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Meta Research Q&A with Jonathan Lazar, Professor, University of Maryland College of Information Studies
In this monthly interview series, Meta Research turns the spotlight on members of the academic community — and the important research …
Frank Burke (seated) at the July 4, 1969 ceremony on the Constitution Avenue steps in Washington, D.C.
Preserving History, Remembering a Pioneer
David McCartney and James Petersen founded the Dr. Frank G. Burke Endowed Graduate Research Award
Morphic: Advancing Social Equity Through Digital Inclusion
A growing pool of users at libraries, colleges, and job centers across the US and in Canada have the opportunity to take advantage of M …
Daniel Greene: Rethinking How Schools, Libraries, and Community Orgs Tackle Poverty
Can a community barbeque be more beneficial to citizens than learning computing skills? Insights from INFO Assistant Professor Daniel G …
UMD INFO College Introduces Technology and Information Design Major
The new major focuses on building and designing prototypes for new technologies such as apps and computers.
Dr. Galina Reitz Develops iTAP a Collaborative Project Providing Technology Support to the Senior Community
Local stakeholders and engaged knowledgeable students are eager to teach, support, train and help with basic computer skills.
Dr. Cody Buntain Appears on Voice of America to Discuss the Taliban’s Use of Twitter
Research showing how the Taliban leveraged Twitter, and Twitter’s limited management of this, was shared with Voices of America’s g …
A farmer tends crops in Uganda, an area where bias in AI algorithms monitoring global crop health might misinterpret data due to a lack of knowledge of local growing methods. Photo by Nuno Almeida, Dreamstime.com
UMD Co-leads $750K NSF, Amazon Project to Tackle AI Bias in Mapping
INFO College's Dr. Sergii Skakun will play a key role in building the system that could enable fairer, safer decisions on resource dist …
