Sep. 15, 2017

Timothy Haithcoat

Dr. Timothy Haithcoat joined our program as an Assistant Teaching Professor of Data Science and Analytics in August 2022 and brings years of experience in developing and managing geospatial technologies in both research and applied environments to the DSA program. Tim holds a Master’s in Wildlife Biology and a PhD in Geoinformatics, both from the University of Missouri – Columbia. His research interests involve applying geographic information approaches for solving real-world application issues and their subsequent accuracy assessment and validation. This applied research supports interdisciplinary research objectives in a range of diverse areas including wildlife biology, broadband access, risk assessment,…

Dec. 28, 2016

Joi Moore

Dr. Moore received her B.S. degree in Computer Science and M.S. degree in Management from North Carolina State University, both focusing on a minor in Management Information Systems. After teaching for two years in the Department of Computer Information Systems at Shaw University, Dr. Moore turned her attention to earning her Ph.D. in Instructional Technology from the University of Georgia with a cognate area of Management Information Systems. Her current research agenda is the application of appropriate design principles for computer-based environments that support learning and/or effectively improve a desired performance. She has served as President of the Training and…

Dec. 28, 2016

Chi-Ren Shyu

Chi-Ren Shyu (he/him/his) is Director of MUIDSI, Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Strategic Initiatives, and Chair of the Executive Committee for the Mizzou Quantum Innovation Center. Dr. Shyu has organized and chaired technical program committees for several IEEE conferences, including IEEE HealthCom, IEEE BigMM, IEEE BIBM, and IEEE BIBE. He represents MU on the Southeast Conference (SEC) Artificial Intelligence Consortium and the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development’s Advisory Committee for Building Missouri’s AI Talent Pipeline (2026). He is the PI of Mizzou’s NSF CyberCorps SFS project ($3.6M). Since joining MU in 2000, Dr. Shyu has…