Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) provides UMD students of all backgrounds, disciplines, and levels of experience with the opportunity to engage in scaffolded, multidisciplinary team-based projects.
VIP Team Information
VIP Team
Researching Innovative Tools for Meaningful Digital Engagement
VIP Faculty Mentors:
Dr. Ronald Yaros
Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Meeting Location, Day & Time:
3200 Knight Hall, Fridays, 1:00pm-3:00pm.
Description:
Interested in tackling the flood of information and distractions from mobile devices and social media that challenge our engagement with important information? Join the Digital Engagement Lab to design, build, and test innovative tools for communicating multimedia to diverse audiences. Students from all majors including computer and data science, communication, journalism, business, education, psychology, and statistics research cutting-edge solutions using AI, machine learning, data visualizations, and mobile apps.
Methods:
Innovative thinking for creative ways to apply artificial intelligence, machine learning, data visualization, and statistics to engage the next generation of information consumers.
Majors:
Our focus is public engagement with critical information about any discipline including - but not limited to majors related to:
Science
Health
Engineering
Business
Preferred Interests:
Required are the desire and commitment to apply and build on the basic knowledge and skills from your major.