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Teaching AI to Listen

In collaboration with Adobe, CS Ph.D. student Sonal Kumar advances audio timestamp captioning to improve how AI understands speech and complex sounds.

From voice assistants answering questions to automated captions appearing on videos, artificial intelligence increasingly relies on audio to interact with people. Yet many systems still struggle to interpret sound the way humans do, particularly when...read more

Prospective CS Ph.D. Students Visit UMD

Admitted applicants attend the annual CS Visit Day, meeting faculty, exploring labs and connecting with graduate students at the Brendan Iribe Center.

The Department of Computer Science held its annual Graduate Visit Day on March 13, 2026, welcoming admitted prospective Ph.D. students to the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering. The event gave visitors the...read more

TRAILS Announces 11 Broader Impact Awards to Cultivate Next Generation of Trustworthy AI Leaders

The Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law & Society (TRAILS) has announced 11 Broader Impact Awards designed to expand access, participation and understanding of trustworthy artificial intelligence. Unveiled March 11, the awards—up to $25,000 each—will...read more

Testing AI Before It Touches the Network

CS Ph.D. student Yajie Zhou develops NetArena benchmark to evaluate safety and reliability of AI agents managing complex systems.

As artificial intelligence systems take on a growing role in automating technical tasks, researchers are examining how those tools can be safely applied to critical infrastructure. In areas such as network and system operations, even...read more

CS Ph.D. Student Seungjae Lee Advances Data-Driven Approach to Household Robotics

Lee explores how large-scale human data can help robots perform everyday household tasks.

As scientists work toward a future where robots can handle everyday household chores like washing dishes, folding laundry and ironing shirts, one of the field’s biggest hurdles is ensuring these machines can operate reliably in...read more

Ten Ph.D. Students Receive Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award

UMD doctoral students recognized among the top 2% of graduate assistants for 2025–2026.

Ten doctoral students have received the Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award for the 2025–2026 academic year. Joseph Carolan , Pierce Darragh , Eadom Dessalene , Hiba El Oirghi , Peyman Jabbarzade , Donghyeon Joo , Dayeon...read more

UMD Computer Science Students Use AI to Animate 3D Ant Models

In CMSC 435, Associate Professor James Purtilo’s software engineering class is helping transform scanned ant specimens into lifelike 3D models.

For more than a decade, Evan Economo’s lab has been using micro-CT machines to scan insect specimens. The resulting X-ray images help researchers study the form and structure of insects—a subfield of entomology known as...read more

In Pictures: The iCoSMoS Lab

Inside the University of Maryland lab where researchers explore how signals such as sound and wireless waves can help machines better understand the physical world.

At the University of Maryland’s Department of Computer Science, the Intelligent Connected Secure Mobile Systems (iCoSMoS) Lab explores how machines can sense and interpret the environments around them. Led by Associate Professor of Computer Science...read more

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