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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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First Paper Friday. Ghadir Awad. PhD Student. Digital Repression in Palestine. Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

First Paper Friday: Ghadir Awad

08/09/2024

UMSI PhD student Ghadir Awad’s first paper explores internal digital repression in Palestine.

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UMSI Research. The Effect of an mHealth Self-Monitoring Intervention (MI-BP) on Blood Pressure Among Black Individuals With Uncontrolled Hypertension: Randomized Controlled Trial. Lorraine Buis. Associate Professor.

Study: Can mobile apps influence healthy behaviors among people with hypertension?

08/09/2024

Buis’ new paper examines the effect of a mobile health self-monitoring intervention on Black individuals with uncontrolled hypertension. 

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Ashley Zhang and Steve Oney earn Best Paper award at the 2024 Learning @ Scale Conference

08/06/2024

Zhang and Oney’s paper proposes a new system for instructors teaching introductory programming courses. 

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UMSI Research Roundup. 10th International Conference on Computational Social Sciences (2024). Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

UMSI at IC2S2 2024: Posters, Talks and Panels

07/17/2024

UMSI research at the IC2S2 2024 conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July 17-20. 

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UMSI Research. "Misgendered During Moderation: A Meta Oversight Board case." Samuel Mayworm, PhD student. Oliver Haimson, Assistant Professor.

Study: Transgender and nonbinary social media users experience disproportionate content removals on social media

07/08/2024

A new paper by UMSI researchers Samuel Mayworm and Oliver Haimson studies the consequences of biased social media content moderation decisions. 

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UMSI Research Roundup. Service Robots in Restaurants, Social Media and Job Market Success. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications.

Service Robots in Restaurants | Social Media and Job Market Success: UMSI Research Roundup

07/03/2024

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. 

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First Paper Friday. David Gamba. PhD Student. Exit Ripple Effects: Understanding the Disruption of Socialization Networks Following Employee Departures. WWW'24 Proceedings of the ACM on Web Conference.

First Paper Friday: David Gamba

06/21/2024

UMSI PhD student David Gamba’s first published paper explores the communication dynamics of remaining employees following large employment departures. 

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Recent UMSI awards and honors in yellow text with a purple background featuring a silhouette of a trophy.

UMSI News, Awards & Honors: June 2024

06/04/2024

UMSI researchers are recognized nationally and internationally for their outstanding work. Read about their recent accomplishments. 

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Recent publications by UMSI faculty and PhD students. ACM FAccT Conference and ICWSM 2024. Recent publications by UMSI faculty and PhD students.

FAcct 2024 and ICWSM: UMSI Research Roundup

06/03/2024

UMSI research and workshops for the 2024 FAcct conference, as well as the AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media. 

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UMSI well-represented at CNIL Privacy Research Day in France

06/03/2024

The international event brings together researchers from around the world to present on privacy and data protection. 

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