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Dr. Cody Buntain Appears on Voice of America to Discuss the Taliban’s Use of Twitter
August 18, 2022 | Mia K. HinckleResearch showing how the Taliban leveraged Twitter, and Twitter’s limited management of this, was shared with Voices of America’s g …
Screenshot of an observation session on Zoom from the research study, with Dr. Emma Dixon, Ms. Diana Blackwelder, and a study participant (anonymized with an icon) viewing an NIH webpage reporting on risk factors for heart disease linked to dementia.
How People with Dementia Access Health Information
May 26, 2022 | Liz ZogbyDr. Amanda Lazar and her team examine the barriers faced by people with dementia to accessing relevant, accurate health information.
UMD Info College Welcomes New Associate Professor Amelia Gibson
May 25, 2022 | iSchool News StaffDr. Gibson will also be stepping into the Associate Director role for the Info College's Information Policy & Access Center (iPAC).
UMD Info College Welcomes New Associate Professor Sheena Erete
May 25, 2022 | iSchool News StaffDr. Erete looks to build new community partnerships and engage the local community surrounding UMD in meaningful ways.
AJ Rudd (left) and Aishwarya Tare (right)
Putting the ‘AR’ into Art
April 28, 2022 | Hayleigh MooreTwo immersive media projects developed by iSchool students featured in Arts for All showcase.
Can a Strategy Game Help AI Learn to Spot Scammers?
April 27, 2022 | Maria HerdiSchool Associate Professor, Dr. Jordan Boyd-Graber, joins team of researchers awarded $1M to support U.S. Military’s cybersecurity f …
Dual video conferencing in the proposed remote study design. While interacting with a testbed on a smartphone, a blind participant wearing smart glasses communicates with the experimenter through dual video conferencing. Two video streams are being sent to the experimenter: one from the participant’s smart glasses (a pair of Vuzix blade with the camera located on the top right corner) and the other from a laptop camera facing the participant on the same Zoom call.
Covid-19 Pandemic Moves Research on Assistive Technologies From the Lab to People’s Homes
April 26, 2022 | Liz ZogbyDr. Hernisa Kacorri’s research on object recognizers with blind participants required a pivot to remote usability testing, leading he …
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Online-Only Services Offer Safety, But May Limit Access
April 20, 2022 | Liz ZogbyAs a result of the covid-19 pandemic, interaction with websites and apps sometimes become the only way to access certain goods and serv …
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(Video) Dean’s Lecture Series: Technology for the Vulnerable – Studies in Designing for Access to Basic Needs
April 18, 2022 | iSchool News StaffDr. Ronald Metoyer presents two projects his lab is developing to bridge the gap between tech innovation access and vulnerable populati …