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UMBC leads research team to study COVID-19-related discrimination against Chinese Americans
As the COVID-19 outbreak originating in China has spread to populations across all continents except Antarctica, racism and discrimination against Chinese-American people have also increased. A...
Posted: March 6, 2020, 7:50 PM
Predicting the coronavirus outbreak: How AI connects the dots to warn about disease threats
by Vandana Janeja, Professor of Information Systems, UMBC Canadian artificial intelligence (AI) firm BlueDot has been in the news in recent weeks for warning about the new coronavirus days ahead...
Posted: March 3, 2020, 1:50 PM
UMBC is named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution
UMBC is proud to be named a 2019 – 2020 Fulbright Top Producing Institution, an honor granted by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Fulbright program is...
Posted: February 10, 2020, 5:47 PM
AI could constantly scan the internet for data privacy violations, a quicker, easier way to enforce compliance
by Karuna Pande Joshi, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, UMBC You’re trailing bits of personal data – such as credit card numbers, shopping preferences and which news articles you read...
Posted: February 7, 2020, 2:46 PM
Wearable sensors and infrared cameras: Introducing UMBC’s User Studies Lab
UMBC’s Interactive Systems Research Center (ISRC) has obtained new equipment designed for the precise study of human movement, perception, and emotion. The User Studies Lab, which includes the...
Posted: February 5, 2020, 4:49 PM
UMBC’s Jiaqi Gong receives $1M NIH grant for wearable sensor to help breast cancer survivors maintain complex medication schedules
After patients with breast cancer finish their treatment, they are prescribed daily medications to prevent cancer recurrence. There are many factors that impact whether patients take their...
Posted: January 22, 2020, 6:09 PM
UMBC researchers work to support first responders through NSF-funded stress-response technology
Researchers from UMBC’s departments of information systems (IS) and emergency health services (EHS) are joining forces to help improve the lives of first responders. Through a $370,000 grant from...
Posted: January 15, 2020, 2:26 PM
UMBC receives NSF support to enhance data science courses, research, and student experiences
Data science has rapidly grown at UMBC, and faculty are now working to enhance data science courses, research, and student experiences. The goal is to ensure they are inclusive, empowering, and...
Posted: December 18, 2019, 7:37 PM
UMBC students confront ethical challenges through new computing curriculum
When UMBC’s Helena Mentis is teaching, her students often bring up ethical challenges in computing, and they are hungry to learn about how to address them. “We want to capitalize on this curiosity...
Posted: December 17, 2019, 5:08 PM
“We need people just like you”: Transfer students find, and build, supportive communities at UMBC
Students come to UMBC with a variety of experiences and in different stages of life. The unique perspectives of transfer students enrich the University, particularly as students connect with and...
Posted: December 16, 2019, 6:30 PM
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