SearchResearch (8/14/19): What’s your favorite geo-mapping / geo-information tool? via @FIAumd
SearchResearch (8/14/19): What’s your favorite geo-mapping / geo-information tool?
You might have noticed... ... lots of the SearchResearch Challenges involve finding other resources--like mapping sites--and then using them to help ...
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About That Pelosi Video: What to Do About ‘Cheapfakes’ in 2020 @FIAumd #deepfakes
About That Pelosi Video: What to Do About ‘Cheapfakes’ in 2020
In the run-up to the 2020 election, both political campaigns and platforms should take steps to mitigate the harm from deceptively edited videos—not...
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Deepfake nature with Nvidia GauGAN via @CNET @FIAumd #deepfake
Deepfake nature with Nvidia GauGAN
At Siggraph 2019, Nvidia showed off its AI-based technology for turning scribbles into realistic scenes.
cnet.co
Top AI researchers race to detect ‘deepfake’ videos: ‘We are outgunned’ @FIAumd #deepfake https://t.co/Jr7ExzGXdI
SearchResearch Challenge (7/7/2019): A couple of questions about Polynesia! (Why so long? What are those clear patches?) via @FIAumd
SearchResearch Challenge (7/7/2019): A couple of questions about Polynesia! (Why so long? What are those clear patches?)
I managed to find wifi! As I mentioned last week, I'm touring through French Polynesia for the next two weeks. It's kind of a long way to go, but i...
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Fighting the reality of #deepfakes via @NiemanLab @FIAumd
Fighting the reality of deepfakes
"This technology is evolving so rapidly that as quickly as we can find ways to counter it, its creators can adapt it to make it more convincing."
nie.mn
Google’s guru of “user happiness” Dan Russell talks at the American Library Assn. annual conference in DC about “The Joy of Search,” which also happens to be the title of his forthcoming book / @dmrussell @ALALibrary / @mitpress / @FIAumd
SearchResearch Challenge (6/19/19): How much DO we know about history / math / geography? via @FIAumd
SearchResearch Challenge (6/19/19): How much DO we know about history / math / geography?
It's common to point out that people don't know much about much... And it always makes me wonder: How much DO people know about history, about math...
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A talk in DC at the American Library Association conference (Saturday, June 22, 2019) via @FIAumd
A talk in DC at the American Library Association conference (Saturday, June 22, 2019)
For folks in the DC area... My "Joy of Search" book tour continues with a stop at the American Library Association (ALA) this coming Saturday, June 2...
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SearchResearch Challenge (6/5/19): Unusual sports? via @FIAumd
SearchResearch Challenge (6/5/19): Unusual sports?
There are plenty of amazing sports... ... many of which strike me as pretty unusual. There's the annual wife-carrying competition (multiple locati...
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This is who I saw "in school" today in front of UMD's Stamp Student Union: #terpsraisingpups Would be happy to have this crew of "future assistance dogs" in MY class!. What every teacher wants -- students who can follow the prompts 🙂 @UMD @merrillcollege @FIAumd
We are happy and proud that our study, with @jjmetzger and Dr. Joanna Nurmis, on the #WikidGRRLS project and how to teach girls online skills is now published @FIAumd @WSU_COM @WayneStateCFPCA @WSUGOGIRL
Teaching Girls Online Skills: Results of the Wikid Grrls Intervention
In 2013-2016 we designed and implemented Wikid Grrls, a 10-week after-school workshop series to teach online skills to middle school girls in U.S. sch...
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We are happy and proud that our study, with @jjmetzger and Dr. Joanna Nurmis, on the #WikidGRRLS project and how to teach girls online skills is now published @FIAumd @WSU_COM @WayneStateCFPCA @WSUGOGIRL
Teaching Girls Online Skills: Results of the Wikid Grrls Intervention
In 2013-2016 we designed and implemented Wikid Grrls, a 10-week after-school workshop series to teach online skills to middle school girls in U.S. sch...
digitalcommons.uri.edu
Apply to exciting asst/assoc TT prof search in computational journalism-jointly btwn @iSchoolUMD & @merrillcollegeUMD + likely @hcil_umd & @FIAumd Yr research cd be #journalism + #visualization, #dataviz #SocialMedia #search #data #audience Contact me! https://t.co/Gz6wGEONpf