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George Mason & University of Maryland to Leverage 311 Data for Increased DMV Resilience During a Pandemic

Press Release - February 26, 2021

Funded by the NSF, the team aims to provide tools to governments to better respond to regional disasters and crises.

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Dr. Niklas Elmqvist & Purdue to Develop Virtual Reality Workforce Training Tech

Mia K. Hinckle - October 26, 2020

Funded by a $5M NSF Grant to develop more effective workforce training methods using augmented, virtual, and extended realities.

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Dr. Charles Harry Talks About Managing Cyber Risks on The Scientific Sense Podcast

Mia K. Hinckle - September 11, 2020

Looking at a systems approach to quantifying, prioritizing, and managing risk in critical infrastructure.

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University of Maryland Launches New Social Data Science Center with Support from Facebook

Press Release - September 9, 2020

Initial Projects include Survey Tools to Track, Predict COVID-19 ‘Hot Spots’

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UMD iSchool Welcomes Seven New Faculty Members

Mia K. Hinckle - August 26, 2020

With strengths in library and archives innovation, digital curation, criminal justice data science, socio-technical aspects of cybersec …

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School Library Journal: COVID-19 Is an Opportunity to Rethink Youth Librarianship | Reimagining Libraries, featuring Mega Subramaniam

Mega Subramaniam - June 12, 2020

Discusses how libraries have adapted to continue serving their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Digital Privacy News: Ease of Voice Recognition Technology Brings Great Risks, featuring Jessica Vitak

Jessica Vitak - June 12, 2020

Technology creates additional convenience for users, it poses a threat to their privacy.