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Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor, Naeemul Hassan
November 10, 2020 | iSchool NewsNaeemul is focused on computational journalism and social sensing, working on a number of projects with faculty and staff from the UMD …
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Dr. Niklas Elmqvist & Purdue to Develop Virtual Reality Workforce Training Tech
October 26, 2020 | Mia K. HinckleFunded 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 MooreAs 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 ReleaseInitial 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 NewsLed 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. HinckleWith 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 |Understanding CLV allows companies to make decisions and is vital for companies that compete for the commitment of consumers.