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A STREET smart lab
In its first year of existence, the STREET Lab, founded by Assistant Professor Priyank Chandra, has explored topics including farmers’ protests and the unionization of gig workers in India, the activism of the Belarusian diaspora, and, closer to home, accessibility accommodations at the University of Toronto. The common theme in all the Lab’s research has […]
Professors Lyons and Coleman join Schwartz Reisman Institute’s leadership team
The Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society is pleased to announce the appointment of three distinguished University of Toronto faculty members, including two Faculty of Information professors, to SRI’s research leadership team in the fall of 2023. Beth Coleman, Kelly Lyons, and Anna Su will bring their expertise and innovative research to further advancing […]
Telling Stories with Data
Faculty of Information Assistant Professor Rohan Alexander’s new book, Telling Stories with Data, is winning rave reviews from some of the biggest names in the field. Published last week, the book is being praised for its unique approach, which takes into account the entire data science workflow as opposed to focusing on statistical methods alone. […]
Profs Kuzminykh and Tang lead global AI research project
The University of Toronto has partnered with South Korean powerhouse tech company Naver Corp. and its recently acquired subsidiary, Toronto-based Wattpad. The partnership will focus on AI research connecting technology and human creativity. “This partnership is multi-disciplinary, multi-party and multi-year. It is a great testament to the power of comprehensive expertise – something that U […]
Investigating human-powered AI
PhD student Julian Posada’s research into the human workers behind the Artificial Intelligence industry has landed him a tenure track position at Yale Before the pandemic struck, Julian Posada planned to travel to Venezuela to interview the people who do outsourced artificial intelligence work for foreign companies. But disappointed as he was to have to […]
A new GLAM Incubator supports its first seedling projects
The Faculty of Information’s GLAM incubator aims to connect Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAM is the acronym used in the trade) with industry partners, cutting-edge technologies, and university researchers. A collaboration between the Faculty and the Knowledge Media Design Institute, the new incubator is part research hub and part seed fund. It can provide […]
The Mysteries of Memory: Professor Lynne Howarth’s research
For Professor Lynne Howarth, who retires at the end of this month, her last decade on the job has been marked by her research into memory and objects. As a first step, she set out to discover whether certain objects would cue the memories of people with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD). “Sometimes they […]