2024-04-15: Review of WS-DL's 2023
Most of the Web Science & Digital Libraries Research Group, 2023-04-13 Although Covid continued in 2023, things at ODU and the Web Science and Digital Libraries (WS-DL) Research Group were mostly normal, or at least the new normal. Most classes, meetings, some conferences, and even defenses are now a hybrid of f2f and online. This year, we transitioned one faculty member, graduated two MS students and one BS student, advanced the status of six PhD students, and added five new PhD students. Students and Faculty We did not graduate any PhD students this year, but we did have two students defend their MS theses, and one student finish his BS and enter the MS program: Emily Escamilla defended her MS thesis on July 25, 2023 and then moved to Florida to take a job with MITRE in Orlando. Himarsha Jayanetti defended her MS thesis on April 13, 2023 and is still with us as a PhD student. Caleb Bradford finished his BS and entered the MS program. We did not add any faculty, b