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Department of Computer Science Recognizes 2024–25 Teaching Award Recipients

Laxman Dhulipala, Justin Olav Wyss-Gallifent, Shaobo Cui, Christina Xu and Christian Nygard recognized for their instructional impact as faculty and teaching assistants in the 2024–25 academic year.

The University of Maryland’s Department of Computer Science has announced the recipients of its 2024–25 teaching awards, honoring excellence across tenure-track, professional track and instructional assistant roles. This year’s awardees include Assistant Professor Laxman Dhulipala...read more

MC2 Student Receives ARCS Graduate Scholar Award in Cybersecurity

A University of Maryland graduate student specializing in cryptography has been recognized for his outstanding academic achievements and research. Alexander “Sasha” Frolov, a first-year computer science doctoral student working in the Maryland Cybersecurity Center (MC2),...read more

Why 'Thinking More' Isn't Always Making Generative AI Smarter

If you've ever used an AI chatbot, you may have noticed something strange. Sometimes, when you ask it to 'try again' or 'think harder,' the answers don't get better, they just get weirder. Now, a...read more

UMD Launches M.S. in Artificial Intelligence

The program aims to prepare industry-ready AI leaders.

The University of Maryland will offer a new Master of Science in artificial intelligence (AI) this fall to teach the fundamentals of this transformative technology while giving students the expertise needed to address important questions...read more

CS Ph.D. Student Yuran Ding Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Ding aims to align intelligent systems with human intent through multimodal research.

University of Maryland Department of Computer Science Ph.D. student Yuran Ding has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP), one of the most competitive honors available to graduate students in science,...read more

Porter Reflects on a Year of Innovation and Impact at the Institute for Health Computing

At the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing (IHC), medical researchers, clinicians, mathematicians, and computational and physical scientists are working together across campuses to tackle urgent medical challenges with advanced technologies. Teams are using...read more

Andrew Childs Named Interim Director of UMIACS

Andrew Childs , a professor of computer science, was named interim director of the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS), effective July 1, 2025. Childs is the director of the NSF Quantum...read more

Yarwood Helps Lead UMD Center of Excellence in Microbiome Sciences

With support from computer science professor Mihai Pop, the center unites researchers across disciplines to study microbial communities and expand microbiome research at UMD.

Stephanie Yarwood , a professor of environmental science and technology at the University of Maryland (UMD), recently sat down to discuss her role co-leading the UMD Center of Excellence in Microbiome Sciences. Launched in February...read more

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