Hsinchun Chen
Encyclopedia
Hsinchun Chen is the McClelland Professor of Management Information Systems at the University of Arizona
and the Director and founder of the Artificial Intelligence Lab (AI Lab). He received a B.S. degree from National Chiao Tung University
in Taiwan, an MBA from SUNY Buffalo and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Information Systems from New York University
.
He is the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of the ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (ACM TMIS), the EIC of the Springer journal Security Informatics, and the Associate EIC of the IEEE Intelligent Systems. He serves on ten editorial boards including:
Hsinchun has also served as a Scientific Counselor/Advisor to the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), Academia Sinica in Taiwan, and the National Library of China.
Hsinchun has authored more than 20 books, 25 book chapters, 210 SCI journal articles, and 140 refereed conference articles. His recent books include: Infectious Disease Informatics (2010; ISBN 9781441912770), Sports Data Mining (2010; ISBN 9781441967299), Mapping Nanotechnology Innovations and Knowledge (2009; ISBN 9780387716190), Terrorism Informatics:
Knowledge Management and Data Mining for Homeland Security (2008, ISBN 9780387716121), Digital Government: E-Government Research, Case Studies, and Implementation (2008; ISBN 9780387716107); Intelligence and Security Informatics for International Security: Information Sharing and Data Mining (2006; ISBN 9780387243795); and Medical Informatics: Knowledge Management and Data Mining in Biomedicine (2005; ISBN 9780387243818), all published by Springer.
He spearheaded the development of the International Conference of Asian Digital Library (ICADL) and the IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI).
, receiving the IEEE Computer Society 2006 Technical Achievement Award and the INFORMS Design Science Award in 2008. He has also been recognized as "Distinguished Alumnus" of the National Chiao Tung University
in Taiwan.
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
and the Director and founder of the Artificial Intelligence Lab (AI Lab). He received a B.S. degree from National Chiao Tung University
National Chiao Tung University
National Chiao Tung University is a public university located in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It is recognized as one of the most prestigious and selective universities in Taiwan and is renowned for its research and teaching excellence in electrical engineering, computer science, engineering, management, and...
in Taiwan, an MBA from SUNY Buffalo and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Information Systems from New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
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Research
Hsinchun's research primarily focuses on data/web/text mining and knowledge management techniques. He has applied his work in the fields of web computing, search engines, digital libraries, security informatics, biomedical informatics and business intelligence. His most notable contributions are in management information systems, digital libraries, and security informatics.He is the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of the ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (ACM TMIS), the EIC of the Springer journal Security Informatics, and the Associate EIC of the IEEE Intelligent Systems. He serves on ten editorial boards including:
- ACM Transactions on Information Systems
- IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
- Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
- Decision Support Systems
- International Journal on Digital Library
Hsinchun has also served as a Scientific Counselor/Advisor to the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), Academia Sinica in Taiwan, and the National Library of China.
Productivity
In 2005, Hsinchun was ranked #8 in publication productivity in Information Systems (CAIS 2005), #1 in Digital Library research (IP&M 2005), and #9 in a list of the "Top 32" most productive information systems researchers (EJIS 2007) in three bibliometric studies. In 2008, Hsinchun was recognized as one of the top-ranked authors in the Management Information Systems field. His "H-index" score from Google Scholar is 56.Hsinchun has authored more than 20 books, 25 book chapters, 210 SCI journal articles, and 140 refereed conference articles. His recent books include: Infectious Disease Informatics (2010; ISBN 9781441912770), Sports Data Mining (2010; ISBN 9781441967299), Mapping Nanotechnology Innovations and Knowledge (2009; ISBN 9780387716190), Terrorism Informatics:
Knowledge Management and Data Mining for Homeland Security (2008, ISBN 9780387716121), Digital Government: E-Government Research, Case Studies, and Implementation (2008; ISBN 9780387716107); Intelligence and Security Informatics for International Security: Information Sharing and Data Mining (2006; ISBN 9780387243795); and Medical Informatics: Knowledge Management and Data Mining in Biomedicine (2005; ISBN 9780387243818), all published by Springer.
He spearheaded the development of the International Conference of Asian Digital Library (ICADL) and the IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI).
Development of COPLINK Software
In 1997, Hsinchun began development of the COPLINK software, which supports information sharing, analysis, and visualization of law enforcement data. He founded Knowledge Computing Corporation (KCC) to commercialize COPLINK, which then entered the market in 2002 and is now used in thousands of law enforcement agencies across the United States. COPLINK's functions have been described in numerous local, regional, and national sources including the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and the Denver Post. In 2003, COPLINK was named a finalist for the IACP/Motorola Webber Seavey Award: Quality in Law Enforcement. In July 2009, KCC was acquired by i2 Inc., a market leader in security analytics.The "Dark Web" Project
Hsinchun is also the director of the Artificial Intelligence Lab's project, "Dark Web Terrorism Research," the goal of which is to develop and use automated tools to systematically collect and analyze terrorist content from the Internet. One software program developed as part of the project, "Writeprint," aims to support authorship identification of online postings and other writings. The Dark Web project is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies, and has been recognized in the national press including Science News, Wired Magazine, Discover Magazine, and the Toronto Star.Awards
He is a Fellow of IEEE and AAASAAAS
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, receiving the IEEE Computer Society 2006 Technical Achievement Award and the INFORMS Design Science Award in 2008. He has also been recognized as "Distinguished Alumnus" of the National Chiao Tung University
National Chiao Tung University
National Chiao Tung University is a public university located in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It is recognized as one of the most prestigious and selective universities in Taiwan and is renowned for its research and teaching excellence in electrical engineering, computer science, engineering, management, and...
in Taiwan.