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The 2026 promotions recognize faculty members whose work spans artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, computational biology and other areas of computing.
The University of Maryland Department of Computer Science announced 11 faculty promotions, recognizing faculty members whose work spans artificial intelligence, systems, computational biology, human-computer interaction, security, programming languages, computer vision and computer science education. The...read more
New majors aim to ethically advance AI tech, prepare students to address Its societal impact.
The University of Maryland will launch two new undergraduate degrees in artificial intelligence (AI), including one of the nation’s first interdisciplinary majors focused on the impact of AI on humans, with courses spanning philosophy, ethics,...read more
The senior computer science and music double major never performed publicly before coming to UMD. Now, she’s eyeing a career as a professional opera singer.
Unlike most music majors at the University of Maryland, Yasmine Tajeddin had never performed in front of a crowd before arriving on campus. She never had vocal lessons, took a music class in high school...read more
Jordan Boyd-Graber uses a fast-paced trivia competition to study how people decide when to trust AI and when to rely on their own judgment.
Artificial intelligence has rapidly transformed from a novelty into a powerful tool capable of outperforming even expert humans in some knowledge-based tasks. In “Can AI and People Play Nice?,” Terp explores how University of Maryland...read more
Computer science Ph.D. student Simge Tekin led the study, which analyzed more than 750,000 container images and found gaps that can leave cloud systems exposed.
A software patch may be available, but that doesn't mean it's protecting the systems that need it. A new study from the University of Maryland and Google Research reveals that critical security updates often become...read more
Two University of Maryland researchers will use prestigious Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships to tackle challenges ranging from atmospheric turbulence to human-machine understanding. Levi Burner, who earned his Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering...read more
Mohammad Hajiaghayi , the Jack and Rita G. Minker Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, will be recognized with two Test of Time Awards from the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest...read more
Led by Soheil Feizi, researchers developed a method that can remove specific information from AI models without diminishing their broader abilities.
Imagine trying to remove a single drop of red dye from a gallon of purple paint without ruining the color entirely. For developers of large language models (LLMs), that has long been the challenge of...read more
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06.29.2026 11:00 to 12:00
PhD Defense: Web-Based Flow-Directed Transformations and Type-Preserving Compilation
Benjamin Quiring
PLUM lab, University of Maryland
MTH 1310
PhD Defense: Web-Based Flow-Directed Transformations and Type-Preserving Compilation
Benjamin Quiring
PLUM lab, University of Maryland
Talk
06.29.2026 13:30 to 15:00
PhD Defense: Designing Effective Property-Based Testing Frameworks
Alperen Keles
IRB-4109 http://umd.zoom.us/my/leonidas
PhD Defense: Designing Effective Property-Based Testing Frameworks
Alperen Keles
Talk
07.01.2026 13:30 to 15:00
PhD Defense: From 3D Reconstruction to Usable Scene Representations
Alex Hanson
IRB IRB-5165 or https://umd.zoom.us/my/alex.hanson
PhD Defense: From 3D Reconstruction to Usable Scene Representations
Alex Hanson
Talk
07.09.2026 14:00 to 15:00
Disclosure avoidance in open science: Addressing sociotechnical privacy challenges with a human-centered approach
Wentao Guo
CS Department, University of Maryland
IRB 5165
Disclosure avoidance in open science: Addressing sociotechnical privacy challenges with a human-centered approach
Wentao Guo
CS Department, University of Maryland
06.29.2026 11:00 to 12:00
PhD Defense: Web-Based Flow-Directed Transformations and Type-Preserving Compilation
1310
PhD Defense: Web-Based Flow-Directed Transformations and Type-Preserving Compilation
06.29.2026 13:30 to 15:00
PhD Defense: Designing Effective Property-Based Testing Frameworks
IRB-4109 http://umd.zoom.us/my/leonidas
PhD Defense: Designing Effective Property-Based Testing Frameworks
07.01.2026 13:30 to 15:00
PhD Defense: From 3D Reconstruction to Usable Scene Representations
IRB-5165 or https://umd.zoom.us/my/alex.hanson
PhD Defense: From 3D Reconstruction to Usable Scene Representations
07.09.2026 14:00 to 15:00
Disclosure avoidance in open science: Addressing sociotechnical privacy challenges with a human-centered approach
5165
Disclosure avoidance in open science: Addressing sociotechnical privacy challenges with a human-centered approach
08.10.2026 14:30 to 15:30
To be announced
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/5972416689
To be announced
08.25.2026 13:00 to 14:00
PhD Defense: To be announced
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: To be announced
PhD Defense: To be announced