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Ann Arbor, MI
Joined December 2008
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Emotional intimacy with chatbots: How does it relate to loneliness, relationship satisfaction and well-being? Explore new findings from UMSI researchers.
Can AI companionship feel intimate without easing loneliness? @masterson_a @XinYe_Eva, and I examined this in our forthcoming paper, "Finding Romance with AI" #AIcompanions @umsi @UMichResearch @UMRobotics @michigan_AI doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2026…
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Big plans for your future in Data Science? Good news: Applying doesn't have to be a big production. 〽️ @umsi's fully online Master of Applied Data Science (MADS) program brings together world-class faculty, a global community of learners, and coursework designed to fit into your life. And getting started is refreshingly simple. 📅 Apply by November 15 for a January 2027 start. Learn more and take the next step: myumi.ch/2jk5r #MichiganOnline #GoBlue #DataScience
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Thinking about a PhD in information? UMSI is hosting live student and faculty Ask Me Anything panels and an admissions info session. Register: myumi.ch/J4RGw UMSI PhD students are fully funded. Fall 2027 applications due Dec. 1.
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UMSI researchers earned an honorable mention at CSCW 2026 for their paper on queer artists refusing and resisting generative AI. More from UMSI’s week at the conference: myumi.ch/d8by9 #CSCW2026
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Dhruvi's transition from computer engineering to UX design was set in motion by an online course: "Extended Reality for Everybody," from UMSI associate professor @michinebeling. Check it out!
Following your curiosity can take you somewhere unexpected. 💡 For @DhruviJagani, trying an online course one random day from her home in India eventually helped lead her to two unforgettable years at @umsi. See where curiosity can take you with Michigan Online. #MichiganOnline #OnlineLearning #GoBlue
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UMSI’s Master of Applied Data Science is 100% online and taught by the same @UMich faculty who teach our residential programs. No application fee. No essays, letters of recommendation or GRE. Final deadline for Winter 2027: Nov. 15. Apply: myumi.ch/qwq3m
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University of Michigan School of Information researchers are innovating and advancing the field of artificial intelligence. Here are some of their recent publications, in @COLM_conf, @HFES, @kdd_news and beyond: myumi.ch/MpEVV
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Should we be worried about an AI apocalypse? UMSI professor Kentaro Toyama, an expert on AI risk, says “an AI doomsday is definitely possible — if not right now, then in the near future.” Full conversation: myumi.ch/nVEkx
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University of Michigan School of Information researchers are advancing knowledge that builds a better world. Here are some of their recent publications, in @PNASNexus, @BigDataSoc, @CambridgeUP, @TRSE_Editor and beyond: myumi.ch/9J3yP
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AI-generated text now shows up in ~20% of self-published Amazon fiction, including nearly 1,000 titles that are 90%+ AI. A new study co-authored by UMSI’s Paramveer Dhillon finds that human authors are getting squeezed out by volume — not quality. 🔗 myumi.ch/mVJPj
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AI can produce a dozen design directions in seconds. It can’t decide which one fits your client, org and project — that judgment still falls to human expertise. New research from UMSI’s Huiran Yi and Lu Xian, based on interviews with 23 designers: myumi.ch/DWzE1
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How do rules and incentives change what people do? UMSI professor Yan Chen has tested it across public school choice, China’s college admissions, ride-sharing apps and traffic violations. Read her profile: myumi.ch/DWykx
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1926: Library science department with three full-time faculty ⏩ 2026: Fourth-largest of @UMich’s 19 schools and colleges How did it happen? Over 100 years of information changing everything. Discover UMSI’s centennial history ⁠— and what’s next: myumi.ch/X85eQ
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Join the Eileen Lappin Weiser Center for the Learning Sciences for a talk with @umsi's Dr. Kentaro Toyama. Drawing on decades of work in AI and digital technology, Dr. Toyama will explore AI’s challenges for education and what the future may hold. myumi.ch/kVr59
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Congratulations to the authors of the UMSI-led “Valuing curation infrastructures,” winner of the 2026 Best @JASIST Paper Award. Learn about how curation keeps open data usable: myumi.ch/Z82R2
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“Users have maybe nothing to gain from spam. Whereas they can actually use generative AI for genuinely valuable contributions in a platform, and so that already makes it more complicated.” - UMSI’s Daniel Romero, to @NBCNews on stopping “AI slop” myumi.ch/bDVdj
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One-third of venture teams incubated at the Impact Studio last year are continuing their ventures post-graduation. UMSI is proud to partner in the studio’s expansion to North Campus to support this trend by reaching more technical founders earlier in their journeys.
This September, @MichiganRoss Impact Studio is joining forces with U-M’s Center for Entrepreneurship and @umsi to bring its student entrepreneur incubator program straight to North Campus to empower the next generation of Michigan innovators! myumi.ch/pg7rZ
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Congratulations, Nadia 👏
Nadia Karizat is a doctoral candidate in information science at @umsi whose research is informed by feminist science and technology studies. CEW+ is inspired by Nadia’s vision and names her a Gutsy Broad Fellow. bit.ly/4fE7VyL
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"Fairness serves as a critical mechanism shaping public responses to robotic authority." That's from the new paper by UMSI researchers examining how different dimensions of fairness influence levels of trust and acceptance of security robots:
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At the 2026 Archival Education and Research Initiative — happening now in Vancouver — UMSI researchers are presenting new work on archival education, practice and emerging issues across the field. Explore their presentations: myumi.ch/e7zEW
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