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Working in the Small Artifacts (SMART) Lab, Assistant Professor of computer science Huaishu Peng (left) and doctoral students Zining Zhang (center) and Jiasheng Li discuss technology that can assist sight-impaired people. Photo by Mike Morgan Photography. Photo via Maryland Today.
Maryland Today: Blind People Struggle With Nonverbal Cues, A UMD-Cornell AI Project Could Help
INFO's Ge Gao is helping develop AI to assist blind professionals interpret nonverbal workplace cues
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INFO Students Partner with Nonprofit to Overhaul Accessibility and Make a Bigger Impact
HCIM students gain real-world UX design experience working with the American Occupational Therapy Foundation on a website redesign
Sparsh Paliwal, HCIM '23
Alumni Profile: How One Alum Went From Doodling to Design Systems
A profile of HCIM alum Sparsh Paliwal
Reimagining Information Access: How INFO Is Centering Immigrant Voices in Tech, Policy & Archives
The Immigration and International Information Research Alliance (i3r) flips traditional scholarship on its head, treating immigrants as …
(Video) Search Mastery Speaker Series: “Central Roles of Public Libraries in Supporting Their Communities’ Needs for Information and Beyond During the 1918 Influenza and COVID-19 Pandemics”
Dr. Beth St. Jean explores how public libraries fight infodemics
Nupur Wagle, a master's student in human-computer interaction, demonstrates a 3D printer at a local retirement community while seniors and other students look on. Photo by: Will Campbell
When the Makerspace Met the Retirement Home: A Blueprint for Intergenerational Innovation
At a local retirement community, a makerspace flips the script on aging and technology
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Lessons from COVID: INFO’s Unexpected Remote Learning Revolution
Human-centered approaches to teaching and learning remotely endure, improving access
