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(Video) Founders of Popular Crowdsourcing Transcription Software FromThePage Speak at CAFe Speaker Series
September 27, 2023 | INFO StaffSara Brumfield and Ben Brumfield talk about AI’s impact on archives at the recent INFO event
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Recent Study Finds People with Dementia Use Changing Information Behaviors when Seeking Health Information
September 19, 2023 | Olivia BorgulaINFO Assistant Professor Amanda Lazar and a team of researchers studied how people with dementia search for health information after di …
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As touchscreens proliferate in daily life, from coffee shops to airports, people who are blind or visually impaired are often unable to access important digital information. UMD researchers have developed a new robot that could help bridge the gap
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Maryland Today: An Ally for Access (ft. Huaishu Peng)
September 15, 2023 | Karen Shih ’09Palm-sized Robot Navigates Touchscreens for Visually Impaired Users
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News Release: Research Team Wins $1.5M NSF Grant to Leverage Machine Learning to Assess Mathematics Lesson Plan Quality in the Middle Grades
August 31, 2023 | Charleen Wilcox | University of Washington College of EducationDr. Wei Ai of the UMD INFO College is a co-PI on this groundbreaking project
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Political Science Now: Fiona Shen-Bayh Receives the 2023 APSA-IPSA Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award (ft. Fiona Shen-Bayh)
August 11, 2023 | INFO StaffShen-Bayh was featured in Political Science Now after being recognized for her insights about the role of courts in African politics
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NBC News: Some U.S. government agencies are testing out AI to help fulfill public records requests (ft. Jason R. Baron)
July 25, 2023 | INFO StaffINFO Professor of the Practice Jason R. Baron spoke to NBC News about how AI could streamline massive amounts of public records request …
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UMIACS: Keeping Up with the Crises: Buntain Builds Digital Tools to Combat Misinformation (ft. Cody Buntain)
July 25, 2023 | Melissa Brachfeld | UMIACSAn overview of one professor's research and areas of interest
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News Release: Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA) Launches
July 21, 2023 | INFO StaffLed by the UMD INFO College, MIDA aims to change technology design to include disability communities as equal partners, proactively bui …
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Maryland Today: Unexploded Ordnance Is Scattered Across Ukraine’s Front Lines. UMD Researchers Are Mapping Hot Spots With AI. (ft. Sergii Skakun)
July 19, 2023 | MD Today StaffShells, Rockets Fired in Wake of Russia’s Invasion Could Kill for Decades if Left in Place