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![Headshot of Douglas Oard in front of a whiteboard](https://ischool.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/oard_0.jpg)
Douglas Oard, a professor in the College of Information Studies, is leading efforts by UMD faculty to develop a powerful set of language technologies. Photo by John T. Consoli / University of Maryland
UMD Part of Multi-Institutional Team Awarded $14.4M to Develop Innovative Language Technologies
July 6, 2018 | Tom Ventsias![AI System Developed by UMD Researchers Faces off Against Humans in Trivia Match](https://ischool.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/iSchoolNewsDefault_1.jpg)