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MLIS Alumni Spotlight: The Joys of Aging Using VR – Erin Washington, MLIS ‘09
April 13, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreCreating first-person, virtual reality experiences to enhance empathy and address growing issues in the caretaking industry.
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HCIL Faculty and Students to Participate in CHI 2022
April 12, 2022 | Hayleigh Moore23 members of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab will present their research at prestigious HCI conference.
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PhD Alumni Spotlight: Empowering Kids and Adults to Design Better Together – Greg Walsh, ‘12
April 11, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreAlumni’s PhD experience inspired the launch of two research groups to develop new technology for youth and other in-need communities. …
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AIC: UMD Student Project Featured on Japanese Television
April 11, 2022 | iSchool News StaffThe students' research follows second generation Japanese American who was forcibly removed from his home after the attacks on Pearl Ha …
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iSchool Hosts 5th Annual Info Challenge
April 7, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreThis week-long event engaged students from across the region in cybersecurity, design, and data analytics projects to tackle real-world …
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FOX5: Amazon’s ‘just walk out’ technology
April 7, 2022 | iSchool News StaffiSchool Associate Professor Dr. Jessica Vitak shares her views on the data and privacy concerns surrounding Amazon’s new shopping tec …
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(Video) Search Mastery Speaker Series: Supporting Children’s Online Information Discovery
April 6, 2022 | iSchool News StaffDr. Jerry Alan Fails and Dr. Sole Pera present CAST, a new search engine interface developed to empower emergent searchers and improve …
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BSOS, iSchool and Department of Computer Science Unveil New Undergraduate Badging Program
April 5, 2022 | iSchool News StaffMaryland students can now earn an employer-approved stamp of data science success via a collaboration with the Greater Washington Partn …
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Blog This: Transforming How Students Engage and Learn from Visualization Research
March 28, 2022 | iSchool News StaffWriter Alexandra Khoo chats with iSchool Professor Niklas Elmqvist about the origins of his popular data visualization blog, VisUMD.