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UMSI at CHI 2025: Research, workshops, courses

04/21/2025

UMSI research and workshops for the 2025 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI).

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UMSI at CHI 2025. UMSI researchers: 2 Best Paper Awards. 7 Honorable Mentions. umsi.info/news.

UMSI researchers recognized with best paper and honorable mention awards at 2025 CHI conference

04/21/2025

The awards recognize outstanding research in the field of human-computer interaction.

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Featured by The Washington Post. Professor Christian Sandvig. PhD Candidate Kevin Zheng. Social media users want more raw and unfiltered content on their feeds.

Sandvig: People are searching for authenticity on social media

12/06/2024

UMSI professor Christian Sandvig says people on social media are going to “great lengths to make themselves appear casual and unprofessional.”

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2023 U-M Presidential Award for Public Engagement. Christian Sandvig. Professor.

Christian Sandvig earns U-M 2023 presidential award for public engagement

04/10/2024

The award recognizes work that has had a far-reaching impact on the national and global community.

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Faces of UMSI: Steven Ong, Master of Applied Data Science. Steven Ong wearing a University of Michigan tank top on a tennis court. He's holding a tennis racquet in one hand and a white cat in the other.

Steven Ong brings data science into his everyday life with the Master of Applied Data Science program

02/01/2024

MADS student Steven Ong discusses his favorite UMSI courses and the ways the MADS program has impacted his life.

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Professor Christian Sandvig earns Digital Studies institute 2023 Nakamura Exceptional Teaching Award

Christian Sandvig earns 2023 Digital Studies teaching award

10/17/2023

The award recognizes faculty members who “demonstrate outstanding innovation and/or service through teaching digital studies courses.”

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Featured on Wired. Christian Sandvig, professor of information. Gabriel Grill, doctoral candidate. Military AI’s Next Frontier: Your Work Computer.

Sandvig and Grill: Regulators need to protect worker’s privacy

06/23/2023

For Wired, UMSI professor Christian Sandvig and doctoral candidate Gabriel Grill discuss the dangers of surveillance technology used by companies on American workers.

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"2023 UMSI Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awards"

UMSI announces 2023 DEI Awards recipients

06/15/2023

UMSI recognizes 14 individuals for their positive impact on the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

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International Communication Association. 2023 Public Policy Research Award. Christian Sandvig. Professor of Information.

Christian Sandvig earns Public Policy Research Award from the International Communication Association

06/02/2023

Sandvig was honored for research on algorithm auditing, a technique for detecting illegal behavior by online platforms and artificial intelligence.

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Quoted by The Atlantic. Professor Christian Sandvig. A refuge from internet algorithms is hiding in plain sight.

Sandvig: Google Maps is a “strange place where all kinds of things are still happening”

05/01/2023

UMSI professor Christian Sandvig talks to The Atlantic about Google maps, its unfiltered weirdness and what this means for social platforms.

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