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Frias-Martinez Joins UMD Effort Focused on Food and Nutrition Security
The multidisciplinary team received a $750K NSF grant to address the challenges of food security in Maryland.
100 Women Making AI Ethical and Accessible
Associate Professor Jessica Vitak made the list of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics.
UMD Researchers Awarded Grant to Study Pretrial Detention in Criminal Cases Across MD
According to lead investigator, Dr. Zubin Jelveh, there is still a gap in understanding how decisions are made about who should be deta …
Project Aims to Convey Big Data With Sound and Touch
NSF-Funded Research Would Expand Employment, Education Opportunities for Blind Data Users.
Congratulations to the Fall 2022 INFO College Scholarship Recipients
17 students from across programs have been recognized for excellence in their work and studies.
Meta Research Q&A with Jonathan Lazar, Professor, University of Maryland College of Information Studies
In this monthly interview series, Meta Research turns the spotlight on members of the academic community — and the important research …
UMD Top Ranked for Bachelor’s Degrees Awarded Overall and to Minority Groups in Computer and Information Sciences
New rankings published by The Chronicle of Higher Education and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.
UMD INFO College Introduces Technology and Information Design Major
The new major focuses on building and designing prototypes for new technologies such as apps and computers.
A farmer tends crops in Uganda, an area where bias in AI algorithms monitoring global crop health might misinterpret data due to a lack of knowledge of local growing methods. Photo by Nuno Almeida, Dreamstime.com
UMD Co-leads $750K NSF, Amazon Project to Tackle AI Bias in Mapping
INFO College's Dr. Sergii Skakun will play a key role in building the system that could enable fairer, safer decisions on resource dist …