Aliant's Innovatia names university research head

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...