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Featured by Michigan Public. Assistant Professor Patricia Garcia. How are algorithms impacting our lives?

Patricia Garcia wants you to understand how algorithms affect your life

04/18/2024

Garcia discusses the decisions “low-tech algorithms” are making for us and helps “Stateside” listeners better understand what algorithms are. 

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Keeping up with the Joneses? When it comes to getting better grades, it's good to be the Andersons

04/16/2024

A new study co-authored by UMSI doctoral candidate Jiaxin Pei finds students with a last name starting with A, B or C receive higher grades on Canvas assignments. 

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Quoted by Bridge Michigan. Professor Mark Ackerman. Professor Kentaro Toyama. MSU adding AI surveillance to detect threats, count people. UMSI.

New surveillance system at Michigan State University is raising privacy concerns

04/02/2024

University of Michigan School of Information professors Mark Ackerman and Kentaro Toyama say AI-based surveillance systems may demonstrate implicit bias and be overly relied on by police. 

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Quoted by Inside Higher Ed. Research Professor Stephanie Teasley. Scaling up: Using student data to motivate academic achievement.

Teasley: Data enhances student learning and motivations

04/01/2024

UMSI research professor Stephanie Teasley talks about why learning analytics give students control over their success. 

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Quoted by Government Technology. Assistant Professor Nazanin Andalibi. What will the EU AI Act mean for Ed Tech in the U.S.?

Andalibi: The use of emotion-recognition technologies in the workplace is harming employees

03/29/2024

Nazanin Andalibi says emotion-recognition AI in the workplace harms worker well-being, performance  and infringes on their privacy. 

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Quoted by IEEE Spectrum. Assistant Professor Abigail Jacobs. AI is being built on dated, flawed motion capture data.

Jacobs: Flawed assumptions in AI are leading to ‘errors’ and inadequate representations of the body

03/21/2024

New research by UMSI assistant professor Abigail Jacobs is featured in IEEE Spectrum, a technology magazine. 

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Quoted by Al Jazeera. Associate professor Joyojeet Pal. "Inflection point": AI meme wars hit India elections, test social platforms.

Pal: AI-enhanced memes are creating chaos on the political front

03/13/2024

Artificial intelligence is changing how political candidates campaign for office, says UMSI associate professor Joyojeet Pal. 

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Quoted by The Hindu Business Line. Clinical Professor Charles Severance. Breaking down barriers. Dr. Chuck's efforts to teach computer languages to the most unlikely people.

Severance: “Anyone can learn Python and even be a cab driver, so why not?”

03/12/2024

UMSI clinical professor Charles Severance is on a mission to “create people who are not afraid of learning programming.” 

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Quoted by Rest of World. Associate Professor Joyojeet Pal. How Narendra Modi became India's influencer-in-chief.

Pal: Narendra Modi’s use of social media is driving popularity

02/28/2024

Joyojeet Pal discusses how Modi has become the “apex predator of the social media food chain” in India, and how that’s driving his approval ratings. 

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UMSI faculty developing new online courses about GenAI in the workplace

02/12/2024

As U-M leads the way in artificial intelligence education, UMSI faculty are developing courses on generative AI that could help professionals advance their careers in a changing landscape.

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