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The College of Information is also home to a number of specialized research laboratories that provide faculty and students with hands-on opportunities to explore, experiment, and innovate. These labs are equipped with advanced technologies and resources that support cutting-edge investigations in areas such as data visualization, human-centered computing, information systems, virtual reality, extreme reality, artifical intelligence, and emerging technologies. Through these collaborative environments, researchers are able to translate ideas into practice, test new concepts, and generate discoveries that have real-world impact. The College’s research labs includ

Research Laboratories

Data Innovation Lab
Data Innovation Lab is interested in applying/developing novel interdisciplinary research methods to tackle data-driven problems and exploring data-driven methodology in evidence-based information science research and practice.

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Data Visualization and eXtended Reality (DVXR) Lab
The Data Visualization and eXtended Reality (DVXR) Lab is dedicated to creating advanced visualization solutions for diverse and complex data sets within a collaborative, interdisciplinary, and highly interactive research environment. We explore the full spectrum of eXtended Reality (XR) technologies including Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR), and Virtual Reality (VR) to design innovative methods and tools for data exploration.

sharad sharma
Director:Dr. Sharad Sharma
Associate Dean of Research
Sinha Endowed Professor
Department of Data Science
sharad.sharma@unt.edu
EvoAI Computational Linguistics Lab
EvoAI Computational Linguistics Lab is concerned with investigating the causes and effects of linguistic change with computational methods. Neural network approaches as well as inferential modelling can yield insights into why languages diversify over time and what the pathways of change are. The primary goal of research in this lab is to combine novel methods with data from both ancient and modern sources to study the effect of cognition, society, and historical developments on language change.

Fredrick
Director: Dr. Frederik Hartmann
Assistant Professor
Department of Linguistics
Frederik.Hartmann@unt.edu 
HumanWorks Lab

The HumanWorks Lab is an interdisciplinary research team exploring how human expertise, emerging technologies, and ethical intelligence converge to shape the future of work, learning, and organizational decision-making. We bring together scholars, practitioners, and doctoral researchers from fields including information science, business, education, human–AI interaction, leadership, and data science to design more human-centered, adaptive, and ethically aligned workplaces.


Jeff Allen

Director: Dr. Jeff Allen
Regents Professor
Department of Information Science 
jeff.allen@unt.edu

Intelligent Data Engineering & Analytics Lab
Intelligent Data Engineering & Analytics (IDEA) Lab explore efficient computational methods for the analysis of large, distributed, heterogeneous multimedia data to build reliable intelligent systems in important domains such as education, healthcare, legal intelligence, cyber security, scientific communication, and others.

Haihua Chen
Director: Dr. Haihua Chen
Assistant Professor
Multiple Literacies Lab
The purpose of the Multiple Literacies Lab is to enable the acquisition of multiple literacy skills through research and evidence-based practice.

Daniella Smith

Director: Dr. Daniella Smith
Hazel Harvey Peace Endowed Professor
Director, Information Science Ph.D. Program
SCORE Lab

The SCORE Lab is a cybersecurity based research-driven innovation hub at the University of North Texas focused on creating next-generation technologies that secure and support cyber-human ecosystems. 


Gahangir Hossain

Director: Dr. Gahangir Hossain
Associate Professor