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Media Studies Prof. @CSUSBCAL. Privacy scholar. Faculty Director, The Extended Reality for Learning Lab. || Past: @AnnenbergPenn. || Opinions mine.

Claremont, CA
Joined October 2015
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@MichaelaPopescu
Mihaela Popescu
7 months
RT @cphoffmann: 8⃣ “Role-based privacy cynicism and local privacy activism: How data stewards navigate privacy in higher education”. @Micha….
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Mihaela Popescu
1 year
Loving the MXR24 conference at Stanford! Check out the good stuff:
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Mihaela Popescu
1 year
Wild life seen on the trail…
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Mihaela Popescu
1 year
After a public talk about stochastic parrots with @fmuheidat, some real ones in my backyard. (These fellows are awfully noisy and completely unpredictable, though).
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Mihaela Popescu
1 year
Navigating privacy in higher ed? In our @BigDataSoc article, @lbaruh, @CSUSBITSVP & I look at the dual roles of CSU data stewards as both data controllers & users, exploring the impact on privacy cynicism & university data governance. @CSUSBNews.
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This study examines the impact of role-based constraints on privacy cynicism within higher education, a workplace increasingly subjected to surveillance. Using ...
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Mihaela Popescu
1 year
Introducing Tori Brooke, the dynamic and chatty animatronic marvel now part of our regular lab team, brought to life by the incredible minds at Garner Holt and our artist-and-programmer-in-traning, Ashleea! Never a dull moment in the xREAL Lab. @GarnerHoltEtI @XREALCSUSB
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Mihaela Popescu
2 years
Stoked that our paper on privacy “on the ground” in the CSU will travel to the Golden Coast! This paper marks the first milestone in our multi-year ethnographic study, started in 2017, on data governance practices within a state university. #ICA24 @lbaruh @CSUSBITSVP.
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Mihaela Popescu
2 years
I marvel at AI text interactions but find them misguided in the humanities. Texts deserve diverse interpretations, not fixed AI explanations. For academic literature, I want AIs that provide primary source context for confusing terms or claims in secondary sources. @PDFExpert_.
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Mihaela Popescu
2 years
RT @CSUSBNews: #CSUSB making an impact on the East Coast! #WeDefineTheFuture @CSUSBCAL @XREALCSUSB @MichaelaPopescu.
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Mihaela Popescu
2 years
So proud of our students! @CSUSBNews @csusbcal.
@XREALCSUSB
xREAL Lab
2 years
Congratulations to xREAL student assistant JC Mariscal who had his project "CSUSB Virtual Campus - A Cross Platform 3D Space for Social Learning" displayed as part of the first Annual BFA in Design Student Exhibition. #xrealcsusb #csusb
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Mihaela Popescu
2 years
Once again, our Lab has made it into the 2023 Horizon Report for its innovative use of generative AI in VR environments. I only wish they used some names :) @yutong34793299 @wagnerprado7.
@XREALCSUSB
xREAL Lab
2 years
Excited to announce we are a part of the 2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition! Look out for our project titled "VR Meets AI Meets the Matrix: Using Embodied Conversational Agents for Experiential Learning". Read the report here:
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Mihaela Popescu
2 years
RT @XREALCSUSB: Reminder this panel will be held today at 12:00 p.m. For more information check out the thread below! . Register here: http….
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Mihaela Popescu
2 years
Our Lab had a magical time yesterday visiting the @garnerholt makerspace and learning from Mr. Holt! We were so inspired by his story and what we saw. Thank you!.
@XREALCSUSB
xREAL Lab
2 years
Thank you to everyone at @garnerholt for the informative tour yesterday. Our team greatly enjoyed learning about the history and operations of Garner Holt Productions. #csusb #xrealcsusb #garnerholtproductions #garnerholt
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Mihaela Popescu
2 years
When not in class, our students are having fun with MoCap and animation @CSUSB_ASI @CSUSBNews.
@XREALCSUSB
xREAL Lab
2 years
Enjoy a preview of a performance being shown tonight at the Asian Faculty, Staff, and Student Association Scholarship Award and Recognition ceremony. Stay tuned to see the full version and learn about how this innovative mocap dance video was made! .#csusb #xrealcsusb
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Mihaela Popescu
2 years
I am a proud mother today. #IAmBerkeley … on my daughter’s behalf. We are all beside ourselves with joy.
@CalAdmissions
UC Berkeley Admissions
2 years
Class of 2027…WELCOME TO UC BERKELEY! From every corner of campus, current students are celebrating with you! See you ON CAMPUS! 🐻🥳. #IAmBerkeley #classof2027
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Mihaela Popescu
2 years
Regular day in the xREAL Lab: turtle-scanning.#lovemyjob
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Mihaela Popescu
2 years
Writing a good prompt for ChatGPT is very much like writing a good writing prompt for my students: provide context; be concrete; give an example… why do we need prompt engineers? Professional prompter here!.
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Mihaela Popescu
2 years
Join us to learn how the issues discussed in the documentary apply to immersive media! @shimtrashpile @fmuheidat @AhlamMuhtaseb.
@XREALCSUSB
xREAL Lab
2 years
Join us for a free screening and panel discussion of Shalini Kantayya’s award-winning documentary, Coded Bias, on Monday, April 3rd. The event will be held in the SMSU Theater from 12:00-2:15 p.m. To attend in-person or remotely, please register here:
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Mihaela Popescu
2 years
Impactful work by my brilliant colleague @AhlamMuhtaseb.
@AhlamMuhtaseb
Ahlam Muhtaseb, she/her
2 years
Our immersive reporting and story telling project in Turkey:.Using immersive technologies, CSUSB team launches on-ground reporting on earthquake disaster in Turkey .#immersivesim.
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