[Ieee_vis_open_positions] Assistant Professor of Information, UC Berkeley School of Information

[Marti Hearst]

Note that one of the topics of interest for this open position is
information visualization.  Applications are due by Nov 1.

Full details at https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05014


*Assistant Professor of Information, UC Berkeley School of Information*

Information is the core discipline upon which the School of Information is
based. At its simplest, information can be thought of as data with context,
and information can be leveraged to create metadata, new data, new
information, and/or new knowledge. As the world has evolved and new
technologies for managing and manipulating data and information have
emerged, so has our field. Information seeking, information management,
information use, information architecture, information retrieval,
informatics, digital humanities, cultural analytics, information
visualization, information economics, information provenance, information
veracity, and the philosophy of information are key specialties within the
discipline.

We seek applicants who can address key questions like how should metadata
and categories be designed, and what are the social consequences of those
technical choices? What is the relationship between information,
misinformation, and disinformation, and what are the social psychological
underpinnings of their spread? How should data and information systems be
designed, and how can these systems be audited and governed? How is
information collectively created, and how does this differ between, for
instance, scholarly publishing and social media content? What are the
unintended consequences that emerge from the ways information is designed
and used? What are the implications for various information systems in
real-world contexts such as science, health, policy, business, law, or
other areas?

https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05014

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Marti Hearst
Professor, School of Information and Computer Science
Former Interim Dean, School of Information
University of California, Berkeley
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