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Dr. Niklas Elmqvist & Purdue to Develop Virtual Reality Workforce Training Tech

October 26, 2020 | Mia K. Hinckle

Funded by a $5M NSF Grant to develop more effective workforce training methods using augmented, virtual, and extended realities.

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UMD iSchool Helping to Create Safer Roadways Through Data Visualization

October 7, 2020 | Hayleigh Moore

As part of PG County's Vision Zero project, the dashboard will help to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2040.

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University of Maryland Launches New Social Data Science Center with Support from Facebook

September 9, 2020 | Press Release

Initial Projects include Survey Tools to Track, Predict COVID-19 ‘Hot Spots’

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Maryland Today: Visualizing Vehicle Safety, featuring TJ Rainsford

September 8, 2020 | iSchool News

Led by PhD student TJ Rainsford, an iSchool team created a geographical data visualization tool to support PG County's initiative to …

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UMD iSchool Welcomes Seven New Faculty Members

August 26, 2020 | Mia K. Hinckle

With strengths in library and archives innovation, digital curation, criminal justice data science, socio-technical aspects of cybersec …

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ITPro Today: How Customer Lifetime Value Drives Analytics, featuring David Loshin

August 12, 2020 | David Loshin

Understanding CLV allows companies to make decisions and is vital for companies that compete for the commitment of consumers.

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PhD Student Spotlight: Pramod Chundury

July 16, 2020 | iSchool News

Meet PhD Student, Pramod Chundury!

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Medium: Devices All The Way Down

June 22, 2020 | Niklas Elmqvist

Professor and Director of the HCIL, Niklas Elmqvist, reflects on his NSF Career Project.

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Student Archivists at Maryland – Call for New Student Members!

June 12, 2020 | Karina Kletscher, UMD iSchool MLIS Student

This is a momentous year for SAM as we are turning 25!