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(Video) SoDa Symposium: “Prompt Engineering to Support AI Enabled Research”

April 16, 2025 | INFO Staff

Featuring Claire Kelley, senior data scientist and co-director for data science at Child Trends, and Trent D. Buskirk, professor at the …

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News Release: Here’s What Potential 23andMe Buyers Could Do with Your Genetic Data (ft. Jessica Vitak)

April 15, 2025 | INFO Staff

INFO’s Jessica Vitak warns of privacy risks as 23andMe’s DNA database faces uncertainty after bankruptcy filing

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(Video) Tech Policy Speaker Series: “How Can Empiricism Improve Privacy Enforcement?”

March 25, 2025 | INFO Staff

Featuring Dr. Aileen Nielsen, Harvard Law School, and Dr. Mehdi Arfaoui, CNIL's Digital Innovation Lab (LINC)

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Breaking New Ground: A Strategic Approach to Cyber Defense

December 6, 2024 | Laurie Robinson

UMD researchers created a tool that allows county governments to assess their cybersecurity risks and make adjustments

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(Video) i3r Teach-In: Affirming Haitian Immigrants’ Information Promise

November 13, 2024 | INFO Staff

UMD’s latest i3r event highlights Haitian American financial literacy with Dr. Rebecca Williams

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Alumni Profile: Kofi Ansah-Brew’s Mission to Secure America’s Health Data

October 18, 2024 | INFO Staff

With cyberattacks on U.S. health systems nearly doubling in 2023, Kofi Ansah-Brew is leading efforts to enhance the protection of sensi …