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UMSI News, Awards & Honors: October 2024
Wednesday, 10/09/2024
University of Michigan School of Information researchers are addressing real-world problems through their work. Each day, UMSI faculty and PhD students are thinking through complex issues like privacy and security, the ethics of artificial intelligence, how best to use technology to leverage better health outcomes and meaningful practices for archiving works from marginalized communities.
Their accomplishments are recognized both nationally and internationally. Here are some recent highlights.
University of Michigan School of Information lecturer IV Elle O’Brien earned first place at the Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society campuswide Faculty Research Pitch.
O’Brien competed against 30 other faculty members on campus and gave a three-minute pitch about her research, which investigates how scientific code will be affected by large language models like ChatGPT.
“I’m trying to understand how scientists in many domains spot problems in generated code, because undetected errors in our code can lead to incorrect scientific conclusions.” she says. “The contest was decided by a vote from many other faculty members in the MIDAS community, so it was validating to learn that my research program is compelling to them.”
UMSI adjunct professor Paul Green earned the Arnold M. Small and Betty M. Sanders President's Distinguished Service Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
“I am honored to receive the award,” Green says. “Learning should never stop and it is so much more than going to classes. As knowledge in any field continues to advance, it is important to keep learning because some of what one needs to know will be different in the future.”
See Green accept his award by watching his YouTube video.
UMSI adjunct lecturer Melissa Levine has been reappointed to the Library of Congress Copyright Public Modernization Committee. Levine, an expert on copyright matters in research, higher education, museums, libraries and archives, will be helping the CPMC enhance communication with external stakeholders about the technology-related aspects of developing the Enterprise Copyright System that manages copyright registrations for the U.S. Copyright Office.
The U.S. Copyright Office oversees copyright registration, national and international copyright policy and advises Congress on copyright matters.
“Working in the library context, I want to ensure long-term collection, preservation and legal access to material in all media. I look forward to learning from other committee members about concerns in their industries, communicating perspectives from the research library perspective and thinking about ways to reconcile interests productively,” Levine says. “The USCO and the registration process is a conduit for deposits to the Library of Congress for our national collections that are, in turn, a critical part of our national ecosystem for preservation. Universities are both users of and creators of copyrighted works - I want to see both parts of the copyright equation addressed. An efficient registration system supports copyright holders and provides vital, reliable information."
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— Noor Hindi, UMSI public relations specialist