Luddy School of
Informatics, Computing, and Engineering

Beth A. Plale

Director, Data to Insight Center of Pervasive Technologies

Professor of Informatics and Computing
Institute Director, Center for Data and Search Informatics

Education

• Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001
• Ph.D. in Computer Science at State University of New York Binghamton, 1998
• M.S. in Computer and Information Science at Temple University, 1992
• MBA at University of LaVerne, 1986

Courses Taught at SICE

• B438 Fundamentals of Computer Networks
• B534 Distributed Systems
• B649 Systems Support for Wide Area Applications Systems
• B669/I590 Topics in Data and Search Informatics
• I590 Topics in Data and Search Informatics
• P436 Introduction to Operating Systems

Biography

Dr. Plale's research interests are in data governance, responsible HPC, smart and connected communities, and open science.  Dr. Plale is Director of the Data To Insight Center (D2I); founder and past director of the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC); and past Science Director of Pervasive Technology Institute (PTI).  She is currently in her 3rd year at the National Science Foundation (NSF) where she serves the Foundation and the nation as a Science Advisor and Program Officer.

Dr. Plale is a founder of the Research Data Alliance (RDA), an international 9000+ member organization dedicated to data sharing, and is a founder of the Center of Excellence for Women in Technology (CEWIT) at Indiana University Bloomington.

Dr. Plale has authored over 150 peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly publications, and has been PI or co-PI on over $50 million in extramural funding received from industry and private and public funding organizations including most notably the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy (DOE), Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Microsoft.  Dr. Plale was awarded a prestigious early career award by the Department of Energy.

Research Areas

• Data Analytics
• Infrastructure
• Data Science
• Computer Engineering
• Intelligent Systems

Centers

• Center for Data and Search Informatics
• Data to Insight Center