Ben Shneiderman is an American computer scientist,a Distinguished University Professor in the University of Maryland Department of Computer Science,which is part of the University of Maryland College of Computer,Mathematical,and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland,College Park,and the founding director (1983-2000) of the University of Maryland Human-Computer Interaction Lab. He conducted fundamental research in the field of human–computer interaction,developing new ideas,methods,and tools such as the direct manipulation interface,and his eight rules of design.
Information Systems Research is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in the areas of information systems and information technology,including cognitive psychology,economics,computer science,operations research,design science,organization theory and behavior,sociology,and strategic management. It is published by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences and was in 2007 ranked as one of the most prestigious journals in the information systems discipline. In 2008 it was selected as one of the top 20 professional/academic journals by Bloomberg Businessweek. The current editor-in-chief is Suprateek Sarker,who was preceded by Alok Gupta,Ritu Agarwal,Vallabh Sambamurthy,Chris F. Kemerer (2002-2004),Izak Benbasat (1999-2001),John Leslie King (1993-1998),and E. Burton Swanson (1990-1992). According to the Journal Citation Reports,the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 2.457. The journal is member of the Senior Scholar's 'Basket of Eight'.
The University of Maryland Libraries is the largest university library in the Washington DC–Baltimore area. The university's library system includes eight libraries:six are located on the College Park campus,while the Severn Library,an off-site storage facility,is located just outside campus,and the Priddy Library is located on the University System of Maryland satellite campus in Shady Grove.
The Maryland School of Public Policy is one of 14 schools at the University of Maryland,College Park. The school is located inside the Capital Beltway and ranks 16th nationally for schools of public policy according to U.S. News &World Report (2012).
The University of Maryland,College Park is a public land-grant research university in College Park,Maryland. Founded in 1856,UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland. It is also the largest university in both the state and the Washington metropolitan area. Its 12 schools and colleges offer over 200 degree-granting programs,including 92 undergraduate majors,107 master's programs,and 83 doctoral programs. UMD is a member of the Association of American Universities and competes in intercollegiate athletics as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
Jeanette Jo Epps is an American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut. Epps received both her M. S. and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland,where she was part of the rotor-craft research group and was a NASA GSRP Fellow. She was chosen for the 20th class of NASA astronauts in 2009,graduating in 2011. Epps currently serves as a member of the ISS Operations Branch and has completed analog astronaut missions,including NEEMO 18 and CAVES 19. She is the second woman and first African-American woman to have participated in CAVES.
G. "Anand" Anandalingam is currently Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Management Science at the University of Maryland. He was dean of Imperial College Business School at Imperial College London from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that,from 2008 to 2013,he was dean of Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. Before joining the Smith School in 2001,Anandalingam worked at the University of Pennsylvania.
Niratcha Tungtisanont,nicknamed Grace is the official representative of Thailand to the 2011 Miss Earth pageant. She is also an assistant professor at the University of Maryland,College Park.
Lise Getoor is a professor in the computer science department,at the University of California,Santa Cruz,and an adjunct professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Maryland,College Park. Her primary research interests are in machine learning and reasoning with uncertainty,applied to graphs and structured data. She also works in data integration,social network analysis and visual analytics. She has edited a book on Statistical relational learning that is a main reference in this domain. She has published many highly cited papers in academic journals and conference proceedings. She has also served as action editor for the Machine Learning Journal,JAIR associate editor,and TKDD associate editor.
Margaret A. Palmer is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Entomology at the University of Maryland and director of the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC). Palmer works on the restoration of streams and rivers,and is co-author of the book Foundations of Restoration Ecology. Palmer has been an invited speaker in numerous and diverse settings including regional and international forums,science-diplomacy venues,and popular outlets such as The Colbert Report.
Roland Rust is an American business professor,author and consultant.
Judith P. Hallett is Professor and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Emerita of Classics,having formerly been the Graduate Director at the Department of Classics,University of Maryland. Her research focuses on women,the family,and sexuality in ancient Greece and Rome,particularly in Latin literature. She is also an expert on classical education and reception in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Bonnie Thornton Dill is a feminist scholar and Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland,College Park. Born in Chicago,Dill attended the University of Chicago Laboratory School,which she credits with inspiring her approach to leadership and research.
Reza Ghodssi is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Institute for Systems Research (ISR) at the University of Maryland,College Park,where he directs the MEMS Sensors and Actuators Lab and holds the Herbert Rabin Distinguished Chair in Engineering. Ghodssi is also the Inaugural Executive Director of Research and Innovation for the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland (USMSM). He is best known for his work designing micro- and nano-devices for healthcare applications,particularly for systems requiring small-scale energy conversion and biological and chemical sensing.
Rebecca D. Jackson is a medical researcher,medical practitioner and professor of endocrinology,diabetes and metabolism. Her research has been significant in the understanding and treatment of osteoporosis. She also researches the opioid crisis in Ohio.
Bonnie Jean Dorr is an American computer scientist specializing in natural language processing,machine translation,automatic summarization,social computing,and explainable artificial intelligence. She is a professor and director of the Natural Language Processing Research Laboratory in the Department of Computer &Information Science &Engineering at the University of Florida. Gainesville,Florida She is professor emerita of computer science and linguistics and former dean at the University of Maryland,College Park,former associate director at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition,,and former president of the Association for Computational Linguistics.
Debra Lynn Shapiro is an American scholar in organizational behavior. She is the Clarice Smith Professor of Management at the University of Maryland,College Park,having formally served as the Willard Graham Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Pamela A. Abshire is an American engineer. She was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2018 for her contributions to CMOS biosensors.
Rajshree Agarwal is a professor of economics,the Rudolph Lamone Chair of Entrepreneurship and Strategy,and the Director of the Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets at the University of Maryland. She "studies the evolution of industries,firms and individual careers,as fostered by the twin engines of innovation and enterprise."
Jonathan Wilkenfeld is an American political scientist and professor emeritus at University of Maryland,specialized in foreign policy,terrorism and simulation methodology in political science. He is the Founding Director of the International Communication and Negotiation Simulations (ICONS) Project.
