Computing and Information Science

Mainebiz highlights deep tech start-up co-founded by faculty member

Mainebiz highlighted Richard Corey, director of the Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Lab at the University of Maine, for co-founding Ateklo Inc., a new startup that aims to transform scientific researchers into deep-tech entrepreneurs. Partnering with Justin Hafner, former CEO of digital health company Kinotek, Corey helped launch Ateklo to bridge the gap between […]

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Engineering Maine’s future: employers vie for UMaine talent

As companies across the country scramble to fill critical engineering and computing roles, one destination is firmly on their recruiting map: the University of Maine. Employers say UMaine graduates bring dedication to the Pine Tree State, leadership skills and versatility that set them apart — and they’re hiring accordingly. That demand was clear at UMaine […]

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Engineering and Computing Job Fair returns Oct. 22

Students and alumni will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from more than 150 companies and organizations during the University of Maine’s 2025 Engineering and Computing Job Fair from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center.  The fair, which is expected to attract more than 1,000 participants, […]

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Ippolito to Inc.: making AI more efficient will increase usage 

Inc. interview Jon Ippolito, University of Maine professor of new media, for a story about the startup Positron in Reno, Nevada, and its efforts to create more efficient and cost-effective artificial intelligence (AI) hardware, Ippolito, who is studying the impact of AI in creative disciplines and education, discussed the Jevons paradox, which states that AI […]

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UMaine unveils app to gauge AI’s environmental cost

A new app, “What Uses More,” aims to reveal the environmental footprint of tasks completed with artificial intelligence, encouraging users to examine critically the energy and water consumption of their digital activities.  The app, developed by Jon Ippolito, a professor of new media at the University of Maine, was unveiled June 25 as a part […]

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WGME features alumni founded, Portland based business: KinoTek 

WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) featured a technology business co-founded by two University of Maine alumni, Justin Hafner (‘18) and David Holomakoff (‘14, ‘17G). KinoTek has developed a digital movement analysis platform that delivers insights into a person’s whole body movements. It was incubated at the Foster Center for Innovation and developed with support from […]

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Ippolito discusses AI in education with Spectrum

Following the second annual Maine AI conference hosted by the University of Maine, Spectrum News interviewed conference panelist Jon Ippolito, professor of new media at UMaine. “We also work with students and faculty to say ‘Hey, what’s an appropriate use of the tool, and what’s inappropriate?’ And is it possible to outsource to the AI […]

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DownEast features Q&A with Dagher on the Factory of the Future

DownEast Magazine featured a Q&A with Habib Dagher, director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), on plans for the Factory of the Future. Scheduled to be complete in 2026, the advanced manufacturing facility will be housed in the new Green Engineering and Materials building, a partnership between the ASCC, the […]

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