Graduate Informatics Student Association

Strength in numbers.

Committee Chairs

	Travis J. Brown Executive Chair trabrown -at- indiana.edu Represents the Department of Informatics graduate student body to the School of Informatics and the university at-large.
	Aaron Houssian At-Large Chair ahoussia -at- indiana.edu Advocates student interests and addresses student issues to ensure the overall well-being of the School and its constituents.
	Sean Connolly Community Chair seaconno -at- indiana.edu Promotes unity and collaboration amongst the graduate student population, both through events and marketing initiatives.
	Tyler Pace Institutional Voice Chair tympace -at- indiana.edu Collaborates with the School of Informatics faculty and administration to ensure student representation on committees.
	Heather Wiltse Research & Professional Development Chair hwiltse -at- indiana.edu Facilitates the advertisement of the research being conducted and the professional opportunities for students in Informatics.
	Laura Brunetti Social Chair lbrunett -at- indiana.edu Organizes social activities for Informatics students, including intramural sports and events co-sponsored with outside groups.
	Kevin Makice Technology Chair kmakice -at- indiana.edu Supports graduate student technology needs through advocacy and collaboration with Informatics IT.

Welcome

We, the graduate students of the Indiana University Department of Informatics Bloomington campus, in order to represent our interests, concerns, and unique perspectives to the greater University community and to participate in that degree of governance proper to our role within the School of Informatics and Indiana University, have established the Graduate Informatics Student Association.

Resources

GISA Committees
iugisa.ning.com
Discussion of projects and upcoming events sponsored by GISA.
The Informatics Moment
theinformaticsmoment.ning.com
Incoming students get acquainted prior to arriving in Bloomington.
IU Graduate and Professional Student Organization
www.indiana.edu/~gpso
The university-wide graduate student organization.
Student Development Server
mas.informatics.indiana.edu/
A development server managed by student administrators. Contact Richie Hazelwood (whazelwo -at- indiana.edu) for an account.
Planet Informatics
www.planetinformatics.org
Do you blog? This aggregator for Informatics students, faculty and alumni is managed by Erik Pukinskis (HCI/d '06).
Bloomingpedia
www.bloomingpedia.org
One of the largest community wikis in existence, this is a great source of information about the area.
Local Twitter Community
twitter.com/tweet_research/friends
An outgrowth of research here at SOI, this account tracks local Twitter members.
Bloomington Geek Dinner
www.bloomingtongeekdinners.com
A regularly-occurring evening out with other local technologists. This is a great way to mingle with other human resources outside of Informatics.
Smaller Indiana
smallerindiana.ning.com
A state-wide initiative for professionals in Indiana.
IU School of Informatics Professional Network
www.linkedin.com
This LinkedIn group is for all students, alumni, staff, faculty, and administration of both departments (Informatics and Computer Science) in the School. There is also an alumni group for HCI/d.

Updated: August 2008