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Language isn’t always necessary. While it certainly helps in getting across certain ideas, some neuroscientists have argued that many forms of human thought and reasoning don’t require the medium of words and grammar. Sometimes, the...read more
Senior computer science major Nandini Shah co-leads several campus clubs, including the Association for Women in Computing and the Korean pop dance group Ganji.
Nandini Shah has always been a “joiner”—someone who loves the camaraderie of clubs. So when Shah enrolled in the University of Maryland’s undergraduate computer science program in 2021, she wasted no time getting involved in...read more
More than 1,000 high school and college students gathered at Reckord Armory from April 11–13 for the 36-hour event, building projects in cybersecurity, machine learning, quantum computing and more.
The University of Maryland hosted the 11th anniversary of Bitcamp , one of the East Coast’s largest collegiate hackathons, from April 11–13, 2025, at the Reckord Armory . Over 1,000 students from across the region,...read more
The Brendan Iribe Center gathering included a brunch, a visit to Bitcamp and the unveiling of the newly relocated Alumni Hall of Fame wall.
Alumni of the University of Maryland’s Department of Computer Science returned to campus on Saturday, April 12, for a community brunch and the unveiling of the newly relocated Alumni Hall of Fame wall. The event,...read more
Ramani Duraiswami , a professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, has been selected to lead one of three research topics at a workshop organized by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Language and...read more
Addai sought University Career Center support for internship applications and interviews and landed an M&T Tech internship.
Why did you decide to study computer science at UMD and what do you hope to do with your degree? In high school, I developed a passion for computer science, especially building tools and leveraging...read more
Saptarashmi Bandyopadhyay investigates the potential of planning-based AI agents in applications such as autonomous vehicles, AR, climate conservation and logistics.
While most artificial intelligence (AI) applications today focus on generating text or identifying images, one University of Maryland Ph.D. student is exploring how AI can be designed to act. Saptarashmi Bandyopadhyay , a fifth-year doctoral...read more
Professor Cunxi Yu is the co-author of “ SmoothE: Differentiable E-Graph Extraction ”, which received the Best Paper Award at the 2025 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages...read more
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04.22.2025 09:30 to 11:00
PhD Proposal: Advancing Object Understanding in Large Language Models
Mollie Shichman
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PhD Proposal: Advancing Object Understanding in Large Language Models
Mollie Shichman
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04.24.2025 11:00 to 12:30
PhD Defense: Toward Integrating Intelligence into Everything Around Us
Nakul Garg
IRB-3137 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/98107720850?pwd=pQmN1UriXp6vFQUe8RmSqHv6LJYWPS.1
PhD Defense: Toward Integrating Intelligence into Everything Around Us
Nakul Garg
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04.25.2025 10:00 to 11:30
PhD Proposal: 3D Reconstruction in Challenging Environments with Differentiable Rendering
Kevin Zhang
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PhD Proposal: 3D Reconstruction in Challenging Environments with Differentiable Rendering
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04.28.2025 15:30 to 17:00
MS Defense: Solving the data problem of inverse rendering
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MS Defense: Solving the data problem of inverse rendering
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05.07.2025 11:00 to 12:30
PhD Defense: Bridging the gulf of evaluation in human-AI interaction for knowledge workers
Yuexi Chen
IRB-4105 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/8497662263?pwd=ejJscElvelFzMnM4a2MzanNXTTJJdz09
PhD Defense: Bridging the gulf of evaluation in human-AI interaction for knowledge workers
Yuexi Chen
04.22.2025 09:30 to 11:00
PhD Proposal: Advancing Object Understanding in Large Language Models
IRB-4107
PhD Proposal: Advancing Object Understanding in Large Language Models
04.22.2025 12:30 to 13:30
Is Nobody There? Good! Globally Measuring Connection Tampering without Responsive Endhosts
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Is Nobody There? Good! Globally Measuring Connection Tampering without Responsive Endhosts
04.23.2025 11:00 to 12:00
Rapid quantum ground state preparation via dissipative dynamics
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/96428021347?pwd=wAV09WU7OsAy3P8pLoF1wWpirg5AyY.1
Rapid quantum ground state preparation via dissipative dynamics
04.24.2025 11:00 to 12:30
PhD Defense: Toward Integrating Intelligence into Everything Around Us
IRB-3137 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/98107720850?pwd=pQmN1UriXp6vFQUe8RmSqHv6LJYWPS.1
PhD Defense: Toward Integrating Intelligence into Everything Around Us
04.25.2025 10:00 to 11:30
PhD Proposal: 3D Reconstruction in Challenging Environments with Differentiable Rendering
IRB-5107
PhD Proposal: 3D Reconstruction in Challenging Environments with Differentiable Rendering
05.02.2025 13:00 to 14:00
Certified Randomness from a Trapped-Ion Quantum Processor
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/2821742741?pwd=SWJSRm1DTGFoYUtVMllVSEo5bzdmdz09
Certified Randomness from a Trapped-Ion Quantum Processor