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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 …
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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 …
MLIS Alumni Spotlight: The Joys of Aging Using VR – Erin Washington, MLIS ‘09
Creating 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
Alumni’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
The students' research follows second generation Japanese American who was forcibly removed from his home after the attacks on Pearl Ha …
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Blog This: Transforming How Students Engage and Learn from Visualization Research
Writer Alexandra Khoo chats with iSchool Professor Niklas Elmqvist about the origins of his popular data visualization blog, VisUMD.
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“Drawing Conclusions” – Identity Formation in the Digital Age
iSchool undergraduate student uses art to present her research into technology’s influence on ethnic identity formation.
