The School of Computing and Information Science at the University of Maine seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the New Media group, with an anticipated start date of September 3, 2024. A start date of January 1, 2024 may also be possible. Join New Media if you’re looking to bring insights and […]
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The School of Computing and Information Science at the University of Maine seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Spatial Computing group, with an anticipated start date of September 3, 2024. A start date of January 1, 2024 may also be possible. Our primary target focus is the broad area of spatial […]
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Dr. James Campbell died on June 21, 2023 of a heart attack. Jim’s PhD work in Spatial Information Science and Engineering was directed at making scientific data more readily accessible to both scientists and the general public. He completed his PhD dissertation titled “Toward a Commons of Geographic Data” in 2015. Yet long before completion […]
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Professor Nicholas Giudice was recently interviewed by Forbes Magazine about autonomous vehicles and the work being accomplished at the University of Maine VEMI Lab The Forbes piece, called How Passengers With Disabilities Can Drive The Autonomous Vehicle Revolution, is at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/gusalexiou/2021/04/11/how-passengers-with-disabilities-can-drive-the-autonomous-vehicle-revolution/?sh=5c73e6e618a5 How Passengers With Disabilities Can Drive The Autonomous Vehicle Revolution
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Jim Campbell received his PhD in Spatial Information Science and Engineering in 2015 with a concentration in Information Law and Policy. He has a continuing keen interest in personal privacy in the digital age. In addition to continuing to publish and make presentations in professional venues, he has produced a short weekly radio program on […]
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A new grant with VEMI researchers Dr. Nicholas Giudice (PI) and Dr. Richard Corey, collaborating with Dr. Shelley Lin from Northeastern looks at ways to combine AI techniques with autonomous vehicle technology to make this transportation of the future safer and more accessible for older adults and visually impaired people. This UMaine/Northeastern seed grant was […]
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The following announcement has been widely distributed to businesses and high school teachers in Maine. If you are potentially interested in acquiring a graduate degree in spatial informatics or information systems, please read further. • Are you or your business facing long-term challenges in incorporating computing, data science, and information systems thinking and the ability […]
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Dr Manuel Woersdoerfer is the author of a research article recently published in the Philosophy of Management Journal titled Ordoliberalism 2.0: Towards a New Regulatory Policy for the Digital Age. Abstract: In the light of several ongoing antitrust investigations in the E.U. and the U.S., the following research paper analyzes whether ‘big tech’ – same […]
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Professor Harlan Onsrud, School of Computing and Information Science, and Dr. James Campbell, UMaine Alumnus, recently published an article titled Being Human in an Algorithmically Controlled World in the International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing. In their introduction to a special issue on Transdisciplinary Opportunities in the Geospatial Humanities, the guest editors Alberto Giordano, […]
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Are you interested in how the Congressional gerrymandering crisis might be addressed? If so, join us at a presentation on pioneering work being accomplished by University of Maine System researchers to guide State legislatures and the courts towards far more defensible redistricting results. When: Wednesday, March 11, 3:30-4:30 pm Where: Rm 140 Bennett Hall , University […]
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