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Capturing How Blind Pedestrians Navigate Their Environments to Expand Accessibility
January 28, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonResearchers created a motion dataset to train autonomous vehicles on how blind individuals move

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PROGRESS Issues First-Ever Grants to Advance Innovation in Gun Violence Research
January 16, 2025 | BSOS Staff | UMDUMD's PROGRESS Initiative funds groundbreaking research projects tackling gun violence with innovation and collaboration

UMD News Release: Gov. Moore Launches $1 Billion “Capital of Quantum” Initiative Anchored by UMD
January 14, 2025 | UMD CommunicationsStrategic Partnership Aims to Cement State and Greater-D.C. Region as a World-leading Hub for Quantum Science and Innovation

InfoSci alum Aaron Shimanov
Alumni Profile: A Budding Career in Protecting the Nation Against Cyber Threats
January 2, 2025 | Laurie RobinsonA profile of InfoSci alum Aaron Shimanov

(Video) Search Mastery Speaker Series: “Introduction to Perplexity”
December 18, 2024 | INFO StaffGreg Feingold introduces Perplexity, an intelligent search engine

Maryland Today: AIM Seed Award Program to Support AI-Related Research and Course Development
December 11, 2024 | Maryland Today Staff | UMD$1.3M Available for Interdisciplinary Work Focused on Responsible, Ethical AI Development

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AICollaboratory Launches HERITAGE–AI Initiative with Major Grant
December 11, 2024 | Laurie RobinsonThis IMLS-funded project aims to revolutionize how users engage with library and archival collections

(Video) Search Mastery Speaker Series: New Pathways for Search?
November 21, 2024 | INFO StaffDr. Daniel M. Russell shares insights on improving search experiences and the future of information retrieval

Boxes of documents fill a room of the National Archives in College Park. A UMD researcher and colleagues plan to use AI to begin getting a handle on billions of undigitized documents so retrieval is easier. Photo via Wikimedia Commons
Maryland Today: The National Archives Has Over 10B Undigitized Pages (ft. Doug Oard, Diana Marsh, and Katrina Fenlon)
October 22, 2024 | Maryland Today Staff | UMDThese UMD experts are working to make finding records easier