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Medium: Devices All The Way Down

Niklas Elmqvist - June 22, 2020

Professor and Director of the HCIL, Niklas Elmqvist, reflects on his NSF Career Project.

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Medium: HCIL 2019-2020 News Roundup

Huaishu Peng - June 22, 2020

UMD Human-Computer Interaction Lab’s (HCIL) 2019-2020 accomplishments

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Press Release: Naeemul Hassan Awarded $228,000 NSF Grant For Collaborative Project

UMD Philip Merrill College of Journalism - June 22, 2020

Dr. Naeemul Hassan and collaborators aim to design and develop computational models to automatically detect video clickbait. 

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Medium: Engaging the Commons in Participatory Sensing

Yongle Zhang - June 22, 2020

Research on participatory sensing, the practice of using human participants to gather data on their mobile devices from their environm …

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David Weintrop Awarded Prestigious National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship

Chris Samoray - June 18, 2020

Dr. David Weintrop receives $70K award to integrate computing and the powerful ideas of computer science into classrooms.

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School Library Journal: COVID-19 Is an Opportunity to Rethink Youth Librarianship | Reimagining Libraries, featuring Mega Subramaniam

Mega Subramaniam - June 12, 2020

Discusses how libraries have adapted to continue serving their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Brookings: Where Would Racial Progress in Policing be Without Camera Phones? featuring Nicol Turner Lee

Nicol Turner Lee - June 12, 2020

Technology is becoming part of the story regarding how marginalized populations in the U.S.

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Digital Privacy News: Ease of Voice Recognition Technology Brings Great Risks, featuring Jessica Vitak

Jessica Vitak - June 12, 2020

Technology creates additional convenience for users, it poses a threat to their privacy.

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Student Archivists at Maryland – Call for New Student Members!

Karina Kletscher, UMD iSchool MLIS Student - June 12, 2020

This is a momentous year for SAM as we are turning 25!