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Online-Only Services Offer Safety, But May Limit Access
As a result of the covid-19 pandemic, interaction with websites and apps sometimes become the only way to access certain goods and serv …

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(Video) Dean’s Lecture Series: Technology for the Vulnerable – Studies in Designing for Access to Basic Needs
Dr. Ronald Metoyer presents two projects his lab is developing to bridge the gap between tech innovation access and vulnerable populati …

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iSchool Faculty and Staff Join Global Team to Launch New Publication
"Including Disability" offers innovative approaches to eliminating systemic barriers and gives voice to disabled people.

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Improving Fairness and Trust in AI Used for College Admissions and Language Translation
iSchool Assistant Professor Dr. Ge Gao joins $1.6M NSF/Amazon-funded project to develop algorithms and protocols that can improve the e …

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(Video) SoDa Symposium: Universal Adaptability – A Target-Independent Approach to Inference
Drs. Christoph Kern and Michael P. Kim present framework for ensuring protections of subpopulations and unbiased algorithmic conclusion …

HCIL Faculty and Students to Participate in CHI 2022
23 members of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab will present their research at prestigious HCI conference.

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AIC: UMD Student Project Featured on Japanese Television
The students' research follows second generation Japanese American who was forcibly removed from his home after the attacks on Pearl Ha …