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Press Release: Naeemul Hassan Awarded $228,000 NSF Grant For Collaborative Project

June 22, 2020 | UMD Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Dr. Naeemul Hassan and collaborators aim to design and develop computational models to automatically detect video clickbait. 

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Digital Privacy News: Ease of Voice Recognition Technology Brings Great Risks, featuring Jessica Vitak

June 12, 2020 | Jessica Vitak

Technology creates additional convenience for users, it poses a threat to their privacy.

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Would you make a good Information Detective? Explaining the career of an Open Source Intelligence Professional, featuring Mary Ann Francis

June 12, 2020 | Mary Ann Francis

Have you ever wondered about privacy and the data that operating systems, search engines, and social networks collect about you?

New Co-Principal Investigator Added to SFS Grant: Charles Harry

New Co-Principal Investigator Added to SFS Grant: Charles Harry

June 11, 2020 | ACES

The CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS) grant is funded through the National Science Foundation to provide educational and profes …

Alumni Spotlight: Keys to Succeeding in the Forensic Investigation Field – Pranali Shetty, MIM ‘15

May 29, 2020 | iSchool News

Forensic investigation is a challenging field where information plays a key role, from cyber threat investigations to extracting eviden …

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OneZero: Data Thieves Are Targeting Dead People’s Social Media Accounts (featuring Jessica Vitak)

April 29, 2020 | iSchoolNews

Even people who do have legitimate access to a dead person’s account could misuse it warns Dr. Vitak.

Alumni Spotlight: Keys to Succeeding in the Forensic Investigation Field – Pranali Shetty, MIM ‘15

Alumni Spotlight: Keys to Succeeding in the Forensic Investigation Field – Pranali Shetty, MIM ‘15

April 21, 2020 | iSchool News

Forensic investigation is a challenging field where information plays a key role, from cyber threat investigations to extracting eviden …

WUSA: Apple, Google Team Up for Contact Tracing Tech to Help Fight Coronavirus (featuring Jen Golbeck)

WUSA: Apple, Google Team Up for Contact Tracing Tech to Help Fight Coronavirus (featuring Jen Golbeck)

April 17, 2020 | iSchoolNews

WUSA anchor Gio Insignares talks with Dr. Jen Golbeck about Apple and Google working together to create a new technology that would let …

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Maryland Today: Virtual Meetings, Real Disruptions: Zoombombing Trolls (featuring Jessica Vitak)

April 17, 2020 | Liam Farrell

'Zoombombing' Trolls Target Online Meetings at Universities, Schools, More