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Stephanie Valencia² Explores How Large Language Models Can Accommodate People with Disabilities
The INFO assistant professor studies the benefits and limitations of technology in aiding communication

Maryland Today: UMD Tech Tool Aims to Make Workplaces More Inclusive for Autistic People (ft. Ge Gao)
Video Platform Designed by Neurodiverse Team Could Improve Communications for All

ARLIS: UMD Researchers Measure Social Media Sharing with Emotions (ft. Susannah Paletz)
4,000+ Facebook posts were analyzed to determine the ability of different emotion models to predict post sharing.

(Video) Founders of Popular Crowdsourcing Transcription Software FromThePage Speak at CAFe Speaker Series
Sara Brumfield and Ben Brumfield talk about AI’s impact on archives at the recent INFO event

News Release: Research Team Wins $1.5M NSF Grant to Leverage Machine Learning to Assess Mathematics Lesson Plan Quality in the Middle Grades
Dr. Wei Ai of the UMD INFO College is a co-PI on this groundbreaking project

NBC News: Some U.S. government agencies are testing out AI to help fulfill public records requests (ft. Jason R. Baron)
INFO Professor of the Practice Jason R. Baron spoke to NBC News about how AI could streamline massive amounts of public records request …

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UMIACS: Keeping Up with the Crises: Buntain Builds Digital Tools to Combat Misinformation (ft. Cody Buntain)
An overview of one professor's research and areas of interest