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Dr. Jonathan Lazar Delivering a Lecture on Digital Accessibility
SIGACCESS Release: Jonathan Lazar – Outstanding Contribution Recipient 2020
August 27, 2020 | SIGACCESSDr. Jonathan Lazar was named the winner of the 2020 ACM SIGACCESS Award (Special Interest Groups on Accessible Computing) for Out …
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Dr. Susannah Paletz
UMD iSchool to Investigate AI Tech for Intelligence Analysts
August 26, 2020 | Press ReleaseFunded by the U.S. Army Research Office, the multi-institution team led by Dr. Susannah Paletz will look at team cognition and AI solu …
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UMD iSchool Welcomes Seven New Faculty Members
August 26, 2020 | Mia K. HinckleWith strengths in library and archives innovation, digital curation, criminal justice data science, socio-technical aspects of cybersec …
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UMD iSchool, a Hub of Revolutionary Digital Curation Research and Technology Development
August 25, 2020 | Hayleigh MooreExploring the UMD iSchool's history of being integral to the advancement of digital curation.
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Pictured: Dr. Mega Subramaniam and Research Coordinator Luis Cortes
The Library’s Role in Supporting Health Information Justice During COVID-19
July 23, 2020 | Hayleigh MooreExamining the current and future role of libraries in supporting communities.
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Medium: Approaches Matter
June 27, 2020 | Emma DixonResearching how technology can be used for active engagement to help people with dementia.
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Medium: What to Expect When Non-Experts Train AI
June 22, 2020 | Jonggi HongResearch on machine teaching in which non-experts teach a model through a teachable interface.
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Medium: Devices All The Way Down
June 22, 2020 | Niklas ElmqvistProfessor and Director of the HCIL, Niklas Elmqvist, reflects on his NSF Career Project.
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Medium: HCIL 2019-2020 News Roundup
June 22, 2020 | Huaishu PengUMD Human-Computer Interaction Lab’s (HCIL) 2019-2020 accomplishments