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Main Page Contact Michelle Gordon, 912.961.3173 For Immediate Release NSF Funds Development of Information Retrieval CurriculumSavannah, GA--November 16, 2005--The National Science Foundation has agreed to provide Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) with $147,000 over two years in support of a grant proposal, "Curriculum Development: Integrating Information Retrieval (IR) into Undergraduate Curricula for Small and Medium Sized Universities--A Module-Based Approach." Armstrong Atlantic professors Lei Zhu (information technology), Joy Reed (head of information technology), and Dick Nordquist (director of liberal studies and faculty development) co-authored the grant proposal. Zhu, principal investigator for the grant, states that career and life-long learning are increasingly dependent on our ability to retrieve and use digital and on-line information effectively. He believes undergraduate programs can do a better job at promoting these skills that have become an integral element of many disciplines. Zhu's project will provide students and faculty with an appreciation for the connection between theoretical and practical aspects of information retrieval across a number of disciplines. |
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