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Stewart, a Department of Computer Science faculty member from 1974 to 2008, worked in numerical linear algebra and helped develop LINPACK, a software package used in scientific and engineering computation.
G.W. “Pete” Stewart, a former faculty member in the University of Maryland Department of Computer Science whose work focused on numerical linear algebra and mathematical software, passed away on June 9, 2026. Stewart joined UMD...read more
Manan Suri’s Frames2LoRA project aims to make video AI more efficient through zero-token video understanding for summarization, question answering and real-time decision-making.
As artificial intelligence systems take on larger tasks, the amount of information they process has become a practical concern. More tokens can mean higher costs for users, slower responses and greater demand for computing infrastructure,...read more
What can bees teach us about artificial intelligence? Quite a bit, according to University of Maryland researchers developing the next generation of autonomous robots. Yiannis Aloimonos , a professor of computer science with an appointment...read more
When learning a new language, one of the biggest challenges is training the ear to recognize unfamiliar sounds. A subtle shift in a vowel or an unfamiliar consonant blend can completely change a word's meaning,...read more
Alan Zaoxing Liu, Christopher Kauffman, Mario Alvarenga, Segev Elisha-Cliff Elazar Mittelman and Amrit Magesh were recognized for teaching and instructional support during the 2025–26 academic year.
The University of Maryland’s Department of Computer Science announced its 2025–26 teaching award recipients, recognizing faculty members, teaching assistants and a student-led course facilitator for their work in undergraduate education. This year’s awardees are Assistant...read more
Computer Science Professor David Jacobs was named director of the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS), effective September 6, 2026. Jacobs, who has been a faculty member at UMD since 2002, will...read more
The 2026 promotions recognize faculty members whose work spans artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, computational biology and other areas of computing.
The University of Maryland Department of Computer Science announced 11 faculty promotions, recognizing faculty members whose work spans artificial intelligence, systems, computational biology, human-computer interaction, security, programming languages, computer vision and computer science education. The...read more
New majors aim to ethically advance AI tech, prepare students to address Its societal impact.
The University of Maryland will launch two new undergraduate degrees in artificial intelligence (AI), including one of the nation’s first interdisciplinary majors focused on the impact of AI on humans, with courses spanning philosophy, ethics,...read more
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CS Department, University of Maryland
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