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Students competing in the 2023 Makeathon (Photo by Evan Kim Photography)
Students Compete in the 5th Annual Terps Makeathon Hosted by UX Terps
April 13, 2023 | Tatyana YevgrafovaWatch the workshops and find out who won!
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(Video) Sociotechnical Cybersecurity Speaker Series: Coercion in Cyberspace–A Model of Extortion via Encryption
April 7, 2023 | UMD INFO StaffThe presentation highlights the human traits and abilities that maximize human-machine teaming effectiveness.
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(Video) CAFe Speaker Series: Curating Longitudinal Natural History Data Through the CHANGES Project
March 16, 2023 | UMD INFO StaffAndrea Thomer, assistant professor at the University of Arizona School of Information, discussed natural history data curation.
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Students accept award for outstanding design project.
Information & Access for All: INFO Hosts 6th Annual Info Challenge
March 14, 2023 | Laurie RobinsonThis week-long event engaged students from across the region in cybersecurity, design, and data analytics projects to tackle real-world …
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The INFO College Celebrates Black History Month
February 1, 2023 | UMD INFO StaffPapers, events, and projects that highlight the Black community.
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(Video) CAFe Speaker Series: Belongings, Archives, & Indigenizing Design
January 3, 2023 | Emily DavidsonTomaquag Museum Executive Director Lorén Spears discusses strategies for decolonizing and Indigenizing museum policies, processes, and …
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(Video) SoDa Symposium: Rehabilitation of Open-ends
December 15, 2022 | Emily DavidsonCarol Haney of Qualtrics and Professor Philip Resnik discuss the advantages of open-ends in survey research.
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(Video) Search Mastery Speaker Series: Search Engines as Gates and Gateways to Misinformation
December 1, 2022 | Emily DavidsonJevin West, Associate Professor at the University of Washington, explored the effects of misleading query results and misinformation on …
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(Video) SoDa Symposium: Equal Input – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Social Data Science Research
November 30, 2022 | Emily DavidsonGabriella Waters of the Center for Equitable AI & Machine Learning Systems and Jhillika Kumar of Mentra discuss technologies for neurod …