brady Lund
26 - Oct 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Knowledge representation in health and clinical informatics research Dr. Muhammad Amith
2 - Nov 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Web as user: The changing power dynamic in bibliographic control Dr. Shawne Miksa
9 - Nov 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 

Measuring the novelty of scientific literature through contribution sentence analysis using deep learning and cloud model

Dr. Haihua Chen
16 - Nov  12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Informatics applications in multiple fields: A bibliometrics analysis Dr. Ana Cleveland, Dr. Haihua Chen, and
Natalie Tran
30 - Nov 12:00 1:00 P.M.
Real-Life Issues as Research
Dr. Daniella Smith
7- Dec 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. 
Slow Writing: Thinkering Over Time
 
Dr. Brian O'Connor

 

Spring 2022

 

DATE TIME/LOCATION TOPIC DISCUSSION LEADER(S)
26 - Jan 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
     Spring 2022 Brown Bag Kick-off Dr. Jiangping Chen
2 - Feb 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Involving Your Class in Research Dr. Jiangping Chen, Haihua Chen and others
9 - Feb 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Plato's Camera: Representation, Spatiotemporal Particulars, and Abstract Universals Dr. Brian O'Connor
16 - Feb 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
Data Curation and Digital Preservation
Dr. Suliman Hawamdeh & Dr. Jeonghyun Kim
23 - Feb 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Candidate Presentation Faculty Candidate
2 - Mar 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Fostering Wisdom in the Workplace Dr. Jeff Allen
9 - Mar 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Web Archiving Research Activities at the UNT Libraries   Dr. Mark Phillips
23 - Mar 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Costing & Planning for Empirical Corpus Research Dr. Sarah Ryan, Irhmani & Mohotarema Rashid
30 - Mar 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
The Web as User Dr. Shawne Miksa
6 - Apr 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Towards Data-driven Methods to Mitigate Online Aggression Dr. Lingzi Hong, Xinchen Yu
13 - Apr 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Riding the Wave: LIS Scholarship's Multidisciplinary Research Imperative Dr. Maurice Wheeler
20 - Apr 12:00 1:00 P.M. Legal Data Science Dr. Angel Durr

Fall 2021

 

DATE TIME/LOCATION TOPIC DISCUSSION LEADER(S)
25 - Aug 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
     Fall 2021 Brown Bag Kick-off Dr. Jiangping Chen
1 - Sep 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
IR-TREC and SIGIR Proceeding Analysis Haihua Chen and Huyen Nguyen
8 - Sep 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Deep Thinking on Information Science Dr. Shawne Miksa
15 - Sep 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
Collaborative Research Process
Dr. Jeff Allen
22 - Sep 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Finding Common Ground: Tips for Working Across Disciplines Dr. Sarah Evans
6 - Oct 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
An Optimization Method for Quiescience in Aspiration Negamax Alpha-Beta Search Dr. Stephen Wheeler
13 - Oct 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Reconceptualizing Computational Thinking: From Computer Science to Information Science   Dr. Jennifer Moore
20 - Oct 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Prediction of Concrete Bridge Deck Conditions based on Climate and Weather Data in Addition to Bridge Data: Five States as a Case study Fariba Fard, Dr. Junhua Ding, Dr. Zhenhua Huang, Sai Supriya Vadla
27 - Oct 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
The Impact of Misinformation and Social Noise on the Original Intended Message: BLM as a Case Study Dr. Suliman Hawamdeh, Nayana Pampapura, Manar Alsaid
3 - Nov 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
I Need Data. What Do I Do? Dr. Daniella Smith
10 - Nov 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Research on Metadata in Digital Repositories Dr. Oksana Zavalina
17 - Nov 12:00 1:00 P.M. Construction and Evaluation of High Quality Corpus for Legal Intelligence using Semi-automated Approaches Dr. Junhua Ding and Haihua Chen

Spring 2021

 

