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A University of Maryland junior who has built an impressive record of service at the city, county and state levels has been awarded a Truman Scholarship , the nation’s most selective award for underclassmen with...read more
Three students working with Chris Metzler , an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, have been awarded the prestigious Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship. Adam...read more
They were recognized for their enduring contributions to data stream systems.
University of Maryland professors Daniel Abadi and Amol Deshpande were recognized with Test of Time awards at the 2025 Conference on Innovative Data Systems Research (CIDR) for their early contributions to developing data stream systems...read more
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
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04.22.2025 09:30 to 11:00
PhD Proposal: Advancing Object Understanding in Large Language Models
Mollie Shichman
IRB IRB-4107
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
IRB IRB-5107
PhD Proposal: 3D Reconstruction in Challenging Environments with Differentiable Rendering
Kevin Zhang
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04.28.2025 15:30 to 17:00
MS Defense: Solving the data problem of inverse rendering
Jiaye Wu
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MS Defense: Solving the data problem of inverse rendering
Jiaye Wu
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04.30.2025 11:00 to 12:00
Making AI Work in the Crucible: Perception and Reasoning in Chaotic Environments
Ritwik Gupta
IRB 4105 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/94340703410?pwd=rrXaGSXSpabcMTtDNmeCNf2Ih2fQYE.1
Making AI Work in the Crucible: Perception and Reasoning in Chaotic Environments
Ritwik Gupta
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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
5105
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
04.25.2025 12:00 to 13:00
Polarization-Preserving Quantum Frequency Conversion for Trapped-Ion Quantum Networking
ATL 2400
Polarization-Preserving Quantum Frequency Conversion for Trapped-Ion Quantum Networking
04.30.2025 11:00 to 12:00
Making AI Work in the Crucible: Perception and Reasoning in Chaotic Environments
IRB 4105 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/94340703410?pwd=rrXaGSXSpabcMTtDNmeCNf2Ih2fQYE.1
Making AI Work in the Crucible: Perception and Reasoning in Chaotic Environments
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