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Game Changers: How UMD HCIL Researchers Continue to Shape the Future of Human-Computer Interaction
The country’s oldest HCI lab, co-led by the UMD INFO College, celebrates 40 years of advancing the field.

Cracking the Privacy Code: Navigating the Condor Dataset while Safeguarding User Identities
A Q&A with INFO Assistant Professor Cody Buntain

European Central Bank Utilizes UMD-Faculty-Founded Cyber Events Database
Dr. Charles Harry co-developed this database to inform public and private sector decision-makers about cyber threats.

CNN: Pentagon Investigates Alleged Leak of Classified Information (ft. Jen Golbeck)
INFO Professor Jen Golbeck discusses the alleged security breach on the gaming app Discord.

(Video) SoDa Symposium: A Dialogue at the Intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and Social Data Science Methods
INFO Professor Jen Golbeck and JPSM instructor Jen Romano spoke on a panel moderated by INFO Professor Wayne Lutters.

HCIL Faculty and Students to Participate in CHI 2023
31 members of the UMD Human-Computer Interaction Lab will present their research at the prestigious CHI conference.

Baby Grogu on the Disney+ TV show, The Mandalorian
ARLIS Researchers Find a Way to Measure the “Cute” Factor on Social Media Content (ft. Susannah Paletz)
Social media measurements are key to Susannah Paletz's project funded by the Minerva Research Initiative and the Office of Naval Resear …

Let’s Chat About AI on Campus (ft. Jessica Vitak)
Rise of Eerily Convincing Language Models Spurs Hopes, Fears About Impact on Education

From the Urban Renewal Impact website: Asheville community members accepting the Harlin J. Gradin Humanities Award. Standing (L-R): Priscilla Ndiaye, Andrea Clarke, Deborah Miles. Seated: Dwayne Barton, Dr. Harlin J. Gradin, and Karen Loughmiller. (Photo by Urban News)
Unearthing the Hidden Legacy of Urban Renewal: Asheville’s Southside Neighborhood Reveals Intergenerational Impact
INFO plays a key role in a decade-long collaborative project creating a public access portal to Asheville's Southside Urban Renewal arc …