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Press Release: Naeemul Hassan Awarded $228,000 NSF Grant For Collaborative Project
June 22, 2020 | UMD Philip Merrill College of JournalismDr. Naeemul Hassan and collaborators aim to design and develop computational models to automatically detect video clickbait.
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Medium: Engaging the Commons in Participatory Sensing
June 22, 2020 | Yongle ZhangResearch on participatory sensing, the practice of using human participants to gather data on their mobile devices from their environm …
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David Weintrop Awarded Prestigious National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
June 18, 2020 | Chris SamorayDr. David Weintrop receives $70K award to integrate computing and the powerful ideas of computer science into classrooms.
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School Library Journal: COVID-19 Is an Opportunity to Rethink Youth Librarianship | Reimagining Libraries, featuring Mega Subramaniam
June 12, 2020 | Mega SubramaniamDiscusses how libraries have adapted to continue serving their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Digital Privacy News: Ease of Voice Recognition Technology Brings Great Risks, featuring Jessica Vitak
June 12, 2020 | Jessica VitakTechnology creates additional convenience for users, it poses a threat to their privacy.
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New Co-Principal Investigator Added to SFS Grant: Charles Harry
June 11, 2020 | ACESThe CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS) grant is funded through the National Science Foundation to provide educational and profes …
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MLIS Students Get Hands-on Experience Digitizing Documents
June 4, 2020 | Morgan AdleMLIS students specializing in Archives and Digital Curation seek hands-on experience digitizing historic material.