William Blustein, Dalhousie University

Research

Annotation Complex information spaces Digital Library E-learning Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM)Haptic augmented reality Hypertext Sensemaking

Latest funding

Smart Systems for Intelligent Knowledge Use
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$138,000
Aligning information mapping techniques: concepts to content across multiple academic courses and years for lifelong learning
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Automated identification of functional areas in webpages
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$24,933

All 8 grants and awards

Smart Systems for Intelligent Knowledge Use

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Blustein, William

Keywords: Annotation; Complex information spaces; Digital Library; E-learning; Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM); Haptic augmented reality; Hypertext; Sensemaking; User interface Design and Evaluation

$138,000

Aligning information mapping techniques: concepts to content across multiple academic courses and years for lifelong learning

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Blustein, WilliamJames

$25,000

Automated identification of functional areas in webpages

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Blustein, WilliamJames

$24,933

Finding and Using Information in e-Documents

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Blustein, WilliamJames

$75,000

Reading in the margins: annotation tools for thinking

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Graff, Ann-Barbara

Keywords: annotation; editorial practices; tools for scholars; reading; adaptive hypermedia; education; publishing; digital library

$45,339

Augmenting human information processing through hypertext

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Blustein, WilliamJames

$84,000

Technologies to augment human information processing

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Blustein, William

$60,000

Next generation on-line journal articles

Principal investigatorNSERC2001Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Blustein, William

$80,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Annotation Dear Professor Blustein, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on annotation connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Smart Systems for Intelligent Knowledge Use" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]