DATE TIME/LOCATION TOPIC DISCUSSION LEADER(S)
20 - Jan 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
     Spring 2021 Brown Bag Kick-off Dr. Jiangping Chen
27 - Jan 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Article Submission Process Dr. Jeff Allen
3 - Feb 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Leveraging Geographical Disparities of Socio-economic Factors to Predict Vulnerable Teenagers to Teen Birth: Chicago as a Case Study Fariba Fard
10 - Feb 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
DIS Research Roadmap
Jiangping Chen
24 - Feb 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Multi-Disciplinary Information Research Symposium (MIRS) 2021 Malak Khader and Mary Burke
3 - Mar 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Computational Methods to Identify Informative Communications in Social Networks During Crisis Dr. Lingzi Hong
10 - Mar 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Preparing for Faculty Interviews Dr. Daniella Smith
17 - Mar 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
The Promises, Perils, and Payoffs of Research in the Public Library Setting   Dr. Sarah Evans
24 - Mar 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Proximity & Anecdata: Constructing an Expanded Model of Information Access Dr. Brian O'Connor
31 - Mar 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Information Diffusion across Boundaries Dr. Lingzi Hong
7 - Apr 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Course Paper to Journal Article Dr. Jeff Allen
14 - Apr 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
 
Characteristics of YouTube Videos Regarding College Students' Mental Health and their Relationship to User Engagement Dr. Heejun Kim

Fall 2020

 

DATE TIME/LOCATION TOPIC DISCUSSION LEADER(S)
16 -Sep 1:00 - 2:00 P.M.
Zoom Meeting
     Fall 2020 Brown Bag Kick-off Dr. Jiangping Chen
23 - Sep 1:00 - 2:00 P.M.
Zoom Meeting
The Ph.D. Journey: Research and Publications LeAnn Boyce
30 -  Sep 1:00 - 2:00 P.M.
Zoom Meeting
 
Understanding Sensory Neural Processing Through Efficient Coding Principles  Dr. Mark Albert, Sahar Behpour
7 - Oct 1:00 - 2:00 P.M.
Zoom Meeting
Information Quality Improvement and Evaluation for Building High Performance Machine Learning Systems Haihua Chen, Dr. Junhua Ding
14 - Oct 1:00 - 2:00 P.M.
Zoom Meeting
UNT ASIS&T Student Chapter Malak Khader
21 - Oct 1:00 - 2:00 P.M.
Zoom Meeting
 Preparing for Data Literacy Leadership:
An IMLS Grant Implementation Experience
 Drs. Daniella Smith and Barbara Schultz-Jones
28 - Oct 1:00 - 2:00 P.M.
Zoom Meeting
 Mental Health Information Seeking Behavior among College Students: A Systematic Review Dr. Jiangping Chen and Xiaoyu (Monica) Zhang
4 - Nov 1:00 - 2:00 P.M.
Zoom Meeting
COVID-19 Misinformation and Social Noise Dr. Suliman Hawamdeh, Tara Zimmerman, Nayana Pampapura Madali, Manar Alsaid
11 - Nov 1:00 - 2:00 P.M.
Zoom Meeting
Application of Data Mining to Social Media Data Dr. Heejun Kim  
18 - Nov 1:00 - 2:00 P.M.
Zoom Meeting
Data Science in Signal Processing: From Particle Accelerators to Inertial Sensors, Video, and Audio processing Dr. Ting Xiao

Spring 2020

 

DATE TIME/LOCATION TOPIC DISCUSSION LEADER(S)
22 - Jan 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
IS Multipurpose Room
     Doctoral Student Meet & Greet Drs. Daniella Smith & Jiangping Chen
29 - Jan 5:00 - 6:00 P.M. 
Zoom Meeting
            Digital Scholarship – Creating your Online Identity Dr. Jeff Allen
5 -  Feb 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
IS Multipurpose Room
 
   Information Behavior Research Landscape Dr. Jiangping Chen, Liuxing Lu, & Yu Shi
12 - Feb 5:00 - 6:00 P.M. 
Zoom Meeting
Accepted. Now What? Celenia Graves, Lidia Aviso, & Melissa Vang
19 - Feb 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
IS Multipurpose Room
Creating a Research Agenda: Advice for Early Career Scholars Jeff Allen
26 - Feb 5:00 - 6:00 P.M. 
Zoom Meeting
Introduction to the IRB UNT Office of Research Integrity and Compliance Staff
4 - Mar 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
IS Multipurpose Room
Entering the Field – Ethnographic Methods Dr. Sarah Evans
18 - Mar 5:00 - 6:00 P.M. 
Zoom Meeting
Navigating Cayuse IRB UNT Office of Research Integrity and Compliance Staff
1 - Apr 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
IS Multipurpose Room
A Literature Review on Web Archiving Dr. Xin Wang, James Faulker, and Dr. Suliman Hawamdeh
8 - Apr 5:00 - 6:00 P.M. 
Zoom Meeting
Scholarship that Crosses Boundaries: the road to an interdisciplinary research agenda Dr. Maurice Wheeler
30 - Apr 5:00 - 6:00 P.M. 
Zoom Meeting
ASIS&T Student Chapter & Professional Involvement Malak Khader & Mary Burke

