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CS Faculty
	Research Areas	Research Summary
Daniel Abadi Professor Darnell-Kanal Professor of Computer Science	Databases and Big Data Systems, Networking, and Architecture
Ashok Agrawala Professor	Systems, Networking, and Architecture Machine Learning and Data Science IoT and Wearables Technology	2019 Research Day Video
John Aloimonos Professor	AI and Robotics Computer Vision and Machine Perception Graphics Visualization and VR AR
Bahar Asgari Assistant Professor	Systems, Networking, and Architecture High Performance and Scientific Computing
Calin Belta Professor Brendan Iribe Endowed Professor	AI and Robotics Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Machine Learning and Data Science
Abhinav Bhatele Associate Professor	High Performance and Scientific Computing Systems, Networking, and Architecture
Bobby Bhattacharjee Professor	Cybersecurity and Cryptography Systems, Networking, and Architecture
Jordan Boyd-Graber Professor	AI and Robotics Information Retrieval and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Machine Learning and Data Science Natural Language Processing	YouTube Summary Video
Marine Carpuat Associate Professor	AI and Robotics Machine Learning and Data Science Natural Language Processing	Research Summary (pdf, 1.25 MB)
Yizheng Chen Assistant Professor	Cybersecurity and Cryptography Machine Learning and Data Science
Andrew Childs Professor	Quantum Computing Algorithms and Theory
Hal Daumé III Professor Volpi-Cupal Family Endowed Professor	AI and Robotics Machine Learning and Data Science Natural Language Processing
Amol Deshpande Professor Associate Chair for Graduate Education	Databases and Big Data Machine Learning and Data Science
Laxman Dhulipala Assistant Professor	Algorithms and Theory High Performance and Scientific Computing Databases and Big Data Systems, Networking, and Architecture
Ramani Duraiswami Professor	Computer Vision and Machine Perception High Performance and Scientific Computing Information Retrieval and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	2019 Research Day Video
Roger Eastman Professor of the Practice	AI and Robotics Computer Vision and Machine Perception Graphics Visualization and VR AR
Soheil Feizi Associate Professor	Machine Learning and Data Science Computer Vision and Machine Perception AI and Robotics	Research Summary (pdf, 1.65 MB)
Can Firtina Assistant Professor	Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Systems, Networking, and Architecture Machine Learning and Data Science
Ruohan Gao Assistant Professor	Computer Vision and Machine Perception AI and Robotics Machine Learning and Data Science Graphics Visualization and VR AR
William Gasarch Professor	Algorithms and Theory
Tom Goldstein Professor Volpi-Cupal Endowed Professor	AI and Robotics Computer Vision and Machine Perception High Performance and Scientific Computing Machine Learning and Data Science
Daniel Gottesman Professor Brin Family Endowed Professor in Theoretical Computer Science	Algorithms and Theory Quantum Computing
Ritwik Gupta Assistant Professor (joining July 2026)	Computer Vision and Machine Perception Machine Learning and Data Science	RAGS Lab
Mohammad Hajiaghayi Professor Jack and Rita G. Minker Professor	Algorithms and Theory Databases and Big Data Machine Learning and Data Science
Jeffrey K. Hollingsworth Professor Vice President & CIO, University of MD	High Performance and Scientific Computing Systems, Networking, and Architecture
Furong Huang Associate Professor	AI and Robotics Machine Learning and Data Science Natural Language Processing Computer Vision and Machine Perception High Performance and Scientific Computing Algorithms and Theory	Trustworthy Machine Learning in an Ever-Changing World 2019 Research Day Video Furong Huang's Youtube Channel Research Summary (pdf, 18.73 MB)
Jia-Bin Huang Associate Professor Capital One Endowed Professor	AI and Robotics Computer Vision and Machine Perception Graphics Visualization and VR AR Machine Learning and Data Science
Heng Huang Professor Brendan Iribe Endowed Professor	Machine Learning and Data Science Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Computer Vision and Machine Perception Natural Language Processing AI and Robotics
Mohit Iyyer Associate Professor	Machine Learning and Data Science Natural Language Processing
David Jacobs Professor	AI and Robotics Computer Vision and Machine Perception	2019 Research Day Video
Gabriel Kaptchuk Assistant Professor	Cybersecurity and Cryptography
Pete Keleher Associate Professor	Systems, Networking, and Architecture Cybersecurity and Cryptography
Clyde Kruskal Associate Professor	Algorithms and Theory
Leonidas Lampropoulos Assistant Professor	Programming Languages and Software Engineering
Dave Levin Associate Professor CS Honors Chair	Cybersecurity and Cryptography Systems, Networking, and Architecture
Ming Lin Professor Dr. Barry Mersky and Capital One E-Nnovate Endowed Professor; Distinguished University Professor	AI and Robotics Computer Vision and Machine Perception Graphics Visualization and VR AR High Performance and Scientific Computing Human Computer Interaction Machine Learning and Data Science	2019 Research Day Video
Zhicheng Liu Assistant Professor	Human Computer Interaction Graphics Visualization and VR AR Machine Learning and Data Science
