News
Photo by Compare Fibre on Unsplash
Lessons from COVID: INFO’s Unexpected Remote Learning Revolution
March 27, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonHuman-centered approaches to teaching and learning remotely endure, improving access
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 (ft. Abdirisak Mohamed)
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)
(Video) CAFe Speaker Series: “The Future of Memory: Navigating Standards in Audiovisual Preservation”
March 25, 2025 | INFO StaffFeaturing Jimi Jones, Ph.D., scholar and researcher specializing in audiovisual preservation, digital archiving, and media technologies
Photo licensed by Adobe Stock
TechBridge: Uniting Generations Through Technology and Mentorship
March 24, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonINFO students collaborate with seniors on projects ranging from mobile app development to business plans
(Video) Tech Policy Hub Speaker Series: “DeepSeek: What does it mean for AI governance?”
March 14, 2025 |Featuring Dr. Carolyn Saund, Keystone Strategy, and Dr. Konrad Kollnig, Maastricht University
Photo licensed by Adobe Stock
UX Design to the Rescue: Transforming ER Visits and Other Involuntary Experiences
March 6, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonINFO Assistant Professor Caro Williams-Pierce is developing design recommendations as a member of Prince George's County’s ER Task Fo …
A UMD-led multidisciplinary team is developing a large-scale, open-source dataset for AI model training tools focused on K–12 math education that aims to increase accuracy and representation in educational AI systems. Photo by Adobe Stock.
Maryland Today: UMD Researchers to Build AI Database to Improve Math Learning Outcomes (ft. Wei Ai)
March 3, 2025 | Aleena Haroon M.P.P. ’25 | UMIACSProject Funded by $4.5M Philanthropic Grant Aims to Help Teachers, Students, Researcher and Edtech Industry
“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