Research Roundup

University of Michigan School of Information faculty and PhD students are creating and sharing knowledge that helps build a better world. Here are some of their recent publications.

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UMSI Research Roundup. Virtual Reality. Health Insurance. Screenshots. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Virtual Reality | Health Insurance | Screenshots: UMSI Research Roundup

12/03/2024

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

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UMSI research roundup. 2024 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW). Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

UMSI at CSCW 2024: Awards, Workshops and Papers

11/08/2024

UMSI research and workshops for the 27th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW).

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UMSI research roundup. UMSI researchers at the 2024 EMNLP & AMIA conferences. Recent publications by UMSI faculty and PhD students.

EMNLP and AMIA 2024: UMSI Research Roundup

11/08/2024

UMSI research and workshops for the 2024 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, as well as the 2024 AMIA Annual Symposium.

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UMSI Research. Protecting Private Communications through Law and Policy: The Case of the Screenshot Feature. Alexis Shore Ingber, Research Fellow.

Study: Screenshots pose a “threat to both intimate and intellectual privacy”

11/06/2024

In a new paper, UMSI postdoctoral research fellow Alexis Shore Ingber examines the privacy implications of the screenshot feature on digital communications.

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UMSI Research. Misfitting with AI: How Blind People Verify and Contest AI Errors. Rahaf Alharbi,. PhD Candidate. Sarita Shoenebeck, Professor. Robin Brewer, Assistant Professor.

Disability centered conversations are often overlooked in the field of artificial intelligence

10/30/2024

New research by UMSI researchers highlights how blind people access AI technologies and navigate errors.

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UMSI Research. Wikipedia in Wartime: Experiences of Wikipedians Maintaining Articles About the Russia-Ukraine War. Laura Kurek, UMSI PhD student. Ceren Budak, Associate Professor of Information. Eric Gilbert, professor of information.

Study: Wikipedia largely resilient to misinformation surrounding the Russia-Ukraine War

10/28/2024

Wikipedia appears to be adept at maintaining high quality encyclopedia articles during ongoing, geopolitical conflicts, a new study by UMSI researchers shows.

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UMSI research roundup. UMSI researchers at the 2024 ASIS&T & ASSETS conferences. Recent publications by UMSI faculty and PhD students.

2024 ASIS&T and ASSETS conferences: UMSI Research Roundup

10/22/2024

UMSI research and workshops for the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, as well as the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility.

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UMSI Research. Does the use of unusual combinations of datasets contrubute to greater scientific discovery? Yulin Yu, PhD candidate. Daniel Romero, associate professor.

Study: Can combining unusual datasets lead to greater scientific discovery?

10/03/2024

In a new paper, UMSI researchers Yulin Yu and Daniel Romero reveal an “under-utilized but powerful strategy” to spur scientific innovation.

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UMSI Research Roundup. Automated Driving. Natural Disasters. Memory Work. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Automated Driving | Natural Disasters | Memory work: UMSI Research Roundup

09/24/2024

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

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UMSI Research Roundup. Cannabis Use, TikTok Social Drama. Recent publications by UMSI faculty and PhD students.

Cannabis use | TikTok social drama: UMSI Research Roundup

08/28/2024

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

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