Ruoshi Liu Assistant Professor Incoming	AI and Robotics Computer Vision and Machine Perception Machine Learning and Data Science Graphics Visualization and VR AR
Alan Zaoxing Liu Assistant Professor	Systems, Networking, and Architecture Databases and Big Data Machine Learning and Data Science Cybersecurity and Cryptography
Dinesh Manocha Professor Paul Chrisman Iribe Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Distinguished University Professor	AI and Robotics Graphics Visualization and VR AR High Performance and Scientific Computing	2019 Research Day Video Dropbox Summary PPT
Michelle Mazurek Associate Professor Director, Maryland Cybersecurity Center	Cybersecurity and Cryptography Human Computer Interaction	2019 Research Day Video Research Summary (pdf, 1.1 MB)
Christopher Metzler Assistant Professor	Computer Vision and Machine Perception AI and Robotics Machine Learning and Data Science
Ian Miers Assistant Professor	Cybersecurity and Cryptography
Erin Molloy Assistant Professor	Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
David Mount Professor	Algorithms and Theory Information Retrieval and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Jun Nishida Assistant Professor	Human Computer Interaction IoT and Wearables Technology
Rob Patro Associate Professor	Algorithms and Theory Bioinformatics and Computational Biology High Performance and Scientific Computing
Huaishu Peng Assistant Professor	Human Computer Interaction IoT and Wearables Technology	YouTube Summary Video
Binghui Peng Assistant Professor	Algorithms and Theory Machine Learning and Data Science
Mihai Pop Professor Co-director, University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Microbiome Sciences	Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Adam Porter Professor Fraunhofer Executive Director	Programming Languages and Software Engineering
James Purtilo Associate Professor
William Regli Professor	AI and Robotics Graphics Visualization and VR AR
Nirupam Roy Associate Professor	Systems, Networking, and Architecture IoT and Wearables Technology Cybersecurity and Cryptography	2019 Research Day Video Research Summary (pdf, 20.93 MB)
Rachel Rudinger Assistant Professor	Natural Language Processing Machine Learning and Data Science AI and Robotics
Hanan Samet Professor Distinguished University Professor	Algorithms and Theory AI and Robotics Computer Vision and Machine Perception Databases and Big Data Graphics Visualization and VR AR Information Retrieval and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Human Computer Interaction Machine Learning and Data Science Natural Language Processing Programming Languages and Software Engineering	2019 Research Day Presentation Research Summary (pdf, 579.87 KB)
Han Shao Assistant Professor	Machine Learning and Data Science Algorithms and Theory AI and Robotics
Abhinav Shrivastava Associate Professor	Computer Vision and Machine Perception AI and Robotics Machine Learning and Data Science Graphics Visualization and VR AR	Webpage
Aravind Srinivasan Professor Distinguished University Professor	Algorithms and Theory Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Milijana Surbatovich Assistant Professor	Programming Languages and Software Engineering Systems, Networking, and Architecture
Alan Sussman Professor Associate Chair of Undergraduate Education	Databases and Big Data High Performance and Scientific Computing Systems, Networking, and Architecture
Runzhou Tao Assistant Professor	Quantum Computing Programming Languages and Software Engineering Algorithms and Theory Systems, Networking, and Architecture
Pratap Tokekar Associate Professor	AI and Robotics
David Van Horn Associate Professor	Programming Languages and Software Engineering Cybersecurity and Cryptography
Amitabh Varshney Professor Dean, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences	Graphics Visualization and VR AR High Performance and Scientific Computing
Sarah Wiegreffe Assistant Professor	Natural Language Processing Machine Learning and Data Science
Xiaodi Wu Associate Professor	Algorithms and Theory Programming Languages and Software Engineering Quantum Computing Machine Learning and Data Science
Fumeng Yang Assistant Professor	Human Computer Interaction Graphics Visualization and VR AR
Yaodong Yu Assistant Professor
Matthias Zwicker Professor Department Chair, Elizabeth Iribe Chair for Innovation, Phillip H. and Catherine C. Horvitz Professor of Computer Science	Graphics Visualization and VR AR Computer Vision and Machine Perception	Research Summary Page 2019 Research Day Presentation

Adjunct Faculty
	Research Areas	Research Summary
Victor Albert Adjunct Assistant Professor
Saptarashmi Bandyopadhyay Adjunct Assistant Professor
Leilani Battle Adjunct Assistant Professor	Databases and Big Data Human Computer Interaction Machine Learning and Data Science	Google Drive Slidedeck 2019 Research Day Video
Amrit Singh Bedi Adjunct Assistant Professor
Aniket Bera Adjunct Associate Professor	Graphics Visualization and VR AR AI and Robotics
Matthew Coudron Adjunct Assistant Professor	Algorithms and Theory Quantum Computing
John Dickerson Adjunct Associate Professor	AI and Robotics Databases and Big Data Machine Learning and Data Science
