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Jane Robbins (left) and Mary Keefer (right), 1988. Image courtesy of the UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies Digital Collection.
Alumni Profile: Jane Robbins, PhD ‘72
May 2, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreThe iSchool catches up with the its first PhD graduate as she shares her legacy as one of the most influential leaders in library scien …
Jewish American Heritage at UMD
May 2, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreThis 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
April 28, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreTwo immersive media projects developed by iSchool students featured in Arts for All showcase.
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
April 26, 2022 | Liz ZogbyDr. Hernisa Kacorri’s research on object recognizers with blind participants required a pivot to remote usability testing, leading he …
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Improving Fairness and Trust in AI Used for College Admissions and Language Translation
April 15, 2022 | Tom VentsiasiSchool Assistant Professor Dr. Ge Gao joins $1.6M NSF/Amazon-funded project to develop algorithms and protocols that can improve the e …
MLIS Alumni Spotlight: The Joys of Aging Using VR – Erin Washington, MLIS ‘09
April 13, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreCreating first-person, virtual reality experiences to enhance empathy and address growing issues in the caretaking industry.
PhD Alumni Spotlight: Empowering Kids and Adults to Design Better Together – Greg Walsh, ‘12
April 11, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreAlumni’s PhD experience inspired the launch of two research groups to develop new technology for youth and other in-need communities. …
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AIC: UMD Student Project Featured on Japanese Television
April 11, 2022 | iSchool News StaffThe students' research follows second generation Japanese American who was forcibly removed from his home after the attacks on Pearl Ha …
VisUMD publication on Medium.com (Image courtesy of Nightingale)
Blog This: Transforming How Students Engage and Learn from Visualization Research
March 28, 2022 | iSchool News StaffWriter Alexandra Khoo chats with iSchool Professor Niklas Elmqvist about the origins of his popular data visualization blog, VisUMD.