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Foad Hamidi @foadhamidi
Joined July 2014
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Ok, I'll be out of X/Twitter by mid-February. Sad to see this platform destroyed :-( Please find me here or send me a PM and I'll send you my email: @foadhamidi.bsky.social
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Many thanks to UMBC for this story covering my two recent NSF-funded grants with my amazing collaborators, @DHFBaltimore, @JusticeToshiba, @bugs, and MN Associates. umbc.edu/stories/foad-hamidi…

Foad Hamidi Launches New Projects To Expand Technology-rich Learning Opportunities For Youth In...

Foad Hamidi, an assistant professor in the Department of Information Systems, has won funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support two new...

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Now with the correct link :)
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Congratulations to Dr. @lydiastamato on her successful dissertation defense, "Between Technosolutionism and Cultural Relevance: Environmental Justice, Community Lab, and Bioart Intersections"! Many thanks to her committee for their guidance and support!
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Yasmine Kotturi, Ph.D.@yasminekotturi
10 Nov 2024
🚀 Join Us @UMBC! 🚀 We’re hiring two tenure-track faculty in Human-Centered Computing (HCC) and Cybersecurity. Come work alongside me and our outstanding faculty, staff, and students! I’m at #CSCW2024 and am happy to chat if you have any questions about these opportunities
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Yasmine Kotturi, Ph.D.@yasminekotturi
11 Nov 2024
Thoroughly enjoyed envisioning new futures in social technology during the "positech" #CSCW2024 workshop today organized by @jaewon_kim_ @lindsaypopowski et al!
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Great to be at #ASSETS2024 with these amazing @umbcinfosystems people
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Proud of @ehiggins95 presenting our work (with Marie Sakowicz) with Maryland State Department’s 3D printed assistive technology program at ACM #ASSETS2024 Conference!
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Erin Higgins (she/her)@ehiggins95
28 Oct 2024
Come see @CrawfordkirkA present our poster during a coffee break at #ASSETS24 Link to poster: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36635…

Co-designing a 3D-Printed Tactile Campus Map With Blind and Low-Vision University Students |...

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Erin Higgins (she/her)@ehiggins95
29 Oct 2024
I’m giving a talk at #ASSETS24 in session 5A at 2pm today! Come see me or read the paper here: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/36635…

An Ecosystem of Support: A U.S. State Government-Supported DIY-AT Program for Residents with...

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Konstantin Aal@Kostic86
6 Sep 2024
After 10 years of research, my PhD thesis is finally published with @SpringerNature!It explores how social media & ICTs are used in conflict across the #MENA region, with case studies from #Palestine,Syria, Iran and Tunisia: phd.kosta.phd/ #PhD #Research #AcademicTwitter

Influence of Social Media in a Changing Landscape of Crisis

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UMBC ISRC@umbcisrc
22 Aug 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Jwawon Seo on the successful defense of his dissertation "Shaping Ownership in Augmented Reality: The Impact of Annotation Control on Psychological Ownership and Collaboration"! And special thanks to his committee for all of their guidance!
Photo of webex call with Jwawon Seo, Helena Mentis, Anita Komlodi, Andrea Kleinsmith, Ignacio Avellino, and Andres Monroy-Hernandez.

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Such a pleasure to share our paper with @norakmcdonald and @lydiastamato on providing free internet connectivity to Baltimore residents in COVID-19 with @WavesMesh and @DHFBaltimore: dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3… Many thanks to @andrewcoy and Sam Musgrave for this amazing collaboration

Connecting in Crisis: Investigating Equitable Community Internet Access in the US During the...

Although internet access and affordability are increasingly at the center of policy decisions around issues of the “digital divide” in the US, the complex nature of usage as it relates to structural...

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I'm honored to have received #UMBC COEIT's 2024 Early Career Faculty Excellence Award! Thanks to my amazing students, colleagues, collaborators, community partners, and mentors for years of work and support!
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Disabled in Computing@DisabledInCS
6 Jun 2024
📢📢In-person #DisabledInComputing meetup - happening today at 11:10a at #FAccT2024!!! All are welcome. 📢📢 @FAccTConference @DisabledSTEM @StemDisabled
Shiri Dori-Hacohen♿️🧠✡️🦓 (🚫🥄s). 🟣🎗️🏴@ShirKi
5 Jun 2024
Announcing the first-ever in person meetup of ♿@DisabledInCS ♿️ tomorrow (Thurs) @ 11:10 (in ☕️ break) in @FAccTConference #FAccT2024 hotel lobby, walking to Casa das natas Copacabana. All with 🥄#chronicillness, 🧠 mental illness and/or #neurodivergence, and allies welcome!
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So great to see you at #Facct24! Excellent paper and presentation too!
Kate Glazko@hcikate
7 Jun 2024
I have had such a wonderful experience at #FAccT24! It is truly an interdisciplinary conference and I am glad to have had an opportunity to learn from not just technologists but legal experts/policy makers. And lovely to meet some #a11y enthusiasts in AI thanks to @DisabledInCS!
Kate, Shiri, and Foad take a photo in a large hallway underneath a tall staircase. Kate is wearing a black and white speckled dress.

ALT Kate, Shiri, and Foad take a photo in a large hallway underneath a tall staircase. Kate is wearing a black and white speckled dress.

Kate stands in front of a FAccT 2024 screen that shows an artistic capibara. Kate is holding a mic.

ALT Kate stands in front of a FAccT 2024 screen that shows an artistic capibara. Kate is holding a mic.
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Ignacio Avellino@ignacioavellino
28 May 2024
📣hiring a #postdoc, open topic in the space of #HCI #Health, especially if related to learning and/or teamwork (collocated or remote). I guarantee quick and easy access to experts in the field of medicine, especially surgeons. Join if you like being immersed in healthcare!
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Digital Harbor Foundation@DHFBaltimore
3 Jun 2024
We are thrilled to share that our CEO & President, Andrew Coy, was named the 2024 Technology CEO of the Year by the Maryland Tech Council! 🎉 We are so grateful to the Maryland Tech Council for this recognition of Andrew and all the work we're doing at Digital Harbor Foundation.
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Enjoying @yxkhoo presentation on the privacy aspects of mental health apps @acm_chi 2024
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Proud of @lydiastamato and our team @ehiggins95 Hasan Mahmud Prottoy @BUGSSlab presenting our paper on bioart and community engagement at #chi2024
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Especially excited to share a little bit of Hafiz's poetry with our research community :)
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