Max Ehrlich Adjunct Assistant Professor Research Scientist, NVIDIA Hardware Engineering	Computer Vision and Machine Perception Machine Learning and Data Science
Niklas Elmqvist Adjunct Professor	Human Computer Interaction	2019 Research Day Video
Jeffrey Foster Adjunct Professor	Cybersecurity and Cryptography Programming Languages and Software Engineering
Lise Getoor Adjunct Professor	AI and Robotics Databases and Big Data
John Grant Adjunct Professor	AI and Robotics
Michael Gullans Adjunct Assistant Professor
Iker Leanizbarrutia Alonso Adjunct Assistant Professor
Marc Lichtman Adjunct Assistant Professor	Machine Learning and Data Science Systems, Networking, and Architecture
Mikael Lindvall Adjunct Professor
Yi-Kai Liu Adjunct Associate Professor	Algorithms and Theory Quantum Computing
Carl Miller Adjunct Associate Professor	Algorithms and Theory Quantum Computing
Ani Nenkova Adjunct Professor
Murphy Yuezhen Niu Adjunct Assistant Professor
S. Cenk Sahinalp Adjunct Professor Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH	Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Algorithms and Theory	Algorithms for Cancer
Elaine Shi Adjunct Professor	Cybersecurity and Cryptography Programming Languages and Software Engineering

Affiliate Faculty
	Research Areas	Research Summary
Wei Ai Affiliate Assistant Professor
John Baras Affiliate Professor Distinguished University Professor, Lockheed Martin Chair in Systems Engineering, Director HyNET, Founding Director, ISR
Alexander Barg Affiliate Professor	Algorithms and Theory	2019 Research Day Video
Shuvra Bhattacharyya Affiliate Professor	AI and Robotics IoT and Wearables Technology Computer Vision and Machine Perception
Cody Buntain Affiliate Assistant Professor
Maria Cameron Affiliate Professor
Joel Chan Affiliate Associate Professor
Eun Kyoung Choe Affiliate Associate Professor	Human Computer Interaction	2019 Research Day Video
Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia Affiliate Assistant Professor
Michel Cukier Affiliate Professor	Cybersecurity and Cryptography
Dana Dachman-Soled Affiliate Associate Professor	Algorithms and Theory Cybersecurity and Cryptography
Leila De Floriani Affiliate Professor	Graphics Visualization and VR AR Information Retrieval and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Machine Learning and Data Science	2019 Research Day Video
Yancy Diaz-Mercado Affiliate Assistant Professor
Tudor Dumitras Affiliate Associate Professor	Cybersecurity and Cryptography
Sanghamitra Dutta Affiliate Assistant Professor	Algorithms and Theory Machine Learning and Data Science Computer Vision and Machine Perception	Website:
Sheena Erete Affiliate Associate Professor
Naomi Feldman Affiliate Associate Professor	Natural Language Processing Machine Learning and Data Science
Vanessa Frias-Martinez Affiliate Associate Professor	Databases and Big Data Information Retrieval and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Machine Learning and Data Science	YouTube Summary Video
Reza Ghanadan Affiliate Research Professor
Jennifer Golbeck Affiliate Professor	Human Computer Interaction Machine Learning and Data Science
John Horty Affiliate Professor
Hernisa Kacorri Affiliate Assistant Professor	Natural Language Processing Human Computer Interaction Machine Learning and Data Science
Yonghwi Kwon Affiliate Assistant Professor	Cybersecurity and Cryptography Programming Languages and Software Engineering Systems, Networking, and Architecture
Amanda Lazar Affiliate Assistant Professor	Human Computer Interaction
Ang Li Affiliate Assistant Professor
Richard Marciano Affiliate Professor	Databases and Big Data Information Retrieval and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Machine Learning and Data Science
Julia Mendelsohn Affiliate Assistant Professor
Doug Oard Affiliate Professor	AI and Robotics Human Computer Interaction Information Retrieval and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Michael Otte Affiliate Assistant Professor
Louiqa Raschid Affiliate Professor	Databases and Big Data Machine Learning and Data Science
Philip Resnik Affiliate Professor MPower Professor, Department of Linguistics and Institute for Advanced Computer Studies	AI and Robotics Machine Learning and Data Science Natural Language Processing	Talk at AWS re:Invent about mental health research (2022) Talk to UMD alumni board: What you should know about ChatGPT (June 2023) Talk at UMD Social Data Science Center symposium (with Alexander Hoyle, April 2024)
Uzi Vishkin Affiliate Professor	Algorithms and Theory	2019 Research Day Video Research Summary (pdf, 192.67 KB)
David Weintrop Affiliate Associate Professor	Human Computer Interaction
Mumu Xu Affiliate Associate Professor	AI and Robotics Programming Languages and Software Engineering
Haizhao Yang Affiliate Associate Professor	Algorithms and Theory AI and Robotics High Performance and Scientific Computing Machine Learning and Data Science	The foundation of deep learning Machine learning-based reduced order modeling, system identification, and prediction Symbolic machine learning for interpretable AI
Donald Yeung Affiliate Professor
Cunxi Yu Affiliate Assistant Professor	Systems, Networking, and Architecture Machine Learning and Data Science
Kaiqing Zhang Affiliate Assistant Professor	AI and Robotics Algorithms and Theory Machine Learning and Data Science	Webpage