2026 Faculty Research Blitz Showcases Diverse Information Science Scholarship
College of Information Science Assistant Professor Dalal Alharthi presents on "STRATA: Secure Topological Reasoning and Autonomous Trusted Architectures" at the 2026 Faculty Research Blitz.
The most recent College of Information Science Faculty Research Blitz, held on the University of Arizona campus on February 20, 2026, offers a concise look at the questions currently shaping the interdisciplinary field of information science. Across a series of short presentations, faculty members share work on topics that range from artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to data practices, remote work and human development. The format is straightforward—each speaker has only a few minutes—but the scope is broad, reflecting the many directions in which information science continues to evolve.
Taken together, the talks highlight a set of recurring concerns: how people interact with increasingly complex systems, how data is managed and interpreted, and how emerging technologies are designed, used and understood. Some presentations focus on technical challenges, others on social and ethical dimensions, but most reside somewhere in between. What emerges is not a single narrative, but a cross-section of the dynamic research faculty undertake at the College of Information Science.
Watch the College of Information Science 2026 Faculty Research Blitz
Presenting Faculty
Speaker | Presentation |
|---|---|
Welcome | |
| Diana Daly | Critical Epistemic Negotiations in Creating Comics and Sketch Performance with AI |
STRATA: Secure Topological Reasoning and Autonomous Trusted Architectures | |
Arizona Cybersecurity Academy | |
The Future of Remote Work: Evidence from Teams, Workers and Public Opinion | |
Community as Pedagogy: FOCAS in Focus | |
Aim Assistance in VR | |
| Cristian Román | Recent Work at the Data Diversity Lab |
Vox Deorum: A Cost-Efficient Hybrid LLM Architecture for Complex Strategic Reasoning in 4X / Grand Strategy Games | |
| Xiao Hu | Learning with Generative AI: From Threat to Opportunity |
| Sarah Bratt |
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| Ryan Straight | User Not Found: Rethinking Cybersecurity Education |
| Jialu Li | Towards Scalable and Efficient Edge AI for Monitoring Children’s Speech Development at Home |
Learn more about the research and faculty of the College of Information Science.