Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group

My award for my outstanding academic achievement, leadership, and successfully completing the requirements for the Department of War Cyber Service Academy I graduated from the Department of War (DoW) Cyber Service Academy (CSA) this semester (Spring 2026). I was honored to be an awardee during the inaugural DoW CSA graduation dinner at Old Dominion University (ODU).  Photo taken at the inaugural DoW CSA graduation dinner at Old Dominion University This recognition event brought the DoW CSA together with the National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarship for Service and the Old Dominion University School of Cybersecurity . I want to thank everyone at the DoW CSA, where I have been a scholar for five years. Thank you for your support and dedication to my success. My story with the DoW CSA began in 2021 when I applied for the scholarship while taking classes to satisfy PhD course requirements. The DoW CSA is a recruitment tool for the DoW creating a pipeline of DoW future employee...

I was honored to be invited to join the discussion panel of a campus-wide symposium titled " Striking the Balance: AI Automation and Human Interaction in Teaching and Learning ", which will happen on September 8, 2023 from 10 am to 12 pm in the Big Blue Room, Chartway Arena, Old Dominion University (ODU).  The other panel members are: Dr. Helen Crompton , Executive Director of the Research Institute for Digital Innovation in Learning (RIDIL) and Professor of STEM Education & Professional Studies. She is also the CEO of Crompton Consulting .  Dr. Khan Iftekharuddin , Professor of Battern College of Engineering and Technology. Dr. Chrysoula Malogianni , Associate Vice President of Digital Innovation, Division of Digital Learning of ODU.  The panel discussion moderator will be Dr. Tracie Ortiz , Instructional Designer Manager, and DEI Design Coordinator.  The panel discussion is motivated by the fast advancement of artificial intelligence in the past decades, e...

ODU's commencement on May 7th marks the last day of my academic career as a student. I began my career at ODU in the Fall of 2004, graduated with my BS in CS in the Spring of 2008 at which point I immediately began my Master's work under Dr. Levinstein . I completed my MS in Spring 2010, spent the summer with June Wright (now June Brunelle), and started my Ph.D. under Dr. Nelson in the Fall of 2010 (which is referred to as the Great Bait-and-Switch in our family). I will finish in the Spring of 2016 only to return as an adjunct instruction teaching CS418/518 at ODU in the Fall of 2016. On February 5th, I defended my dissertation " Scripts in a Frame: A Framework for Archiving Deferred Representations " (above picture courtesy Dr. Danette Allen , video courtesy of Mat Kelly ). My research in the WS-DL group focused on understanding, measuring, and mitigating the impacts of client-side technologies like JavaScript on the archives. In short, we showed that JavaS...

The primary goal of any alumni association is to maintain and strengthen the ties between its alumni, the community, and the mission of the university. With social media, it's easier than ever to connect with current and former graduates on Facebook , Instagram or Twitter with a simple invitation to "like us" or "follow me." Considering just one of these social platforms, we recently analyzed the Twitter networks of twenty-three (23) Virginia colleges and universities to determine what, if any, social characteristics were shared among the institutions and whether we could gain any insight by examining the public profiles of their respective followers. The colleges of interest, ranked by number of followers in Table 1, vary in size, mission, type of institution, admissions selectivity and perceived prestige. Each of the alumni associations has maintained a Twitter presence for an average of six (6) years. The oldest Twitter account belongs to Roanoke C...