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The School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | The Power of Information | #iSchoolUI
Champaign, IL
Joined December 2008
After earning his BSIS+DS, Aisaiah Pellecer planned to go to grad school, but his path took a new turn when he was accepted into the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange. 🇺🇸🇩🇪 Now in Germany, he’s attending CS courses and preparing for an internship. ▶️ https://t.co/ENx4ojN5xN
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Another #iSchoolUI Research Showcase is in the books! Thanks to everyone for making it a success! ✨
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The #iSchoolUI has 🔸FOUR🔹 open faculty positions in the areas: Information Sciences, Information, Culture & Society, Information Behavior/HCI/UX, and Early Literacies! Submit your application by December 15 ▶️ https://t.co/3fI6CSiMKK
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"The world isn't facing a lack of information, but rather an overload.” #iSchoolUI MSIM student Zhanchen Kang hopes to help people make sense of the overwhelming amount of information in their daily lives. Read more about his student experience ▶️ https://t.co/tiMTJMrEhJ
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Students from The Stu/dio, the #ILLINOIS student-led game studio, are heading to #MDEV2025 (Nov. 7–8 in Madison, WI)! 🎮 One of the Midwest’s top game dev conferences, MDEV celebrates innovation, collaboration, and creativity in gaming. ▶️ https://t.co/2hWGxxqimr
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Join Library Trends on 11/11 for a webinar on generative AI’s impact on librarians. The discussion, which will be moderated by #iSchoolUI Adjunct Lecturer Melissa Wong (@LISafterclass), will feature authors Andrea Baer, Nicole Murph, and Kay Slater. 🤖▶️ https://t.co/mK6OjJqAcw
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Attend tomorrow’s “The AI Disruption” talk! Chaowei Xiao, assistant professor at @JohnsHopkins and researcher at @nvidia, will present “Towards Secure and Safe AI Agents: From Model to System." ▶️ https://t.co/wezBf2Lers
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At #NDiSTEM in Ohio, #iSchoolUI Postdoc Janaynne Carvalho do Amaral and PREreview’s Daniela Saderi hosted a hands-on workshop on recognizing and interrupting bias in peer review. 💡📝
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#iSchoolUI PhD students have received A. Serwin Conference Scholarships from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) to attend their annual conference, held October 30-31, in San Diego, California. Congratulations! ▶️ https://t.co/wEd1GBsIbZ
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#iSchoolUI doctoral candidate Jana Perkins has successfully defended her dissertation, “Scholarship writ large: A data-rich analysis of professionalization in English literary scholarship from 1940 to the present.” Congratulations, Jana! 🎉▶️ https://t.co/EmLvpwniSE
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https://t.co/SYxGo1rTgs will soon bar users under 18 from using its chatbots, reports @nytimes. #iSchoolUI Professor Yang Wang shared insights from his research, which concluded that such platforms didn’t have sufficient child safety protections. 🤖▶️
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The start-up, which creates A.I. companions, faces lawsuits from families who have accused Character.AI’s chatbots of leading teenagers to kill themselves.
Breaking News: The company https://t.co/QiWkWqjNvg said that it would bar people under 18 from using its chatbots next month, in a move to address concerns over child safety.
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For her work on human-centered AI safety for youth, #iSchoolUI PhD student @YamanYu3 has been named a recipient of the 2025 @Google PhD Fellowship in Privacy, Safety, and Security! Congratulations, Yaman! 🤖▶️ https://t.co/a9dxkm2rQz
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Illinois is facing its driest year since 1988. 🌾 SIDE, an AI-driven drought estimation framework developed by #iSchoolUI Professor Dong Wang, aims to understand the social effects of drought. He discussed his research with the @NewsAtIllinois ▶️ https://t.co/BoMEyI6gp4
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Join us for tomorrow’s “The AI Disruption” talk! @jeffclune, CS professor at @UBC, will present “Open-Ended, Quality Diversity, and AI-Generating Algorithms in the Era of Foundation Models." ▶️ https://t.co/qkGbuFmv3p
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Still need a costume idea? 🎃 Head to the @ChampaignFabLab, the only makerspace on campus open to everyone, where anyone can create, from DIY costumes to laser-cut ornaments. 💡 https://t.co/lzrXL5IJeM
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Cindy Brya has been appointed assistant dean for communications and marketing, where she will lead the #iSchoolUI’s Communications and Marketing team, provide counsel to the dean, and shape the overall communications strategy. Congratulations, Cindy! 🎉▶️ https://t.co/mN3D4eprUt
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Next week, #iSchoolUI faculty & students will present their research at the 27th International @TheOfficialACM Special Interest Group @sigaccess Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Learn more ▶️ https://t.co/bGJfdoIFY3
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#iSchoolUI Professor Anita Say Chan (@wrongrrl) will give an invited lecture at @AUB_Lebanon, as part of their “Confronted with America” series, about her new book, “Predatory Data.” More details ▶️ https://t.co/vFETVx8F5F
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Attend tomorrow’s “The AI Disruption” talk! @RishiBommasani, senior research scholar at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, will present "Technocratic AI Policy." More details here ▶️ https://t.co/aU8HEAsqtc
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#iSchoolUI doctoral student Precious Olalere has been awarded the 2025 Helen Knoll Jira Scholarship from the Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI). Congratulations, Precious! More about her here ▶️ https://t.co/zvW51hHKSD
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