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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It's not you, it's the heat: summer temps impact brain function

July 14, 2021 by Discover Magazine

Lav Varshney, Beckman affiliate and professor of electrical and computer engineering, provides insight into the impact of heat and humidity on brain function and steps we can take to keep cool.
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Google Research, Beckman researchers tap artificial intelligence to learn more about how intelligence is created in the human brain

April 22, 2021 by Samantha Jones Toal

Google Research has awarded a Beckman interdisciplinary research group credits to conduct research on its state-of-the-art computational infrastructure to study the network architecture of intelligence in the human brain.
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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.