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Undergrad Dhruvak Mirani Champions UMD Voter Drive for City Election

Mirani is spearheading a voter registration drive at UMD's farmer's market ahead of the College Park city election

University of Maryland student liaison Dhruvak Mirani and deputy student liaison Gannon Sprinkle held a voter registration drive Wednesday at this university’s Farmer’s Market to increase student turnout in this November’s College Park city election...read more

UMD and IonQ celebrate National Quantum Laboratory opening

More than 100 people gathered at IonQ’s College Park headquarters Tuesday for the opening of the National Quantum Laboratory. The National Quantum Laboratory, located just off campus, was created in partnership with the University of...read more

UMD’s Computer Science Undergraduate Program Ranks Top 10 Among Public Institutions

The University of Maryland’s undergraduate computer science program ranks 9th among the country’s public institutions and 18th overall in the 2024 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges.” UMD also ranks in the...read more

UMD Computer Scientists Design Innovative Drone System for Disaster Recovery

Computer science major Neil Sorkin teamed up with Assistant Professor Nirupam Roy to create a better way to locate people who need help after natural disasters.

It’s estimated that natural disasters cause an average of 45,000 deaths every year globally. The deadliest events are usually low-frequency yet high-impact events such as earthquakes and tsunamis, which can push fatalities to tens or...read more

An Ally for Access

Palm-sized Robot Navigates Touchscreens for Visually Impaired Users

Having to tap-tap-tap away to order a sandwich or check bags at a touchscreen kiosk can be annoying. For those who are blind or visually impaired, it can be excruciating. Soon, instead of friends, family...read more

AI's Double-Edge Sword: The Rise and Challenges of AI Detectors

Soheil Feizi discusses the questionable reliability of public AI detectors and the implications for educators

In the rapidly advancing world of artificial intelligence, the quest for reliable detection tools has garnered significant attention. Associate Professor Soheil Feizi , a faculty member at the University of Maryland’s Department of Computer Science,...read more

Bahar Asgari Receives $1M NSF Grant to Advance High-Performance Computing

Bahar Asgari , assistant professor at the University of Maryland’s Department of Computer Science, has been honored with a prestigious Principles and Practice of Scalable Systems (PPoSS) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The...read more