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Maryland Today: When a Cat Video Elicits More Than Warm Fuzzies (ft. Susannah Paletz)
May 10, 2023 | Maggie Haslam | UMDResearchers Look at Human Responses to ‘Cuteness’ in Social Media

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UMD Leads New $20M NSF Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law and Society
May 4, 2023 | UMD StaffThe institute will take a holistic approach, integrating broader participation in AI design, new technology development, and more infor …

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Game Changers: How UMD HCIL Researchers Continue to Shape the Future of Human-Computer Interaction
May 2, 2023 | Laurie RobinsonThe country’s oldest HCI lab, co-led by the UMD INFO College, celebrates 40 years of advancing the field.

Cracking the Privacy Code: Navigating the Condor Dataset while Safeguarding User Identities
April 28, 2023 | Laurie RobinsonA Q&A with INFO Assistant Professor Cody Buntain

European Central Bank Utilizes UMD-Faculty-Founded Cyber Events Database
April 28, 2023 | UMD StaffDr. Charles Harry co-developed this database to inform public and private sector decision-makers about cyber threats.

CNN: Pentagon Investigates Alleged Leak of Classified Information (ft. Jen Golbeck)
April 22, 2023 | INFO StaffINFO Professor Jen Golbeck discusses the alleged security breach on the gaming app Discord.

(Video) SoDa Symposium: A Dialogue at the Intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and Social Data Science Methods
April 21, 2023 | UMD INFO StaffINFO Professor Jen Golbeck and JPSM instructor Jen Romano spoke on a panel moderated by INFO Professor Wayne Lutters.

HCIL Faculty and Students to Participate in CHI 2023
April 13, 2023 | UMD INFO Staff31 members of the UMD Human-Computer Interaction Lab will present their research at the prestigious CHI conference.

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ARLIS Researchers Find a Way to Measure the “Cute” Factor on Social Media Content (ft. Susannah Paletz)
April 13, 2023 | UMD ARLIS StaffSocial media measurements are key to Susannah Paletz's project funded by the Minerva Research Initiative and the Office of Naval Resear …