This will bring IU’s total number of AAAS fellows to 89, according to the press release.
The three professors, Thomas Sterling of computer science, P. Sarita Soni of the School of Optometry and Edward Berbari of the biomedical engineering department at IUPUI, will be honored at the AAAS annual conference taking place from Feb. 12 to 16, according to the press ?release.
Several other IU staff will also attend the conference as presenters, organizers and moderators, ?according to the release.
P. David Pollsy, professor of geological sciences, will help present “Earth History: Innovative Approaches to Studying ?Critical Transitions.”
He will speak about integrating data from several different science fields to better comprehend how organisms are responding to climate change, according to the press release.
Professor in the School of Informatics and Computing L. Jean Camp and Rudy Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences Bennet Bertenthal will each present in the session, “Holistic Computing Risk Assessment: Privacy, Security and Trust,” according to the press release.
Professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs Diane Henshel is moderating that session as well, according to the press release.
Katy Börner, the Victor H. Yngve professor of information science, will be a part of three sessions total.
First, she will moderate the session “Visualization Insights From Big Data: Envisioning Science, Engineering and Innovation,” which will focus on data mining trends and patterns, according to the press release.
Then she will host an exhibition called “Places & Spaces: Mapping Science” that visualizes 113 cities, 25 countries and six continents, according to the press release.
Finally, she will co-host the luncheon discussion, “Visualization Metaphors for Communicating the Structure and Dynamics of Science.”
An online version of the program will be available at www.aaas.org.
Suzanne Grossman
