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Instead of regulators playing catch-up, AI developers could help create safer systems if market-based incentives were put in place, UMD researchers say. Illustration by iStock.
Maryland Today: UMD Research Sends AI Safety to Market
March 27, 2025 | Maryland Today Staff | UMDINFO’s Abdirisak Mohamed joins UMD researchers in designing a market-driven approach to AI safety

(Video) Tech Policy Speaker Series: “How Can Empiricism Improve Privacy Enforcement?”
March 25, 2025 | INFO StaffFeaturing Dr. Aileen Nielsen, Harvard Law School, and Dr. Mehdi Arfaoui, CNIL's Digital Innovation Lab (LINC)

“If you ask policymakers, ‘How big is the attack surface on a state or national level?’ they would say, ‘I don’t know,’” said UMD Associate Research Professor Charles Harry. His research team used open-source tools to find the answers. Illustration by iStock.
Maryland Today: UMD Researchers Calculate Cyberattack Risk for All 50 States
February 5, 2025 | John Tucker | Maryland TodayScholars Aggregate Threats to Thousands of County Governments to Draw Conclusions

InfoSci alum Aaron Shimanov
Alumni Profile: A Budding Career in Protecting the Nation Against Cyber Threats
January 2, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonA profile of InfoSci alum Aaron Shimanov

Breaking New Ground: A Strategic Approach to Cyber Defense
December 6, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonUMD researchers created a tool that allows county governments to assess their cybersecurity risks and make adjustments

(Video) i3r Teach-In: Affirming Haitian Immigrants’ Information Promise
November 13, 2024 | INFO StaffUMD’s latest i3r event highlights Haitian American financial literacy with Dr. Rebecca Williams

Kofi Ansah-Brew
Alumni Profile: Kofi Ansah-Brew’s Mission to Secure America’s Health Data
October 18, 2024 | INFO StaffWith cyberattacks on U.S. health systems nearly doubling in 2023, Kofi Ansah-Brew is leading efforts to enhance the protection of sensi …

Shaping the Future of Education Through Philanthropy
July 31, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonINFO alumnus John Eubank IV establishes endowed and matched scholarships to support students