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<Title>UMBC PhD student Ommo Clark featured in VoA Realities of Women in AI episode</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><a href="https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7765549.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img src="https://ai.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/734/2024/09/ommo_interview.webp" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a></div><div><br></div><div><span>The VoA Africa’s Our Voices program on the </span><a href="https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7765549.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Realities of Women in Artificial Intelligence</strong></a><span> includes a seven-minute interview with </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ommo-clark-b715a23/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Ommo Clark</strong></a><span>. Clark is a second-year PhD candidate in Information Systems at UMBC who is doing AI research with Professor </span><a href="https://karuna.informationsystems.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Karuna Pande Joshi</strong></a><span> in the <a href="https://knacc.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>KNACC Lab</strong></a>.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Before beginning her PhD program, Ommo had an extensive career that included founding and leading iBez Nigeria, a company providing technology solutions to Nigerian communities' societal challenges. </span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>The VoA panelists explored the concern that AI-powered technological advancements may worsen the digital divide between men and women and how to ensure an equitable digital future for all. The interview with Ommo starts at 10:10 in the <a href="https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7765549.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>video</strong></a>.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div>
    <hr><a href="https://ai.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>UMBC Center for AI</strong></a></div>
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<Summary>The VoA Africa’s Our Voices program on the Realities of Women in Artificial Intelligence includes a seven-minute interview with Ommo Clark. Clark is a second-year PhD candidate in Information...</Summary>
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