Associate Professor at College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University
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- Associate Professor at College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University
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- Assistant Professor at College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST)
- Assistant Professor at Penn State (College of Information Sciences and Technology)
- Associate Professor at College of Information Sciences and Technolog, The Pennsylvania State University
- Assistant Professor at Penn State University
- US Army Officer at US Army
- Assistant Professor at United States Miltiary Academy
- Education
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- Texas A&M University
- Texas A&M University
- Troy University
- United States Military Academy at West Point
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Jim Jansen’s Summary
Dr. Bernard J. Jansen (Jim Jansen) is an associate professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. Jim has more than 120 publications in the area of information technology and systems, with articles appearing in a multi-disciplinary range of journals and conferences. His specific areas of expertise are Web searching, sponsored search, and personalization for information searching. He is co-author of the book, Web Search: Public Searching of the Web and co-editor of the book Handbook of Weblog Analysis. Jim is a member of the editorial boards of six international journals. He has received several awards and honors, including an ACM Research Award and six application development awards, along with other writing, publishing, research, and leadership honors. Several agencies and corporations have supported his research. He is actively involved in teaching both undergraduate and graduate level courses, as well as mentoring students in a variety of research and educational efforts. He also has successfully conducted numerous consulting projects. Jim resides with his family in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Jim Jansen’s Specialties:
Extensive experience in a variety of information technology project, primarily with the defense department. Extension research experience in the Web searching and sponsored search domains.
Jim Jansen’s Experience
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Associate Professor
College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
May 2009 — Present (3 months)
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Assistant Professor
College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST)
(Higher Education industry)
June 2004 — May 2009 (5 years)
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Assistant Professor
Penn State (College of Information Sciences and Technology)
(Higher Education industry)
May 2003 — May 2009 (6 years 1 month)
Research, teaching, and service position. Dr. Jansen has taught basic and applied courses in micro-computing, office applications, information technology, databases, multimedia, the Internet and World Wide Web. Additionally, he has supervised and mentored students in a variety of capstone project courses, research programs and individual directed studies.
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Associate Professor
College of Information Sciences and Technolog, The Pennsylvania State University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
June 2002 — May 2009 (7 years)
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Assistant Professor
Penn State University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
June 2001 — May 2002 (1 year)
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US Army Officer
US Army
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)
May 1985 — May 2002 (17 years 1 month)
Held various command and staff positions of progressively increasing responsibility. Responsible for vision articulation, planning, directing, and day-to-day management of organizations ranging in size from 10 to over 200.
Served in numerous locations in the United States, Europe, Central America, and the Far East as a communication officer. I have been responsible for the planning and installation of various types of communication systems including radio, telephone, computer and other digital networks.
Served with the 8th U.S. Army Y2K Operational Evaluation Team validating critical information management systems. Have been responsible for the long term planning, developing, and budgeting of communication systems of all types for the U.S. Forces stationed on the Korean Peninsula.
Responsible for a 22-person division that develops photographic, graphical, audio-visual and multimedia material for the U.S. Army War College. -
Assistant Professor
United States Miltiary Academy
(Higher Education industry)
1996 — 1999 (3 years)
Jim Jansen’s Education
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Texas A&M University
PhD , Computer Science , 1996 — 1999
Advisor: Udo Pooch, Department of CS, Texas A&M
- Activities and Societies:
- Volunteered at local grade school; program to help disadvantaged readers
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Texas A&M University
Masters , Computer Science , 1994 — 1996
Advisor: Udo Pooch, Department of CS, Texas A&M
- Activities and Societies:
- 1995-1994 President, Computer Science Graduate Students Association, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
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Troy University
Masters , International Relations , 1992 — 1994
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United States Military Academy at West Point
Bachelors , Computer Science , 1981 — 1985
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Jim Jansen’s Interests:
gourmet cooking, traveling, reading, outdoor sports
Jim Jansen’s Honors:
Current – 2006 Editorial Advisory Board Member, International Journal of Internet Science
Current – 2006 Editorial Advisory Board Member, Information Research.
Current – 2004 Editorial Advisory Board, Library and Information Science
Current – 2004 Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Internet Research: Current – 2004 Editorial Advisory Board, Information Processing & Management
2002 Two Crystal Awards of Excellence for outstanding software development 2002 Award of Distinction for interactive Web site development.
2002 Two Awards of Excellence for exceptional multimedia application development.
2002 US Army War College Team of the Year for outstanding contributions as team manager.
2001 U.S. Army Visual Information Award for multimedia development.
