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July 18, 2006 Wright State names international IT expert LexisNexis Eminent Scholar Internationally-known information technology expert, Amit Sheth, Ph.D., has been named the LexisNexis Eminent Scholar for Advanced Data Management and Analysis at Wright State University. Sheth is internationally known for his work in semantic content, metadata and workflow management, and multimedia information systems. He has held research and development, management and faculty positions at Honeywell, Unisys, Bellcore and the University of Georgia, where he founded the Large Scale Distributed Information Systems Laboratory (LSDIS).Sheth is currently a professor in the Department of Computer Science and director of the LSDIS Lab, both at the University of Georgia, and co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of Semagix, Inc., headquartered in White Plains, N.Y. Sheth has founded two start ups and published more than 200 papers and articles and authored/edited four books. He has organized eight international meetings and holds two patents. He earned his Ph.D. in computer and information science at The Ohio State University. “Dr. Sheth is a world-class scholar and researcher,” said Jay Thomas, Ph.D., vice president for research and dean of the School of Graduate Studies. “With his impressive background both as a researcher and as an entrepreneur, he will be able provide the research leadership necessary to ensure that daytaOhio can move knowledge from the laboratory into the marketplace to build and grow companies and provide high-paying jobs in Ohio.” Garrison Walters, interim chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents (OBR), said, “The Ohio Eminent Scholars Program is a crucial piece of the puzzle needed to place the state at the forefront of the knowledge economy. Senior scholars, such as Professor Sheth, drive Ohio’s technology-based economic development by attracting federal and industrial funds, as well as academically talented students and postdoctoral associates. And, Professor Sheth’s specialization area of advanced data management and analysis is one that bridges all twelve of Ohio’s strategic technology platforms targeted within the Third Frontier Project.” An endowed position, the LexisNexis Eminent Scholar is part of the Ohio Eminent Scholars program and is funded by LexisNexis and OBR. “The appointment of Dr. Sheth benefits the entire Miami Valley and demonstrates how public and private sectors can cooperate to benefit the region. LexisNexis is proud to be a partner in this collaboration,” said Allan McLaughlin, senior vice president and global chief technology officer of LexisNexis Group and chairman of the daytaOhio board. The scholar will provide research leadership for the $43 million daytaOhio, a Wright Center of Innovation to be housed at Wright State University. Part of Ohio's Third Frontier Project, daytaOhio and its primary research facility will be housed in WSU’s new $10 million Krishan and Vicky Joshi Research Center, slated to open in September 2006. 
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