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UMD Receives $500K to Boost Number of Black, Latina and Native American Women in Computing

Funded by Nonprofit, RESET Project to Provide Mentoring, Career Development, Scholarships

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When a Cat Video Elicits More Than Warm Fuzzies

Researchers Look at Human Responses to ‘Cuteness’ in Social Media

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UMD to Lead New $20M NSF Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law and Society

Institute to Aim for Broader Participation in AI Technology Development, More-Informed Governance of AI-Infused Systems

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What’s in a (Climate Change) Meme?

Doctoral Student Delves Into Dark Humor About Global Challenge

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Let’s Chat About AI on Campus

Rise of Eerily Convincing Language Models Spurs Hopes, Fears About Impact on Education

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Anything but Common

Information, Tech and Community Unite in College’s New Hornbake Space

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Truth in Exile

Decades After Japanese Americans Were Forced Into Camps During World War II, a UMD Archival Expert Is Bringing the Dark History of Their Management to Light

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The Secrets to Social Success

Students Learn to Game Algorithms and Grow Audiences in Popular Class

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Can a UMD Algorithm Understand ‘Star Trek’ Aliens?

Researcher Puts Natural Language Processing to the Test With Sci-Fi Language

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Project Aims to Convey Big Data With Sound and Touch

NSF-Funded Research Would Expand Employment, Education Opportunities for Blind Data Users

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$1M NSF Award to Support Data-powered Fight Against Pandemics

System to Use Social Media, GPS, Government Data to Improve Predictive Models, Communications

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Is Twitter Doomed?

UMD Social Media Expert Predicts Costly Consequences of Gutting Content Moderation

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