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George Mason & University of Maryland to Leverage 311 Data for Increased DMV Resilience During a Pandemic
Funded by the NSF, the team aims to provide tools to governments to better respond to regional disasters and crises.
UMAICS: Harnessing Data Science to Improve the Social Good, featuring Wei Ai
Using machine learning techniques to influence positive behavior.
(Illustration by Lauren Biagini courtesy of Maryland Today)
Maryland Today: Don’t Take the (Click)bait, featuring Naeemul Hassan
Creating tools to combat clickbait online.
Science Magazine: U.S. Law Sets Stage for Boost to Artificial Intelligence Research, featuring Vanessa Frias-Martinez
Working to improve public transit, Dr. Vanessa Frias-Martinez is using a combination of cloud computing and AI.
University of Maryland, Carnegie Mellon, and Facebook Team Up to Forecast Coronavirus Spread
Data shared by 30M+ Facebook users world-wide will enable earlier detection of COVID-19 outbreaks, help communities to prepare, inform …
UMD iSchool @ the ACM’s 2020 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
UMD iSchool's Dr. Jessica Vitak discusses the college's robust participation in the ACM's prestigious CSCW 2020 Conference.
Cogitatio Press: Strengthening Children’s Privacy Literacy through Contextual Integrity
A team of UMD iSchool researchers aim to strengthen children's privacy literacy.
Dr. Niklas Elmqvist & Purdue to Develop Virtual Reality Workforce Training Tech
Funded by a $5M NSF Grant to develop more effective workforce training methods using augmented, virtual, and extended realities.
Dr. Jonathan Lazar, recipient of the ACM SIGACCESS Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computing and Accessibility, pictured lecturing on digital accessibility at the UMD iSchool (photo by Craig Taylor)
UMD iSchool Faculty and Students Lead the Way at the ASSETS 2020 Conference
As a leader in the development of and advocacy for accessible information technology, systems, and research – the UMD iSchool is repr …