Two seemingly unrelated facts were the inspiration for an unusual research project by Professor Karen Markey, who devised a computer game called BiblioBouts to build college students’ information-literacy skills.
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November 16, 2009STIET Seminar: Bargaining in stationary networks
November 6, 2009Mihai Manea, an assistant professor of economics at MIT, will speak on “Bargaining in Stationary Networks” at the Thursday, Nov. 12 STIET-ICD Seminar. The talk will be fro 4-5:30 p.m. in the Ehrlicher Room, 411 West Hall, and be videocast to 313 State Hall at Wayne State University.
Lecturer to speak on BDI models
November 5, 2009Guest lecturer David Israel, program director in the Artificial Intelligence Center at SRI International, will be at the School of Information for a talk on “BDI (Belief-Desire-Intention) Models and the Background — and Reception — of the BIP (Bratman-Israel-Pollack) Model.”
STIET-ICD Seminar: Internet ad exchanges
October 30, 2009S. (Muthu) Muthukrishnan of Google Research will bring his expertise to the next STIET-ICD Seminar for a discussion of “Research Issues in Internet Ad Exchanges.”
STIET-ICD: Factors that change environmental behavior
October 20, 2009This week’s STIET-Incentive-Centered Design Fall Distinguished Lecture will feature Robert Cialdini of Arizona State University. The presentation will be from 3:30-5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 (note the earlier start than usual). This STIET Fall Distinguished Lecture is offered jointly by STIET, the Evolution and Human Adaptation Program, and the Yaffe Center.
In his talk, Cialdini will [...]
STIET-ICD Seminar: Computational advertising
October 11, 2009Jianchang (JC) Mao, head of advertising sciences in Yahoo! Labs, will speak on “Learn-to-Rank-Ads in Computational Advertising” at this week’s STIET-ICD Seminar.
STIET-ICD Seminar: Computer security failures
October 4, 2009J. Alex Halderman, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan, will speak on “The Role of Designers’ Incentives in Computer Security Failures” at this week’s STIET-ICD Seminar. The program will be from 4-5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 in the Ehrlicher Room, 411 West Hall. It will also be [...]
‘Out of the Blue’ features SI’s Erik Hofer
October 1, 2009The School of Information is featured prominently in a video segment created by Michigan Television and the Office of the Vice President for Communications called “Out of the Blue: The Michigan Difference.” The program, made for public television, features staff member Erik Hofer, project director of VISIT, the Virtual Space Interaction Testbed at the School of Information North.
