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FoodScrap: Promoting Rich Data Capture and Reflective Food Journaling Through Speech Input
Analyzing how speech input can support low-burden and reflective food journaling.

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Counting Tweets
UMD iSchool Research Faculty member Edward Summers explains how to use a new Twitter API endpoint.
STEM Education Struggle in the U.S.: The Key Piece We’ve Been Missing
In The Promise of Access, Dr. Daniel Greene shares a radical perspective on why tech solutions aren’t solving complex socia …

Jesse Anderson, College of Information Studies (left); Veeraj Shah, School of Public Health (right)
Jesse Anderson, InfoSci ’22, to Compete as Finalist in the UMD Do Good Challenge!
Anderson and partner Veeraj Shah's startup nonprofit organization, Chat Health, will be showcased as the competition continues through …
New Partnership Aims to Help UMD Further Diversify D.C. Region’s Tech Ecosystem
To increase female-identifying and non-binary students graduating with a tech degree at UMD by 12.5% in the next 5 years.
George Mason & University of Maryland to Leverage 311 Data for Increased DMV Resilience During a Pandemic
Funded by the NSF, the team aims to provide tools to governments to better respond to regional disasters and crises.
UMAICS: Harnessing Data Science to Improve the Social Good, featuring Wei Ai
Using machine learning techniques to influence positive behavior.