CIRSS is a research center with both local and global impact through groundbreaking research and development, transformational educational opportunities, and a commitment to community engagement.
The TRACE project is building a new approach to computational transparency and reproducibility by certifying the successful original execution of a computational workflow that produced findings in situ.
The Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship (CIRSS) advances our understanding of how scientists and scholars work with digital information and information technologies to solve the world’s greatest challenges. An interdisciplinary research center located in the iSchool, CIRSS conducts research and develops innovative solutions to enhance practices across the research lifecycle, from literature discovery through the publication of new results. Our faculty, staff, and students address problems related to the trustworthiness of scientific results including data curation, quality, and integration; provenance capture and storage; semantic modeling; and research transparency and reproducibility.
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- Spring 2026 Speaker Series: The AI Disruption
The CIRSS speaker series continues in Spring 2026 on the new theme of “The AI Disruption.” Our speakers will discuss how recent advances in AI have reshaped their research — what has… Read more: Spring 2026 Speaker Series: The AI Disruption - Fall 2025 Speaker Series: The AI DisruptionThe CIRSS speaker series continues in Fall 2025 on the new theme of “The AI Disruption.” Our speakers will discuss how recent advances in AI have reshaped their research — what has… Read more: Fall 2025 Speaker Series: The AI Disruption
- CIRSS researchers awarded joint seed grant for XAI-CA project
CIRSS researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at Cardiff University, have received funding for the project XAI-CA: Explainable AI via Computational Argumentation through the 2024–25 University of Illinois System / Cardiff University Joint… Read more: CIRSS researchers awarded joint seed grant for XAI-CA project - Spring 2025 Speaker Series: Generative AI and the Future of ResearchThe CIRSS speaker series continues in Spring 2025 on the new theme of “Generative AI and the Future of Research.” Our speakers will share their research on the opportunities and risks associated… Read more: Spring 2025 Speaker Series: Generative AI and the Future of Research
- Fall 2024 Speaker Series: Studying Science ScientificallyThe CIRSS speaker series continues in Fall 2024 on the new theme of “Studying Science Scientifically: State of the Art and Prospects for the Science of Science.” With the availability of increasingly… Read more: Fall 2024 Speaker Series: Studying Science Scientifically