Nitin Agarwal: Flattening the Misinformation Curve 鈥� the internet, the virus and digital forensics
Americans may not remember where they were the first time they heard 鈥渇lattening the curve,鈥� but they鈥檒l forever remember the reason 鈥� COVID-19. There鈥檚 an information curve that follows this epidemiological one like a shadow. It鈥檚 less predictable, but treatable, and University of Arkansas Little Rock Prof. Nitin Agarwal and his students are experts.
糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock team wins $10,000 in Arkansas Governor鈥檚 Cup
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock team won $10,000 and third place in the Walton Family Foundation Graduate Division of the Arkansas Governor鈥檚 Cup for their business plan pitch for a technology that creates Avatar-based chatbots. The awards were announced during a virtual awards ceremony on April 9.
Kready accepted into 2020 Social Networks and Health Fellowship Program
Joseph Kready, a senior computer science major at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been selected for the 2020 Social Networks and Health Fellowship program at Duke University.聽
Stine joins HASTAC Scholar Program
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock doctoral student has been accepted into a scholar program for students who are working at the intersection of technology and the arts, humanities, and sciences.聽
糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock grad explores use of blockchain for state鈥檚 agricultural operations
Picking out the best fresh produce can be a difficult task for many shoppers looking for the best food for their families, but a University of Arkansas at Little Rock graduate student is researching ways to make the process much easier for shoppers and local food producers.聽
糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock research produces quantitative portrait of legislative change in Ukraine
Two University of Arkansas at Little Rock researchers have used a novel approach to quantitatively portray legislative change in Ukraine to provide a view into the larger political dynamics of the country.聽
糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to research smart health in Arkansas, West Virginia with NSF grant聽
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is one of five institutions sharing a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a multi-scale integrative approach to digital health. This collaborative, multi-institution grant will be used to promote smart health in Arkansas and West Virginia.聽
糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock researcher receives $2.4 million for cybersecurity research
Dr. Nitin Agarwal, director of the Collaboratorium for Social Media and Online Behavioral Studies (COSMOS) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop ways to track emerging cyber-social threats and strengthen social cybersecurity research infrastructure.聽
Watts lands new position as first digital and innovation manager at University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock graduate student will pair innovative ideas with the latest technology in her new role as the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture鈥檚 first digital and innovation manager.聽
Social media, disinformation the topic of next 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Downtown lecture
The 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Downtown Lecture Series continues on Wednesday, March 13, with a talk on 鈥淒eviant Mobs of the Internet: Bots, Trolls, and Misinformation鈥� by Nitin Agarwal, Maulden-Entergy Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor of Information Science and Director of COSMOS (Collaboratorium for Social Media and Online Behavioral Studies).