Research

Organizational Intelligence and Computational Social Science

Blending computing and social sciences

This group develops systems and algorithms for complex environments.

Application areas include learning, health, and new tools of scientific discovery using computational models and analytics for social organizations.

Professor Zahra Mohaghegh writes calculations on a clear wall.

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Mark A. Hasegawa-Johnson

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Several Illinois research projects result in Best Paper Awards

March 31, 2021 by Illinois Computer Science

At Illinois, research continues to sustain high levels of success, one indicator is that the papers produced here earn best paper awards at some of the most prominent computing conferences. Beckman researchers among computer science projects honored include: Jiawei Han, Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, Klara Nahrstedt, and Paris Smaragdis.
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Beckman Institute Microscopy Suite assists in mapping of a soybean pathogen’s nervous system

March 26, 2021 by Kyle Shelton
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Electronic health record system increases clinicians' cognitive workload, study finds

March 25, 2021 by Illinois News Bureau

Clinicians’ cognitive workloads more than doubled during the first six months after a new electronic health records system was implemented at two of Carle Health System’s urgent care clinics. Co-authors of the study included Daniel G. Morrow, a professor of educational psychology , and Karen Dunn Lopez, the director of the Center for Nursing Classification and Clinical Effectiveness at the University of Iowa.
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2021 Beckman Institute postdoctoral fellows announced

March 25, 2021 by Beckman Institute

The Beckman Institute has named six 2021 Beckman postdoctoral fellows who will have a range of research projects: Jeanne N’Diaye, Elahe Ganji, Babak Hemmatian, Vahid Morovati, Noel Naughton, and Melissa Troyer.
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New research looks to combat SCN through neuroscience

March 10, 2021 by The Grainger College of Engineering

Lurking in more than 99% of soybean fields across the Midwest is a worm capable of feeding on and damaging entire crops. Millions of dollars have been spent trying to combat these destructive pests through the development of resistant soybean plants, but after decades of successful use, those solutions have begun to fail. Lav Varshney, electrical and computer engineering, and other Illinois researchers are being forced back to the drawing board, but this time they are looking to attack the nematode from within.