Primary Patent Examiner from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to share career advice on April 8

Michael B. Holmes will be presenting and sharing career-related advice this Tuesday, April 8, at 5:15 p.m. in the Shores Building, Room 006.  The presentation will take place during the class time of Florida State University School of Information Assistant Professor, Dr. Mark Jowett, who extended the invitation to any other students who would like to attend. Currently, Holmes is …

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Digitech to showcase student innovation, Dr. Marty to appear as panelist

Innovative student projects will be showcased at DIGITECH, an annual exhibition that recognizes achievement in digital technology and promotes collaboration between disciplines, on March 27-28.  Florida State University College of Communication & Information’s faculty and students will contribute to the event, which is presented by the Program in Interdisciplinary Computing. To kick off DIGITECH, a …

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Cybersecurity Club advances to onsite regionals in SECCDC

Florida State University’s Cybersecurity Club placed in the top eight of the preliminary round of the Southeast Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (SECCDC) on March 8, advancing to the onsite regional competition to be hosted by Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Ga., on March 31-April 2. The Cybersecurity Club is comprised of students from the School …

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Mon, Lee win best poster at 2014 iConference

  Florida State University School of Information’s Dr. Lorri Mon and doctoral student Jisue Lee won Best Poster at the 2014 iConference at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science in Berlin, Germany, which took place March 4-7. Mon, an associate professor, and Lee collaborated on the poster, “Twitter and the Virtual Branch: the …

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CCI undergraduate students to participate in cyber defense competition

Undergraduate students from Florida State University’s School of Information and the Department of Computer Science will join forces as members of the Cybersecurity Club to compete in the preliminary round of the Southeast Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (SECCDC) on March 8. Florida State’s Cybersecurity Club is one of 17 universities that will participate in …

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FSU School of Information faculty and doctoral students to attend 2014 iConference in Berlin

Several doctoral students and faculty members from Florida State University (FSU)’s School of Information are heading to the 2014 iConference in Berlin, Germany that will take place March 4 through 7. This year’s FSU participants include: Dr. Warren Allen, Dr. Gary Burnett, Dr. Kathleen Burnett, Wonchan Choi, Laura-Edythe Coleman, Dr. Nancy Everhart, Dr. Shuyuan Mary Ho, Ji Hei Kang, …

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It’s official! Florida’s iSchool is the FSU School of Information

The Florida State University (FSU) iSchool is now officially the School of Information.  ISchool Director and F. William Summers Professor, Dr. Kathleen Burnett, said, “For the past twenty years, our commitment to making vital connections between people and information has never wavered.  Today, technology provides us with the opportunity to spread our deep roots to …

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