{"id":206,"date":"2022-07-20T15:27:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T20:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:52:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:52:58","slug":"groups-centers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/groups-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"Groups &amp; Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\"><header class=\"page-header\"><h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">Groups &amp; Centers<\/h1><\/header>\n\n\n<p class=\"lead-in\">The School of Information Studies is home to the Center for Information Policy Research, the Disruptive Technologies Lab and a number of faculty-led research groups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"default\">We extend an invitation to our colleagues in the field to explore collaborations with us so that together we may shape knowledge through innovative research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/\">Teaching &amp; Research<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/faculty-staff-research\/\">Faculty &amp; Staff Initiatives<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/student-research\/\">Student Research<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/groups-centers\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">Groups &amp; Centers<\/span><\/a><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/groups-centers\/disruptive-technologies-lab\/\">Disruptive Technologies Lab<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray-dark uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--3\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/11\/icon-research-400x400-1.png\" alt=\"Circle shaped image with black and gold mesh pattern. Decorative image used to highlight Disruptive Technologies Lab.\" class=\"wp-image-3160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/11\/icon-research-400x400-1.png 400w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/11\/icon-research-400x400-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/2022\/11\/icon-research-400x400-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-disruptive-technologies-lab\">Disruptive Technologies Lab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Disruptive Technologies Lab at the School of Information Studies is a hub for research, innovation and collaboration on digital disruption technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain technologies and the Internet of Things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-u-flex uwm-u-flex--wrap uwm-u-flex--left\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--icon-right uwm-c-button--icon-chevron uwm-u-mr-20 uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/research\/groups-centers\/disruptive-technologies-lab\/\" rel=\"\">Disruptive Technologies Lab <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-white uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-research-groups\">Research Groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card-grid uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--equal-y uwm-l-grid--3\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--gold uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h5\" id=\"h-research-group-for-info-retrieval-rgir\">Research Group for Info Retrieval (RGIR)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission of RGIR is to promote and stimulate research in different aspects of information retrieval (IR) including but not limited to: information behavior, human computer interaction with IR systems, IR evaluation, IR design, information visualization and multimedia retrieval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To learn more about RGIR, contact: <\/strong><br><strong>Dr. Simon Mu<\/strong>, RGIR coordinator<br><a href=\"mailto:mux@uwm.edu\">mux@uwm.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--gold uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h5\" id=\"h-knowledge-organization-research-group-in-information-studies-korgis\">Knowledge Organization Research Group in Information Studies (KORGIS)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/sois-korgis\/\">KORGIS<\/a> promotes research on how knowledge is structured, represented, classified, and used, with expertise spanning metadata and resource description, responsible AI, archival and descriptive practices, social tagging, semantic technologies, classification systems, information visualization, and data\u2011driven modeling, often examined through ethical and user\u2011focused perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uwm.edu\/sois-korgis\/\">KORGIS<\/a> contact: <\/strong><br><strong>Dr. Margaret Kipp<\/strong>, <a href=\"mailto:kipp@uwm.edu\">kipp@uwm.edu<\/a><br><strong>Dr. Wan-Chen Lee<\/strong>, <a href=\"mailto:wclee@uwm.edu\">wclee@uwm.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--gold uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h5\" id=\"h-social-studies-of-information-research-group-ssirg\">Social Studies of Information Research Group (SSIRG)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission of the Social Studies of Information Research Group (SSIRG) is to promote inquiry and pedagogy in the historical, social and cultural dimensions of information at its most fundamental levels, including information institutions, practices, industries, technologies, disciplines, users, policies and ethics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To learn more about SSIRG contact: <\/strong><br><strong>Dr. Maria Haigh<\/strong>, SSIRG coordinator<br><a href=\"mailto:mhaigh@uwm.edu\">mhaigh@uwm.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":43,"menu_order":94,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-206","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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