ACADEMICS
 
ACADEMICS

2006-2010
Ph.D., Applied Science in Information Quality, completed April 2010.
George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, UALR Graduate School
Doctoral Advisor: Dr. John R. Talburt
Dissertation title:
"Knowledge-Driven Identity Resolution for Longitudinal Education Data"

Completion Timeline
  • Entered graduate program - August 2006
  • Classroom coursework completed - December 2007
  • Candidacy examinations completed - October 2008
  • Oral and written proposal defense - August 2009
  • Oral and written dissertation defense - April 2010
  • Commencement - May 2010
The Information Quality emphasis in the Applied Science Ph.D. program
was announced in November of 2007, with curriculum beginning in January 2008.
Master's degree coursework is applied to corresponding Ph.D. course requirements.
It is the first doctoral program in the field of Information Quality in the world.


PUBLICATIONS

Data Quality and Information Industry

Holland, Greg and John Talburt, "q-Gram Tetrahedral Ratio (qTR) for Approximate String Matching"
Proceedings: 2010 Annual Acxiom Laboratory for Applied Research Conference (ALAR-10), April 9, 2010
University of Central Arkansas (UCA), Conway, AR

Holland, Greg and John Talburt, "An Entity-based Integration Framework for Modeling and Evaluating
Data Enhancement Products", Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Vol. 24, Issue 5 (May 2009),
pages 65-73, Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, ACM Digital Library - ISSN:1937-4771

Holland, Greg and John Talburt, "A Framework For Evaluating Information Source Interactions"
Proceedings: Seventh Annual Conference on Applied Research in Information Technology (ALAR-08), March 14, 2008
University of Central Arkansas (UCA), Conway, AR

Holland, Greg, "Methods for Building Data Elements for Multi-sourced Data Products"
Proceedings: Eighth International Conference on Information Quality 2003 (ICIQ-03), November 7-9, 2003
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA

Talburt, John and Greg Holland, "Shared System for Assessing Consumer Occupancy and Demographic Accuracy,"
Proceedings: Eighth International Conference on Information Quality 2003 (ICIQ-03), November 7-9, 2003
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA


PRIOR ACADEMICS

2006-2007
Master of Science, Information Quality, received December 2007.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Graduate School
The Master of Science in Information Quality (MSIQ) program was
developed in 2006 by UALR and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
It is the first graduate program in Information Quality in the United States.
Capstone Project: "Impact on Quality of Major Source Replacement in Consumer Data Product"

1995-1998
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, minor in Mathematics, received May 1998.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
receiving the Arkansas Governor's Distinguished Scholarship

1994-1995
Attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville
receiving the Chancellor's Scholarship

1994
Valedictorian of Bryant High School in Bryant, Arkansas.
Achieved 99th Percentile on both the ACT and SAT exams
National Merit Finalist

1993
Attended Arkansas Governor's School at Hendrix College
Attended Arkansas Boys State at the University of Central Arkansas

1990-1991
Attended Arkansas Dept. of Education's AEGIS programs
(Residential summer programs for junior high school students)
at Harding University and Arkansas College (now Lyon College)

1988-1989
Participated in the Duke University Talent Identification Program at age 12,
attended Northwestern State University residential ADVANCE program
and completed Algebra (college instruction) prior to the 8th grade.


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