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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 …

WUSA: Apple, Google Team Up for Contact Tracing Tech to Help Fight Coronavirus (featuring Jen Golbeck)

WUSA anchor Gio Insignares talks with Dr. Jen Golbeck about Apple and Google working together to create a new technology that would let …

Maryland Today: Virtual Meetings, Real Disruptions: Zoombombing Trolls (featuring Jessica Vitak)

'Zoombombing' Trolls Target Online Meetings at Universities, Schools, More

UMD iSchool and Google/Chronicle Utilize Commercial Data Mining Techniques to Develop Cybercrime Predictor

Led by UMD iSchool researcher and professor Dr. Charlie Harry, the team is using machine-learning methods to extract socioeconomic char …

ABC Denver: Data privacy protection at forefront of new proposed federal law (featuring Jen Golbeck)

UMD Researchers Identify Top Data Privacy Risks for Low-Income Families and Develop Preventative Programs at Public Libraries

The Ambient: We asked the experts: Do Alexa’s new privacy tools go far enough? (featuring Jessica Vitak)

iSchools and the defense of privacy: A response to Forbes.com

Dr. Katie Shilton and Team of Researchers Investigate Individuals’ Perspectives on Sharing Smartphone Data for Mental Health