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BYU computer science associate professor Xinru Page headed the research team that recently won $100,000 from Facebook. (Xinru Page)
BYU communications professor Brian Smith was on the research team that recently won $100,000 from Facebook. (Brian Smith)
A BYU computer science professor’s research team recently won $100,000. Facebook recognized Xinru Page’s team as the winner of the People’s Expectations and Experiences with Digital Privacy research award. Page, the principal investigator and project leader, also worked with BYU communications professor Brian Smith, IIT Kharagpur professor Mainack Mondal, and Indiana University professor Norman Makoto Su. Their award-winning research project is titled, “Deploying visual interventions for users of varying digital literacy levels.” The team will use the prize money to continue their research, including running experiments testin