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First class of machine learning and data science professional master’s students graduates from UMD’s Science Academy in May 2021
The University of Maryland’s Science Academy will celebrate its first cohort of students graduating with professional master’s degrees in machine learning and data science at the Spring 2021 Commencement ceremony. The Science Academy, which launched...read more
How alumnus Ruvi Kitov built a multimillion-dollar company that’s changing the way large companies manage network security policy
When Ruvi Kitov (B.S. ’97, computer science) was 18 years old, he made one of the biggest decisions of his life: he left his parents’ home in Maryland to join the army—the Israeli army. For...read more
Bannan will begin a full-time position as associate algorithm development engineer at tech company Alion Science and Technology upon graduation.
Starting your final semester of college with a job lined up is something most college seniors dream of. For University of Maryland senior computer science major Sam Bannan, that dream is a reality, and he...read more
The open-source software was described in a paper recently published in the online journal, Frontiers in Microbiology.
In the seafaring world, a binnacle is a wooden stand placed near the ship’s helm that holds important tools and instruments needed to navigate from one point to the next. At the University of Maryland,...read more
Two faculty members in the Department of Computer Science have each received an Amazon Research Award (ARA) for their proposed projects focused on advanced topic modeling to support the understanding of COVID-19 and discovering and...read more
First-year Ph.D. student Joy Kitson’s research is focused on developing large-scale epidemic simulations used to model diseases and public health interventions.
A University of Maryland graduate student was recently awarded a fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support her work in developing realistic, large-scale simulations that can assist officials dealing with complex events...read more
The UMD Geometric Algorithms for Modeling, Motion and Animation (GAMMA) group led by Distinguished University Professors Ming C. Lin and Dinesh Manocha recently won the “Best Paper” award at the prestigious IEEE VR 2021 conference...read more
(Clockwise from top left in photo) Kianté Brantley, Aya Abdelsalam Ismail, Greg Davis and Marina Knittel each received a fellowship for academic year 2021–2022.
Four graduate students in the Department of Computer Science were just named recipients of the prestigious Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship. The fellowship provides a $15,000 stipend and other benefits to University of Maryland doctoral...read more
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PhD Defense: Dynamics-Inspired Garment Reconstruction and Synthesis for Simulation-Based Virtual Try-On
Junbang Liang
05.14.2021 15:30 to 17:30
PhD Defense: Dynamics-Inspired Garment Reconstruction and Synthesis for Simulation-Based Virtual Try-On
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PhD Defense: Dynamics-Inspired Garment Reconstruction and Synthesis for Simulation-Based Virtual Try-On