UMD College of Information

The University of Maryland College of Information (INFO) is a top-ranked research and teaching college where faculty, staff, and students are passionate about using information and technology to break down barriers and create exciting new possibilities.

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Expanding the frontiers how information and technology is accessed, used, and leveraged to empower individuals and communities.  

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Working with community, academic, and industry partners to create information science solutions and create learning and career opportunities for students.

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Academics

Offering Bachelor, Master, PhD, and Certificate programs to prepare the next generation of information professionals and researchers. 

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Supporting new generations of students through scholarships, internships, and connections while enjoying networking and other benefits.

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A farmer tends crops in Uganda, an area where bias in AI algorithms monitoring global crop health might misinterpret data due to a lack of knowledge of local growing methods. Photo by Nuno Almeida, Dreamstime.com

A farmer tends crops in Uganda, an area where bias in AI algorithms monitoring global crop health might misinterpret data due to a lack of knowledge of local growing methods. Photo by Nuno Almeida, Dreamstime.com

UMD Co-leads $750K NSF, Amazon Project to Tackle AI Bias in Mapping

Rachael Grahame | Maryland Today - July 20, 2022

INFO College’s Dr. Sergii Skakun will play a key role in building the system that could enable fairer, safer decisions on resource dist …

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Two UMD Info College PhD Students Awarded ALA Spectrum Doctoral Fellowships

Hayleigh Moore - July 15, 2022

This year’s Fellows will work to expand social justice curricula and increase support for doctoral students and faculty in LIS fields …

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Dr. Cody Buntain Wins $999K DARPA Grant to Study Social Media in Conflict Zones

- July 11, 2022

Cody’s work will develop models to predict where influence efforts by actors might emerge online.

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How Taliban Used Twitter to take over Afghanistan

- July 11, 2022

Dr. Cody Buntain looks at how the Taliban made effective use of Twitter to engage with and manipulate international and domestic audien …

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