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Faculty Members

B. Ian Hutchins, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Ian is an Assistant Professor of Data and Information Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Information School. He uses quantitative analysis of information networks to find ways to improve the research enterprise and accelerate biomedical research advances. He previously worked as a data scientist at NIH, where he developed the iCite bibliometrics dashboard, along with many of its quantitative metrics and the underlying NIH Open Citation Collection database. Ian also spearheaded the development of the NIH COVID-19 Portfolio to track and disseminate cutting-edge COVID-19 research in real time. Ian is a returning Badger—his PhD in Neuroscience is from UW-Madison. Read more

Chaoqun Ni, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Chaoqun Ni is an Assistant Professor of Data and Information Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Information School. Dr. Ni studies science, scholarship, and the scientific workforce using massive data to inform decision-makings regarding science policies. She is currently working on projects to build the infrastructure for the study of the scientific workforce based on large-scale, heterogeneous and longitudinal data, aiming to identify variables that impede and facilitate the cultivation of a competitive scientific workforce. Read more

Current Student Members

Salsabil Arabi

Email: arabi2@wisc.edu
Bio: Salsabil is a Ph.D. student at the UW Madison iSchool. Her research interests lie at the intersection of Data Science, HCI, and ML. She is interested in extracting insights from data and intertwining those with real-world issues. She is particularly inclined towards solving human-centric and health-related problems with the motivation to add ease to human life. Previously, she completed her B.Sc. in Computer Science from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in Fall ‘19. Visit her website in case you are interested in her previous projects and publications..

Xiang Zheng

Email: xzheng246@wisc.edu
Bio: Xiang is a Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Information School. He is interested in scienceo f sicence, sociology of science, science policy, and science evaluation. He is committed to addressing concerns for the benefit of society with both theoretical insights and empirical evidence drawn from massive data. He has degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Education from Tsinghua University, China.

Weiye Gu

Email: wgu53@wisc.edu
Bio: Weiye is a Ph.D. student at the Information School of University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is interested in the research areas of science ofscience, scholarly data analytics, and scientometrics. He has bachelar's degree in data science from Peking University in China.

Yuting Zeng

Email: yzeng84@wisc.edu
Bio: Yuting is a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, Information School pursuing an Master of Science in Information.

Yeming Wei

Email: ywei83@wisc.edu
Bio: Yeming is a graduate student at the Department of Statistics at University of Wisconsin- Madison pursuing an Master of Science in Data Science.

Eury Sohn

Email: esohn@wisc.edu
Bio: Eury is a graduate student at the Information School of University of Wisconsin- Madison pursuing an Master of Science in Information.

Baolu Yu

Email: byu69@wisc.edu
Bio: Baolu is a graduate student at the Information School of University of Wisconsin- Madison pursuing an Master of Science in Information.

Shiyi He

Email: she262@wisc.edu
Bio: Shiyi is a graduate student at the Information School of University of Wisconsin- Madison pursuing an Master of Science in Information.

Sophia Yang

Email: qyang254@wisc.edu
Bio: Sophia is an undergraduate student at University of Wisconsin- Madison pursuing an degrees in Computer Science and Data Science.

Semantha Wang

Email: ywang2493@wisc.edu
Bio: Semantha is an undergraduate student at University of Wisconsin- Madison pursuing an degrees in Computer Science and Data Science.

Past Members

JiaJing Chen

Sophia Koehn

Lindsay Nelson

Satvik Shukla

Alison Tollas

Shreyas Vastrad