Committee of Scientific Advisors

The Committee of Scientific Advisors is comprised of distinguished researchers from disciplines contributing to the science of information.  The Committee advises the Institute on research priorities and methodologies, guides the scientific program of the Institute's international conference, and contributes to other scientific projects.

Committee members are expected to represent their field to the Institute, and represent the Institute to their field, helping to synergize transdisciplanary collaboration.   

The Committee is chaired by Dr. Wolfgang Hofkirchner, member of the Institute's Board of Directors.

Science Advisory Committee:

• Dr. Søren Brier, Cognitive Information Scientist (Denmark)
• Dr. Elizabeth A. Buchanan, Associate Professor at the School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (United States)
• Dr. Mark Burgin, Visiting Scholar, UCLA (United States)
• Dr. Jerry LR Chandler, Biochemist (United States)
• Dr. John Collier, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Information Theorist, University of Natal, (South Africa)
• Dr. Mary Jo Deering, Director of Informatics Dissemination, National Cancer Institute Center for Bioinformatics (United States)
• Dr. José María Díaz, Associate Professor of Telecommunication Engineering and Philosopher, University of León (Spain)
• Dr. Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, Information Theorist and Physicist (Sweden)
• Dail DeWitt Doucette, Information Scientist (United States)
• Luciano Floridi, Professor of Information Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire & University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
• Ted Goranson, Information Theorist (United States)
• Dr. Wolfgang Hofkirchner, Professor of Internet Society, University of Salzburg (Austria)
• Alicia Juarrero, Professor (United States and Cuba)
• Dr. Zong-Rong Li, Vicedirector & Professor at the Social Information Science Institute, Huazhong University of Science & Technology (China)
• Leah A. Lievrouw, Professor (United States)
• Dr. Robert K. Logan, Physicist and Media Ecologist, University of Illinois and University of Toronto (Canada)
• Dr. Pedro Marijuán, Information Theorist (Spain)
• Dr. Koichiro Matsuno, Professor Emeritus of biophysics in the Nagaoka University of Technology (Japan)
• Dr. John Mingers, Professor of Operational Research and Information Systems at Kent Business School, University of Kent (United Kingdom)
• Dr. Francisco Salto, Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of León (Spain)
• Dr. Edwina Taborsky, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Bishop's University (Canada)
• Dr. Rainer Zimmermann, Physicist and Philosopher (Germany)

To download the full biographies of members of the Science Advisory Committee, please CLICK HERE.