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Jiangen He said his new position at SIS is ideal for him, both in the description and location, and he couldn\u2019t be more thrilled to start in the fall.<\/p>\n
\u201cI learned a lot about the research footprint of the different [SIS] faculty members and I feel there is some connection between my research and the faculty members\u2019 research,\u201d he said. \u201cAt the same time, I feel my research is a little bit different than the existing research contributed by faculty members, and that I can give new contributions, but there are connections.\u201d<\/p>\n
He holds in Ph.D. in information studies from Drexel University, a master\u2019s of management science in information science from Wuhan University and a bachelor\u2019s from Nanjing Tech University where he double majored in computer science and business administration.<\/p>\n
His research focuses on visual analytics, data-driven predictions, and critical information measurement in science of science, and studies of how social factors in artificial intelligence affect people\u2019s information and decision-making behavior. He is also a winner of the 2019 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship from the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics and the winner of the 2020 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from Beta Phi Mu International Honor Society. He is interested in teaching information visualization to students and eager to help contribute to the SIS undergraduate major.<\/p>\n
\u201cI worked in that industry for two years and I\u2019ve worked in academia for many years, so I know both. I feel I can teach students how to use information technology and implement their ideas whether they\u2019re research-oriented or industry-oriented,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jiangen He said his new position at SIS is ideal for him, both in the description and location, and he couldn\u2019t be more thrilled to start in the fall. \u201cI learned a lot about the research footprint of the different [SIS] faculty members and I feel there is some connection between my research and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,129,22,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-faculty-news","category-faculty-spotlight","category-featured-story"],"yoast_head":"\n