Machine learning — in Maryland and elsewhere — opens new possibilities for suicide prevention

Machine learning - in Maryland and elsewhere - opens new possibilities for suicide prevention - The Southern Maryland Chronicle

The Reddit thread that caught Philip Resnik’s attention posed a potentially life-saving question.“Formerly suicidal Redditors, what’s something that kept you alive a little while longer and helped you to get through the dark times in your lives?” the post asked.Philip Resnik, a computational linguist and University of Maryland professor, poses for a portrait on April 25, 2025. (Giuseppe LoPiccolo/Capital News Service)Seeing the thread as an oppo…

Machine learning — in Maryland and elsewhere — opens new possibilities for suicide prevention

This is part 12 of a series by the Local News Network at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

Machine learning in Maryland and elsewhere opens new possibilities for suicide prevention

By JOE WICKE The Reddit thread that caught Philip Resnik’s attention posed a potentially life-saving question. “Formerly suicidal Redditors, what’s something that kept you alive a little while longer and helped you to get through the dark times in your lives?” the post asked. Seeing the thread as an opportunity to conduct research, Resnik, a computational linguist and University of Maryland professor, got to work. He and his wife — Dr. Rebecca R…

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Machine learning -- in Maryland and elsewhere -- opens new possibilities for suicide prevention

The Reddit thread that caught Philip Resnik’s attention posed a potentially life-saving question.“Formerly suicidal Redditors, what's something that kept you alive a little while longer and helped you to get through the dark times in your lives?” the post asked.Seeing…

Machine learning opens new possibilities for suicide prevention

By JOE WICKECapital News ServiceThe Reddit thread that caught Philip Resnik’s attention posed a potentially life-saving question.“Formerly suicidal Redditors, what’s something that kept you alive a little while longer and helped you to get through the dark times in your lives?” the post asked.Seeing the thread as an opportunity to conduct research, Resnik, a computational linguist and University of Maryland professor, got to work. He and his wif…