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The third-place finish secures the South Division title and advances the team to the World Finals in Dubai.
A student team from the University of Maryland’s Department of Computer Science earned a silver medal at the 2026 North America Championship of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) , held March 22 at the...read more
The partnership aims to develop standards and tools to evaluate safety, reliability and long-term performance of AI-driven health technologies.
Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled medical devices are advancing at an unprecedented pace—from software that helps interpret medical images to detect cancerous growths or identify biomarkers for specific diseases to algorithms that analyze ECGs for potentially fatal...read more
The award honors alumni whose work and achievements have made a significant difference in their communities and fields.
David Mount , a professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, was named a recipient of the 2026 Distinguished Science Alumni Award from Purdue University. Mount earned his doctorate in computer science from...read more
Symposium at the University of Maryland highlighted advances in microbiome engineering and data-driven research.
More than 120 researchers convened at the University of Maryland on Friday, March 20, for the 10th annual Mid-Atlantic Microbiome Meet-up. The one-day symposium, held at the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering,...read more
Inside the University of Maryland lab, researchers design small, interactive devices that explore how people engage with technology through physical experience.
At the University of Maryland’s Department of Computer Science, the Small Artifacts Lab , or SMART Lab, focuses on designing and studying technology as physical objects. Led by Assistant Professor of Computer Science Huaishu Peng...read more
Mohammad Hajiaghayi leads DARPA-backed GENIUS initiative at UMD to develop AI systems that can reason alongside mathematicians and advance complex problem-solving.
The University of Maryland will lead a new cross-institutional research effort designed to dramatically accelerate mathematical discovery by combining advanced artificial intelligence (AI) with deep human expertise in computer science and mathematics. As mathematicians tackle...read more
A UMD postdoctoral researcher explores how cryptography and machine learning can work together to enable secure AI systems trained on encrypted data.
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence depends on access to vast amounts of data—much of it deeply sensitive. From medical records to financial histories, these datasets fuel powerful machine learning models while raising a fundamental...read more
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, especially when...read more
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Building Principled and Generalizable Intelligence for Engineering Design
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PhD Defense: Limitations of Quantum Methods for Breaking Cryptography and for Optimization
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04.08.2026 12:00 to 13:30
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04.08.2026 14:00 to 15:30
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MS Defense: Demystifying Property-Based Testing through Evaluation & Visualization
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04.08.2026 15:30 to 17:00
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PhD Defense: Efficient Geometric Algorithms for Stochastic and Categorical Data
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Rethinking AI Systems Through Efficient Model Communication
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Rethinking AI Systems Through Efficient Model Communication
04.03.2026 14:00 to 15:30
PhD Proposal: A Systems Perspective on Interconnects for Quantum Computing
ATL-3100A https://umd.zoom.us/j/98645006306?pwd=WPL4bhZtqvHib5jPLPbYEihNToZtZe.1
PhD Proposal: A Systems Perspective on Interconnects for Quantum Computing
04.07.2026 11:00 to 12:00
Quantum simulation of dissipative non-Markovian dynamics
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Quantum simulation of dissipative non-Markovian dynamics
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Building Principled and Generalizable Intelligence for Engineering Design
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Building Principled and Generalizable Intelligence for Engineering Design
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Building Principled and Generalizable Intelligence for Engineering Design
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Building Principled and Generalizable Intelligence for Engineering Design
04.07.2026 13:00 to 15:00
PhD Defense: Limitations of Quantum Methods for Breaking Cryptography and for Optimization
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PhD Defense: Limitations of Quantum Methods for Breaking Cryptography and for Optimization
04.07.2026 13:00 to 14:30
PhD Defense: Limitations of Quantum Methods for Breaking Cryptography and for Optimization
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PhD Defense: Limitations of Quantum Methods for Breaking Cryptography and for Optimization