Current grant-funded research projects at SILS
Presented in alphabetical order by faculty member's last name.
Modeling Cross-Component Effects in Aggregated Search Prediction and Evaluation
Investigator: Jaime Arguello
Funded by National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award
Announcement from SILS
Enhancing Tradecraft Documentation
Investigator: Jaime Arguello
Funded by North Carolina State University
Search Assistance Using Search Trails
Investigator: Rob Capra
Funded by National Science Foundation (NSF)
Announcement from SILS
Knowledge Representation and Re-Use for Exploratory and Collaborative Search
Investigator: Rob Capra
Funded by National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award
Announcement from SILS
Developing Youth Data Literacies through a Visual Programming Environment
Investigator: Sayamindu Dasgupta
Funded by National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (CRII)
Announcement from SILS
Using an Emerging Condition to Understand Health Information Use, Diagnostic Delay and Health Services Utilization
Investigator: Mary Grace Flaherty
Funded by Medical Library Association (MLA) Lindberg Research Fellowship
Announcement from SILS
Deconstructing Information Poverty: Identifying, Supporting, and Leveraging Local Expertise in Marginalized Communities
Investigator: Amelia Gibson
Funded by Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Early Career Award
Announcement from SILS
Community Equity, Data & Information Lab (CEDI) Lab website
NC Pregnancy & Birth Journeys Project
SILS Investigator: Amelia Gibson
Funded through an ongoing partnership with the 4th Trimester Project, supported by a Health Services and Resources Administration-funded Maternal Health Innovation Award to the NC Department of Public Health.
Announcement from SILS
NC Pregnancy & Birth Journeys Project website
Scalable Visual Analytics for Semi-Structured Longitudinal Event Data
Investigator: David Gotz
Funded by RTI University Scholars Program
Announcement from SILS
Contextualization Methods for High-Dimensional Exploratory Visual Analysis and Selection
Investigator: David Gotz
Funded by National Science Foundation (NSF)
Announcement from SILS
Visual Analysis and Communication Laboratory (VACLab) website
Visual Data Exploration for Integrated Structured/Unstructured Analysis
Investigators: David Gotz and Yue (Ray) Wang
Collaboration with the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences at NC State University; funded by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Announcement from SILS
Information Seeking Behavior of Academic Scientists
Investigator: Brad Hemminger
Funded by Ochiltree Foundation
Project READY – Reimagining Equity and Access for Diverse Youth
Investigator: Sandra Hughes-Hassell
Funded by Institute of Museum and Library Science (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
Announcement from SILS
Related story from SILS
Project READY website
Understanding Workers' Transition to Digital Labor Jobs
Investigator: Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi
Funded by the NC Policy Collaboratory
Announcement from SILS
Computer-Assisted Redaction and Anonymization of Scholarly Communications and Products (CARASCAP)
Investigator: Cal Lee
Funded by the National Science Foundation
Announcement from SILS
RATOM: Review Appraisal and Triage of Email
Investigator: Cal Lee
Funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Announcement from SILS
Related Story from SILS
RATOM website
BitCurator.Edu: Advancing Digital Forensics Education for Libraries and Archives
Investigator: Cal Lee
Funded by Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
Announcement from SILS
BitCurator.edu website
Center for Information Technology and Public Life (CITAP)
SILS Investigators: Zeynep Tufekci, Gary Marchionini, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Francesca Tripodi
Funded by Knight Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, and Luminate
Announcement from SILS
CITAP website
Equity in the Making: Investigating Spatial Arrangements of Makerspaces and Their Impact on Diverse User Populations
Investigator: Marijel (Maggie) Melo
Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award program
Announcement from SILS
Equity in the Making website
Baseline Library of Undergraduate Metrics on Education and Research (BLUMER)
Investigator: Javed Mostafa
Funded by the National Science Foundation’s EArly-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) program
ENABLE: Extensible Network – Accessible Biomedical & Health Informatics Long-term learning Environment
Investigator: Javed Mostafa
Funded by United Health Foundation
Announcement from SILS
ENABLE website
iCare: Intelligent Clinical Decision Support Based on Adaptable, Rule-based, and Extensible Platform
Investigator: Javed Mostafa
Funded by Optum Technology, Inc.
An Interdisciplinary Program for Advanced Training in Health Data Analytics
Investigator: Javed Mostafa
Funded by NIH T-15 Training Grant
Related story from SILS
Related story: Terika McCall earns first PhD in health informatics
Cyber Training: DSE: Cyber Carpentry: Data Life-Cycle Training using the Datanet Federation Consortium Platform
Investigator: Arcot Rajasekar
Funded by National Science Foundation(NSF)
Announcement from SILS
Related story from SILS
Cyber Carpentry website
Neurobridge: Connecting Big Data for Reproducible Clinical Neuroscience
SILS Investigators: Arcot Rajasekar and Yue (Ray) Wang
Funded by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Announcement from SILS
The Future of Youth Public Librarian Education
Investigator: Brian Sturm
Co-Investigators: Sandra Hughes-Hassell, Sayamindu Dasgupta, and Casey Rawson
Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Science (IMLS) National Leadership Grants Program
Announcement from SILS
Future of Youth Public Librarian Education website
Research on Platform Surveillance and Authoritarianism
Investigator: Zeynep Tufekci
Funded by The Democracy Fund
Artificial Intelligence and Power: A Conceptual, Empirical, and Practical Examination
Investigator: Zeynep Tufekci
Funded by Omidyar Network
