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Alumni Spotlight: Law Librarian, Community Volunteer, and Ardent Reader – Christine Glaab, MLS, 75′
Christine Glaab received her Master of Library Science (MLS) in 1975 from the College of Library and Information Science (CLIS), which …
Getting Personal: How People Who are Blind Can Leverage AI to Access the Visual World
The Teachable Object Recognizer mobile application uses AI and machine learning to help access the visual world.
Two UMD iSchool Faculty Members Join FAS COVID-19 Task Force
The Federation of American Scientists has assembled teams of world-class experts to examine and advise on various facets of the COVID …
Medium: What If Blind People Wear a Camera That Can Detect You in Public Spaces? (by Kyungjun Lee)
A research team from the UMD HCIL lab examine the social acceptance of wearable cameras.
Alumni Spotlight: Keys to Succeeding in the Forensic Investigation Field – Pranali Shetty, MIM ‘15
Forensic investigation is a challenging field where information plays a key role, from cyber threat investigations to extracting eviden …
UMD iSchool Awards $109K to 2019-20 Outstanding Students
The UMD iSchool is pleased to share the full list of 2019-2020 college scholarship and award winners, totaling over $109K in support t …
PhD students Gagan Jindal and Priya Kumar Receive Prestigious Graduate School Fellowships/Awards
Celebrating the excellence of graduate students and providing valuable financial support.
