[AISWorld] University of Maryland iSchool Welcomes PhD Applications

[Ping Wang]

University of Maryland, College Park
College of Information Studies: Maryland’s iSchool

The iSchool at the University of Maryland invites creative and 
forward-thinking individuals to apply for the Ph.D. in Information 
Studies program. Located near Washington DC, Maryland’s iSchool offers 
unparalleled opportunities for students to pursue research oriented 
employment careers. Students learn to conduct original research through 
one-on-one mentoring relationships with faculty members in diverse 
disciplines as Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Information 
Policy, Information Science, and Information Systems. This year funding 
(in the forms of fellowship, scholarship, and assistantship) is 
available to support students interested in:
• Big Data
• Health Informatics
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Information Policy
• Information Retrieval
• Metadata Applications
• Natural Language Processing
• School Library
• Social Computing
• Social Media

Please join us on Tuesday October 23, at 5pm (EDT) for a virtual 
information session [details at: 
http://ischool.umd.edu/content/phd-admissions]. Learn more about 
Maryland's iSchool [http://ischool.umd.edu/ ] and the PhD in Information 
Studies program [http://ischool.umd.edu/content/phd-program-overview]. 
Apply online [http://ischool.umd.edu/content/phd-admissions] by December 
1 (November 1 for international applicants).

-- 
Ping Wang, Ph.D.
University of Maryland, College Park
http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~pwang/