SAINT JOHN, NB – Researcher Dr. Christopher J. O. Baker has been named as the first Innovatia Research Chair at the University of New Brunswick Saint John.
The appointment of the Chair is the result of a partnership between the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), UNB and Innovatia, a knowledge management company owned by Bell Aliant.
Beginning this week, Dr. Baker will name a team “to build cutting-edge information integration systems that will aid scientists, knowledge workers and non-technical experts in the testing of new hypotheses and in data integration”, said the press release.
"Innovatia is pleased to be forging new ground with this collaboration between UNB Saint John and ACOA," said Roxanne Fairweather, COO of Innovatia. "We have been working for over a year to bring someone with Dr. Baker’s international expertise to this region. Innovatia shares Dr. Baker’s desire to create better and more efficient information management systems and we have no doubt it can be accomplished right here in New Brunswick."
