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UMD INFO PhD student Lovely-Frances Domingo, CMNS Professor Hal Daumé III and INFO Associate Professor Katie Shilton discuss some of Shilton’s work on ethics and policy for the design of information technologies. (Photo by Maria Herd)
Grand Challenges Grant Launches Values-Centered AI Initiative
INFO's Vanessa-Frias Martinez and Katie Shilton to help lead the building a new "values-centered AI" research center.

Dr. Mega Subramaniam and research admin team member Luis Cortes (Photo by Craig Taylor)
Computational Thinking is the New Literacy of the 21st Century—Are Students Prepared?
Dr. Mega Subramaniam and team launched a suite of CT assessment tools for libraries to gauge the effectiveness of their CT programs.

Breaking Boundaries in Technology: Discover the Cutting-Edge Research at the HCIL
A list of some of the collaborative research and innovative designs developed by the HCIL’s faculty, staff, and students

Psychology Today: “Tracking Gay Priests and Abortion Seekers with Location Data” by Jen Golbeck
Exploring privacy concerns and ethical implications tied to location data aggregation.

The New York Times: Halting Russian Influence Campaigns (ft. Cody Buntain)
INFO Assistant Professor Cody Buntain has uncovered evidence of a Russian effort to use Twitter to influence Canadians.

Europe’s Data Privacy Revolution: How Civic Engagement is Impacting Implementation
A Q&A with INFO Assistant Professor Ido Sivan-Sevilla

LA Times: Assuaging the Fear of an AI Takeover (ft. Daniel Greene)
INFO Assistant Professor Daniel Greene critiques the research on the potential impact of AI on human workers.