Research & Learning Symposium Speakers

Research & Learning Symposium Speakers

Opening Keynote

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Erica Jiang

Venture Partner - Loyal VC

Keynote Address

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Dr. Nicol Turner Lee

Director – Center for Technology Innovation (CIT)
Senior Fellow – Governance Studies

Closing Remarks

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Dr. Patrick O'Shea

Vice President for Research and Chief Research Officer

Research Presentations

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Qin Wang

Professor, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
University of Maryland, College Park

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Vanessa Frias-Martinez

Associate Professor, College of Information and UMIACS
University of Maryland, College Park

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Cy Keneer

Assistant Professor, Art and Emerging Technology
University of Maryland, College Park

Funding the Future of AI Panelists

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Jing Liu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor in Education Policy
University of Maryland, College Park

Director, Center for Education Data Science and Innovation
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Elizabeth Albro, Ph.D.

Commissioner
National Center for Education Research
Institute of Education Sciences
U.S. Department of Education

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Titilola Harley

Senior Program Officer
The Gates Foundation

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Amen Ra Mashariki, Ph.D.

Director, AI and Data Strategies

Bezos Earth Fund

Research Lightning Talks

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Marine Carpuat

Associate Professor, Computer Science

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Veronica Kang

Assistant Professor, Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education

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Cornelia Fermüller

Research Scientist, UMIACS and University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing

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Amanda Lazar

Associate Professor, College of Information

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Zubin Jelveh

Assistant Professor, College of Information & Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Shevaun Lewis

Assistant Director, Language Science Center and Director, UMD Autism Research Consortium

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Hernisa Kacorri

Associate Professor, College of Information and UMIACS

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Chunyan Yang

Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education

Course Development Grant Panelists

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Alireza Vaziri Rahimi

Assistant Professor

Department of Art
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Jessica Grimmer

Lecturer

College of Information
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Amanda Chicoli

Lecturer

Department of Psychology
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Rodolphe Gentili

Associate Professor

Department of Kinesiology