 

Fall 2019

DATE Time/Location Topic Discussion Leader
4- Sep 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
IS Multipurpose Room
                  Applying for IRB using the Cayuse System Dr. Shobhana Chelliah
11- Sep 5:00 - 6:00 P.M. 
Zoom Meeting
Fostering Workforce Wisdom in a Global Knowledge Economy Dr. Jeff Allen
18 - Sep 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
IS Multipurpose Room
 
   REU Research in Summer 2019 & Preparing for Academic Year '19-20 Drs. Jiangping Chen & Junhua Ding
2 - Oct 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
IS Multipurpose Room
How to get involved: ASIS&T Malak Khader & Mary Burke
9 - Oct  5:00 - 6:00 P.M. 
Zoom Meeting
Who is Responsible? Age Group Perceptions of Social Media Privacy with PowerPoint Dr. Daniella Smith
16 - Oct 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
IS Multipurpose Room
Video Structure Meaning Dr. Brian O'Connor
30 - Oct 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
IS Multipurpose Room
What is an Information Research Problem in Information Science Research? Drs. Shawne Miksa & Bill Moen
6 - Nov 5:00 - 6:00 P.M. 
Zoom Meeting
Construction and Applications of Knowledge Graphs Dr. Junhua Ding & Haihua Chen
13 - Nov 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
IS Multipurpose Room
Social Noise on Social Media Dr. Suliman Hawamdeh, Tara Zimmerman &          Sahar Behpour
20 - Nov 5:00 - 6:00 P.M. 
Zoom Meeting
Embodied Values, Contextualized Literacies, and Developing Identities with Adolescents in the Public Library Dr. Sarah Evans


 

Spring 2019

DATE Topic Discussion Leader
18-Jan                   A Brief Bibliometric Analysis of Information Science & Library Science Publications in 2018 Dr. Jiangping Chen
25-Jan Finding Research Topics Dr. Jiangping Chen
1-Feb Information Organization and Metadata Research Dr. Oksana Zavalina
8-Feb                  Establishing a User Experience Lab at UNT-COI Dr. Xin Wang
15-Feb

                            Multi-Disciplinary Information Research Symposium (MIRS) -                                       Scholarly communication and abstract writing workshop

                     Call for collaboration: Catapulting the data of today into the environment of tomorrow

MIRS Committee

 

Chinami McLain

22-Feb Productivity: An Eternal Balance for Scholars Dr. Jeff Allen
1-Mar "Something that feels like a community": The role of personal stories in building community-based participatory archives Dr.  Jeonghyun "Annie" Kim and Ana Roeschley
8-Mar When Failure is Success Dr. Daniella Smith
22-Mar Software Engineering Process & Practices for Data Science Dr. Junhua Ding
5-Apr Cybersecurity Research & Updates Dr. Suliman Hawamdeh & Dr. Hsia-Ching "Carrie" Chang
12-Apr Video & Meaning Dr. Brian O'Connor
26-Apr An overview of the 2019 iConference iConference attendees

Fall 2018 

DATE Topic Discussion Leader
14-Sept A Machine Learning Approach for Detecting Groundwater Runo Connectivity Dr. Ding
21-Sept Dynamic capabilities of a smart city: An innovative approach to discovering
urban problems and solutions
Miyong and Habib
5-Oct Mirror with a Memory: Why Did Photography Explode into 19th Century America Dr. O’connor
12-Oct A Typology of Public Knowledge Dr. Miksa
19-Oct Deep Changes in law librarianship 1979 - present time Mary Voegtle
26-Oct Life in the round: Investing intersection between digital world and ethnic minorities in Yunan, China Dr. Ming Zhu and Dr. Yunfei Du 
16-Nov ASIS&T Conference Experience ASIS&T 2019 Attendees
30-Nov ASIST Presentation: The Current State of Data Governance in Higher Education Dr. Chang and Cary Jim
  An Overview of Data Governance, Information Governance and IT Governance  
7-Dec Deep Transfer Learning for Classification Dr. Shuyi Wang