News: Faculty & Staff
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Integrating Robots in Homes to Support Autistic Youth
April 18, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonA TRAILS pilot study looks at how families can use AI robotic animal companions in support services for autistic children
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Maryland Today: New Teaching Innovation Grants to Support Surge of Educational Tech (ft. Caro Williams-Pierce)
April 18, 2024 | Annie Krakower | Maryland TodayAwards for 24 Projects Fund Use of AI, Gamification, and More in the Classroom
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NPR News: The Future of TikTok in the United States (ft. Jen Golbeck)
April 17, 2024 | INFO StaffINFO Professor Jen Golbeck discusses TikTok data collection with NPR
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MD Today: Website Help for the Helpers
April 12, 2024 | Lucy Hubbard | Maryland Today | UMDStudents create custom software for nonprofits, sponsored by the INFO College
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ACM: Community Is Critical Too
April 12, 2024 | Tamara CleggLeveraging community to broaden the faces, places, and interlaces of computing.
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News Release: UMD Launches Institute Focused on Ethical AI Development
April 9, 2024 | UMD StaffINFO's Dr. Sheena Erete will serve as the Associate Director of Research of the new AI Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM)
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Dr. Tamara Clegg Presenting Research at the 2022 HCIL Symposium
Dr. Tamara Clegg Recognized for Involving Practitioners in Education Research
April 8, 2024 | AERA StaffNews Release: AERA Announces 2024 Award Winners in Education Research
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MD Today: Reliable ER Translations Might Be Job for Humans, AI Together (ft. Ge Gao)
April 3, 2024 | Maria Herd | UMIACSUMD researchers are part of team tackling potentially dangerous source of health care errors
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UMD INFO College Faculty Awarded for Research Excellence
April 2, 2024 | UMD INFO Staff14 INFO faculty members are to be honored at the 2024 UMD Research Excellence Celebration