Sepideh Ghanavati, assistant professor in the School of Computing and Information Science, co-authored a paper that recently received recognition at a major conference. Gahnavati, along with co-authors Sarah Santos, Travis Breaux, Sara Haghighi and Tom Norton, wrote a paper titled “Requirements Satisfiability with In-Context Learning” and won the RE24 Challenge Award for Research Track at the RE24 Conference. The research challenge, […]
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Professor of spatial computing Nick Giudice played a key role as a contributor to an award-winning paper about developing robot guide dogs to assist the visually impaired. The paper – which is titled “Toward Robotic Companions: Understanding Handler-Guide Dog Interactions for Informed Guide Dog Robot Design” and can be found here – came from a study led by […]
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Assistant professor of spatial computing Nimesha Ranasinghe was recently featured on The Vergecast podcast to discuss his work with taste sensations and taste simulation in virtual reality. Ranasinghe walks the listener through his research on sending electrical pulses to your tongue to manipulate different taste sensations like salty, sweet, sour, and bitter. He also talks about how his research led […]
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See the podcast by Penny Rheingans, director of the University of Maine’s School of Computing and Information Science, and Roy Turner, associate professor of computer science. They help unravel the fascinating and complicated story of AI. See https://umaine.edu/podcasts/2021/03/11/s4e3-what-is-ai-and-what-roles-does-it-play-in-our-lives/
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Apps and games made by New Media seniors have won acclaim in newspaper and TV stories that profile how they responded to COVID-19.
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New Media seniors have been honored with a record-setting seven university awards for 2020-2021. The creative approaches recognized by these prestigious fellowships include apps, games, and an installation designed to help students cope with the anxieties of contemporary life, especially under a global pandemic.
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For the 2020 Maine Archives and Museums conference on October 8th, New Media professor Jon Ippolito offers a virtual but hands-on workshop that walks curators through making an iPhone or Android app to engage visitors with their collections.
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Is the US government right to outlaw TikTok because it might share data with a foreign power, or is the security threat overstated? News outlets interviewed New Media faculty to get a different take on a proposed ban on the popular social media app.
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Organizations working to make a better world may soon get help from students with design and technical skills, thanks to a new initiative from Still Water, a lab at the University of Maine dedicated to studying and building creative networks,
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Knowing how to make mobile apps in 2020 is like knowing how to make a website in 2000: a skill much in demand but known by few. Now anyone hoping to learn to create apps for iOS or Android can take advantage of a free suite of interactive tutorials from the University of Maine’s New […]
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