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.

Group leader

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Retracted scientific paper persists in new citations, study finds

Jan. 5, 2021 by Illinois News Bureau

Information sciences professor Jodi Schneider studied the problem of continued citation of retracted scientific papers. She led workshops for those in the academic publishing community to consider solutions to prevent the spread of retracted research.
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New mobile COVID-19 lab prototype completed

Nov. 6, 2020 by Illinois News Bureau

University of lllinois researchers have completed the prototype for a mobile laboratory, called mobileSHIELD, designed to demonstrate a way to rapidly deploy I-COVID, the saliva-based test for COVID-19 developed at Illinois. Abigail Wooldridge, an industrial and enterprise systems engineering professor, is the director of the mobileSHIELD project.
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Beckman faculty, student receive awards from Grainger

Aug. 7, 2020
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U of I researchers adapt robots to fight against COVID-19

June 16, 2020 by College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences

Girish Chowdhary, a professor of agricultural and biological engineering, and his research team have developed a robot called TerraSentia that can replace human labor. They are adapting the robot to current needs in order to fight COVID-19.
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Beckman spring award, fellowship recipients announced

May 11, 2020 by Beckman Institute