Prof. Roger Leenders from the Netherlands is visiting the SONIC lab for the entire Spring Quarter (and a few weeks beyond). Roger Leenders is Professor of Intra-Organizational Networks at Tilburg University. His research mainly focuses on the antecedents and consequences of networks in and of teams. A core research theme is the creativity of teams: what are the network drivers (and inhibitors) of the creative performance of teams?

Before moving to Tilburg, Roger was Professor of Networks in Market and Product Innovation at the University of Groningen. He has a MSc degree in Econometrics and Ph.D. in Sociology (ICS).

Dominic DiFranzo, PhD Student in the Department of Computer Science at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Insititute is visiting the SONIC lab. Dominic works with Prof. James A. Hendler and Prof. Deborah L. McGuinness  in the Tetherless World Constellation research group. Dominic’s research focuses on the Semantic Web and Linked Open Data. During his visit Dominic will work on projects related to Virtual Worlds and the Semantic Web.