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Stephanie Valencia-Valencia Explores How Large Language Models Can Accommodate People with Disabilities
October 23, 2023 | Olivia BorgulaThe INFO assistant professor studies the benefits and limitations of technology in aiding communication
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Maryland Today: UMD Tech Tool Aims to Make Workplaces More Inclusive for Autistic People (ft. Ge Gao)
October 12, 2023 | Maggie Haslam | UMDVideo Platform Designed by Neurodiverse Team Could Improve Communications for All
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ARLIS: UMD Researchers Measure Social Media Sharing with Emotions (ft. Susannah Paletz)
October 6, 2023 | UMD ARLIS Staff4,000+ Facebook posts were analyzed to determine the ability of different emotion models to predict post sharing.
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(Video) Founders of Popular Crowdsourcing Transcription Software FromThePage Speak at CAFe Speaker Series
September 27, 2023 | INFO StaffSara Brumfield and Ben Brumfield talk about AI’s impact on archives at the recent INFO event
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News Release: Research Team Wins $1.5M NSF Grant to Leverage Machine Learning to Assess Mathematics Lesson Plan Quality in the Middle Grades
August 31, 2023 | Charleen Wilcox | University of Washington College of EducationDr. Wei Ai of the UMD INFO College is a co-PI on this groundbreaking project
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NBC News: Some U.S. government agencies are testing out AI to help fulfill public records requests (ft. Jason R. Baron)
July 25, 2023 | INFO StaffINFO Professor of the Practice Jason R. Baron spoke to NBC News about how AI could streamline massive amounts of public records request …
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UMIACS: Keeping Up with the Crises: Buntain Builds Digital Tools to Combat Misinformation (ft. Cody Buntain)
July 25, 2023 | Melissa Brachfeld | UMIACSAn overview of one professor's research and areas of interest
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Maryland Today: Unexploded Ordnance Is Scattered Across Ukraine’s Front Lines. UMD Researchers Are Mapping Hot Spots With AI. (ft. Sergii Skakun)
July 19, 2023 | MD Today StaffShells, Rockets Fired in Wake of Russia’s Invasion Could Kill for Decades if Left in Place