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UMD Info College Welcomes New Associate Professor Sheena Erete
Dr. Erete looks to build new community partnerships and engage the local community surrounding UMD in meaningful ways.
(Video) ALA Lecture Series: ALA President Patty Wong
Wong shares her 37-year journey with the ALA and the association's ongoing commitment to equity and inclusion.
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(Video) Search Mastery Speaker Series: Manchester vs. Cranfield
A discussion about why we answer questions, and how a new paradigm can justify crafting search queries that go beyond information seeki …
The Maryland State House in Annapolis
New Law Ensures Equivalent Access to Digital Tools for All of Maryland’s K-12 Students
Trace Center Director and iSchool professor Jonathan Lazar contributed to and testified in support of the bill to bring an accessibilit …
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(Video) GEM Analytics Industry Expert Series: Data and Its Application in a Streaming Media Company
How data is used at a streaming media company to shape the future of content.
Jewish American Heritage at UMD
This month, UMD recognizes the impact of Jewish Americans at the University and beyond. Here the iSchool compiles a list of resources, …
AJ Rudd (left) and Aishwarya Tare (right)
Putting the ‘AR’ into Art
Two immersive media projects developed by iSchool students featured in Arts for All showcase.
Can a Strategy Game Help AI Learn to Spot Scammers?
iSchool Associate Professor, Dr. Jordan Boyd-Graber, joins team of researchers awarded $1M to support U.S. Military’s cybersecurity f …
Dual video conferencing in the proposed remote study design. While interacting with a testbed on a smartphone, a blind participant wearing smart glasses communicates with the experimenter through dual video conferencing. Two video streams are being sent to the experimenter: one from the participant’s smart glasses (a pair of Vuzix blade with the camera located on the top right corner) and the other from a laptop camera facing the participant on the same Zoom call.
Covid-19 Pandemic Moves Research on Assistive Technologies From the Lab to People’s Homes
Dr. Hernisa Kacorri’s research on object recognizers with blind participants required a pivot to remote usability testing, leading he …