Dr. Hsinchun Chen awarded 2020 AIS Impact Award
Dec. 16, 2020
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Dr. Hsinchun Chen was nominated and awarded the 2020 AIS Impact Award, which recognizes the impact of information systems research beyond academia. This award honors his work on “COPLINK – Managing Law Enforcement Data and Knowledge.” COPLINK was funded by NSF/DOJ with $4M in 1997, commercialized in Tucson, AZ in 2000, acquired by IBM in 2011 for $500M, and is currently in use by 5,000+ US and EU security and law enforcement agencies for national and community safety.