Research Projects
Collaborative Research: Harmonizing Scratch Encore: Empowering Educators to Create Customized Culturally-Responsive Computing Materials
Principal Investigator(s): David Weintrop
Funders: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
This project explores ways to support middle school computer science teachers in drawing on their students' cultural resources and prior knowledge to situate introductory computer science learning experiences.
Principal Investigator(s): David Weintrop
Funders: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
This project explores ways to support middle school computer science teachers in drawing on their students' cultural resources and prior knowledge to situate introductory computer science learning experiences.
Collaborative Research: Impacts of Hard/Soft Skills on STEM Workforce Trajectories
Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Antoun
Funders: Utah State University Other Non-Federal
Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Antoun
Funders: Utah State University Other Non-Federal
Collaborative Research: SaTC: CORE: Medium: Supporting Privacy Negotiation Among Multiple Stakeholders in Smart Environments
Principal Investigator(s): Jessica Vitak
Funders: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Data Privacy and Sociotechnical Cybersecurity
Internet-of-Things devices are increasingly used in shared spaces (e.g., homes, apartments, schools, hospitals, workplaces), and different stakeholders in these environments have unique privacy needs and expectations. This project investigates privacy negotiation behaviors in smart environments by designing, developing, and deploying an interactive system to collect people’s real-world privacy negotiation behaviors.
Principal Investigator(s): Jessica Vitak
Funders: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Data Privacy and Sociotechnical Cybersecurity
Internet-of-Things devices are increasingly used in shared spaces (e.g., homes, apartments, schools, hospitals, workplaces), and different stakeholders in these environments have unique privacy needs and expectations. This project investigates privacy negotiation behaviors in smart environments by designing, developing, and deploying an interactive system to collect people’s real-world privacy negotiation behaviors.
Collaborative Research: Using Artificial Intelligence To Improve Administration of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Principal Investigator(s): Jason R. Baron Douglas W. Oard
Funders: Unfunded
Research Areas: Archival Science Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval
Memorandum of Understanding with MITRE Corporation to research the application of various forms of artificial intelligence (AI) including machine learning (ML) methods to aid in the redaction of documents corresponding to one or more FOIA exemptions.
Principal Investigator(s): Jason R. Baron Douglas W. Oard
Funders: Unfunded
Research Areas: Archival Science Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval
Memorandum of Understanding with MITRE Corporation to research the application of various forms of artificial intelligence (AI) including machine learning (ML) methods to aid in the redaction of documents corresponding to one or more FOIA exemptions.
Computational Thinking to Unlock the Japanese American WWII Camp Experience
Principal Investigator(s): Richard Marciano
Funders: Unfunded
Research Areas: Archival Science Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval
Exploring the legacy of WWII Japanese American Incarceration through computational archival science approaches.
Principal Investigator(s): Richard Marciano
Funders: Unfunded
Research Areas: Archival Science Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval
Exploring the legacy of WWII Japanese American Incarceration through computational archival science approaches.
Computational Treatments to re-member the Legacy of Slavery (CT-LoS)
Principal Investigator(s): Richard Marciano
Funders: Unfunded
Research Areas: Archival Science Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization Information Justice, Human Rights, and Technology Ethics
Using Computational Archival Science to unlock records related to the Legacy of Slavery and provide new point of interaction and analysis.
Principal Investigator(s): Richard Marciano
Funders: Unfunded
Research Areas: Archival Science Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization Information Justice, Human Rights, and Technology Ethics
Using Computational Archival Science to unlock records related to the Legacy of Slavery and provide new point of interaction and analysis.
Computer and Information Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships (CSGrad4US) – Micah Morgan
Principal Investigator(s): Sheena Erete
Funders: Computing Research Association Other Non-Federal
Principal Investigator(s): Sheena Erete
Funders: Computing Research Association Other Non-Federal
Crowdsourced Data: Accuracy, Accessibility, Authority (CDAAA)
Principal Investigator(s): Victoria Van Hyning
Funders: 8/1/2022 - 4/9/2025 Institute of Museum and Library Services
Research Areas: Accessibility and Inclusive Design Archival Science Digital Humanities Information Justice, Human Rights, and Technology Ethics Library and Information Science Social Networks, Online Communities, and Social Media
CDAAA explores the sociotechnical barriers libraries, archives, and museums face in integrating crowdsourced transcriptions to discovery systems.
Principal Investigator(s): Victoria Van Hyning
Funders: 8/1/2022 - 4/9/2025 Institute of Museum and Library Services
Research Areas: Accessibility and Inclusive Design Archival Science Digital Humanities Information Justice, Human Rights, and Technology Ethics Library and Information Science Social Networks, Online Communities, and Social Media
CDAAA explores the sociotechnical barriers libraries, archives, and museums face in integrating crowdsourced transcriptions to discovery systems.
DASS: Learning Code(s): Community-Centered Design of Automated Content Moderation
Principal Investigator(s): Katie Shilton
Funders: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Accessibility and Inclusive Design Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval Social Networks, Online Communities, and Social Media
Principal Investigator(s): Katie Shilton
Funders: National Science Foundation
Research Areas: Accessibility and Inclusive Design Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval Social Networks, Online Communities, and Social Media
DataGOAT – Building Counter Structures to Combat Systemic Racism in STEM Education & Sport Through Data Literacy
Principal Investigator(s): Tamara Clegg
Funders: National Science Foundation
Principal Investigator(s): Tamara Clegg
Funders: National Science Foundation
Designing a Computer Science Pre-service Teacher Methods Course for Maryland
Principal Investigator(s): David Weintrop
Funders: Maryland Center for Computing Education (MCCE) State of MD UMD Funded
Research Areas: Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Principal Investigator(s): David Weintrop
Funders: Maryland Center for Computing Education (MCCE) State of MD UMD Funded
Research Areas: Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval Youth Experience, Learning, and Digital Practices
Designing AI-powered DIY Communication Tools with AAC users
Principal Investigator(s): Stephanie Valencia²
Funders: Corporation
Research Areas: Accessibility and Inclusive Design Human-Computer Interaction Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval
Principal Investigator(s): Stephanie Valencia²
Funders: Corporation
Research Areas: Accessibility and Inclusive Design Human-Computer Interaction Machine Learning, AI, Computational Linguistics, and Information Retrieval