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Her research focuses on helping intermittent computing platforms operate correctly when harvested energy causes repeated shutdowns.
Milijana Surbatovich , an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award to advance research on intermittent computing platforms,...read more
Department of Computer Science faculty and affiliates were among those recognized for national academy memberships.
University of Maryland leadership on Friday celebrated faculty members whose scholarship, research and innovation have earned them elections to some of the nation’s most prestigious academic and professional organizations. Collectively, UMD faculty members hold more...read more
Department of Computer Science faculty members were among those honored.
The University of Maryland's College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) celebrated its 2026 employee award recipients at an awards ceremony on May 1, 2026. This year's awardees, who include Department of Computer Science...read more
Rajveer Singh, Ananth Sriram and Neel Mokaria took first place with an AI-powered dashboard that identifies safety risks in construction footage.
Construction sites generate large amounts of video from body cameras, mounted cameras and other tools used to document work as it happens. For three University of Maryland computer science students, that footage became the foundation...read more
The three courses will give students hands-on experience with autonomous systems, embodied AI and AI-assisted software development.
Faculty in the University of Maryland Department of Computer Science are involved in three of the 15 new courses announced by the Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland as part of its 2026-27 course development...read more
Ming Lin and Dinesh Manocha were recognized for multi-agent navigation research with lasting impact.
Nearly two decades after its publication, a research paper on how moving systems avoid collisions continues to influence fields ranging from robotics to computer-aided design to digital gaming. That work by Ming Lin , Distinguished...read more
CS Ph.D. student Julio Poveda studies how AI tools can be tested and designed to better protect survivors from technology-facilitated abuse.
As AI becomes deeply integrated into our daily lives—offering everything from productivity hacks to emotional support—a critical challenge has emerged: ensuring these tools do not become weapons for abuse. At the University of Maryland, Julio...read more
Sisters Aydina and Sufyana Johnson used skills developed through UMD’s CompSciConnect to build a native plants app that gained recognition across Maryland.
On any given day, Aydina and Sufyana Johnson might be reading, baking, hiking, riding horses or heading to karate class or choir. Like many middle and high school students, they have days shaped by school...read more
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