{"id":7,"date":"2015-03-02T20:33:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T20:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu\/belkin\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:35:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:35:45","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu\/belkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Nicholas J. Belkin<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu\/belkin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2015\/03\/1D4V5859.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-173 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu\/belkin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2015\/03\/1D4V5859-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu\/belkin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2015\/03\/1D4V5859-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu\/belkin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2015\/03\/1D4V5859-768x1180.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu\/belkin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2015\/03\/1D4V5859-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu\/belkin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2015\/03\/1D4V5859-1080x1660.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b>Distinguished Professor Emeritus<br \/>\nRutgers University<br \/>\nSchool of Communication and Information<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt><b>Contact Information:<\/b><\/dt>\n<dd>belkin@comminfo.rutgers.edu<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><b>Here&#8217;s a link to a list of my publications: <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu\/belkin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/03\/publications-2023-03.pdf\">publications-2023<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong> Here&#8217;s a link to a list of my presentations:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu\/belkin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2022\/11\/presentations-2022.pdf\">presentations-2022<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Recent Research Projects:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Characterizing and Evaluating Whole Session Interactive Information Retrieval, with co-PI Chirag Shah. 09.2014 &#8211; 08.2019. Funded by NSF CISE\/III. You can find a brief project description here: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu\/belkin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2015\/03\/isi-abstract.pdf\">iir-abstract<\/a><\/strong>. The project web page is here: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/inforetrieval.org\/iir\/\">iir-project<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Here&#8217;s a link to a list of all my externally funded research grants and contracts: <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu\/belkin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2015\/03\/grants-02-2015.pdf\">grants-02-2015<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Other Research Interests:<\/b><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>Human interaction with information<\/dd>\n<dd>Human-computer interaction in information systems<\/dd>\n<dd>Interactive information retrieval<\/dd>\n<dd>Personalization of information retrieval<\/dd>\n<dd>Evaluation of whole session information retrieval<\/dd>\n<dd>Information ubiquity<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><b>Education<\/b><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>B.A. Russian Language and Literature University of Washington, Seattle, 1968<\/dd>\n<dd>M.L.S. Librarianship University of Washington, Seattle, 1970<\/dd>\n<dd>Ph.D. Information Studies, University College, University of London, U.K., 1977<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><b>For a painfully detailed curriculum vitae click here: <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu\/belkin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/04\/cv-2026-04.pdf\">cv-2026-04<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Personal Information<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt><b>Favorite Books:<\/b><\/dt>\n<dd><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt><b>Hobbies:<\/b><\/dt>\n<dd><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl>\n<dt><b>Family Information:<\/b><\/dt>\n<dd><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Nicholas J. Belkin <a href=\"mailto:%22nick@belkin.rutgers.edu%22\">(belkin@comminfo.rutgers.edu)<\/a><br \/>\nLast revision 29 April 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicholas J. Belkin Distinguished Professor Emeritus Rutgers University School of Communication and Information Contact Information: belkin@comminfo.rutgers.edu Here&#8217;s a link to a list of my publications: publications-2023 Here&#8217;s a link to a list of my presentations:\u00a0presentations-2022 Recent Research Projects: Characterizing and Evaluating Whole Session Interactive Information Retrieval, with co-PI Chirag Shah. 09.2014 &#8211; 08.2019. 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