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Agrawala’s career spans the department’s early years, decades of work in systems, networking and mobile computing, and the program’s growth into a top-ranked computer science program.
When Ashok Agrawala arrived at the University of Maryland in 1971, computer science at the university was still taking institutional shape. The Department of Computer Science had not yet been formally established, the personal computer...read more
He discusses his path into computing, his work in computational genomics and advice for students interested in computational biology.
University of Maryland Associate Professor of Computer Science Rob Patro works in computational genomics, where his research addresses the growing need to process and interpret large amounts of biological sequencing data. He leads the COMBINE...read more
Graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies honored 1,191 computer science students.
For many students, commencement is measured in brief moments: a name called from the stage, a handshake, a photo with family or a final walk with classmates. Behind those moments are years of coursework, research,...read more
Her research examines how irrelevant information can influence reasoning in large language models.
University of Maryland Department of Computer Science Ph.D. student Hillary Owusu received an ACM-W scholarship to attend the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics , where she will present research examining irrational...read more
Mohammad Hajiaghayi and CS Ph.D. students are developing AI systems that can generate, test and refine mathematical ideas.
At the University of Maryland, researchers aren’t just building smarter AI—they’re trying to teach machines how to reason. Led by computer science professor Mohammad Hajiaghayi , a UMD team is working toward an ambitious goal:...read more
CS majors Sujay Konda and Ishan Raghavendra each ranked in the top 200 out of more than 4,300 competitors in one of the most prestigious mathematics contests for undergraduates in North America.
Every winter, thousands of college students across the United States and Canada sit down for six hours to take the 12-question Putnam Competition exam, widely considered one of the most difficult undergraduate math contests in...read more
Her work examines how multilingual AI systems can facilitate cross-language communication, including in settings where translation errors can affect how people understand information.
University of Maryland Associate Professor of Computer Science, Marine Carpuat , studies natural language processing, with a focus on multilingual artificial intelligence and cross-language communication. Her work examines how AI systems can help people communicate...read more
Andrew Childs and CS Ph.D. student Mahathi Vempati are part of two finalist teams in the international quantum computing challenge.
Researchers affiliated with the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS) are part of two of the five finalist teams selected in the $5 million XPRIZE Quantum Applications competition, an international effort to...read more
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06.01.2026 14:30 to 16:00
PhD Defense: Towards Principled AI Agents with Asymmetric and Decentralized Information
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PhD Defense: Towards Principled AI Agents with Asymmetric and Decentralized Information
Xiangyu Liu
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06.02.2026 14:00 to 15:30
PhD Proposal: Beyond Descriptive xAI: Cross-Domain Methods for Converting Interpretability into Model Improvement
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PhD Proposal: Beyond Descriptive xAI: Cross-Domain Methods for Converting Interpretability into Model Improvement
Sai Yerramreddy
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06.23.2026 12:00 to 13:30
PhD Defense: Learning Robot Policies from Intuitive Human Guidance
Amisha Bhaskar
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Amisha Bhaskar
06.01.2026 14:30 to 16:00
PhD Defense: Towards Principled AI Agents with Asymmetric and Decentralized Information
IRB-5105 https://umd.zoom.us/j/7269246363#success
PhD Defense: Towards Principled AI Agents with Asymmetric and Decentralized Information
06.02.2026 14:00 to 15:30
PhD Proposal: Beyond Descriptive xAI: Cross-Domain Methods for Converting Interpretability into Model Improvement
University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing - Meeting Room 4 https://umd.zoom.us/j/3473881918
PhD Proposal: Beyond Descriptive xAI: Cross-Domain Methods for Converting Interpretability into Model Improvement
06.04.2026 10:00 to 11:00
From Preparing Quantum Spin Lakes to Measuring Chaos with Hamiltonian Learning: Quantum Simulation Beyond the Ground State
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/5871875361?omn=98612137949
From Preparing Quantum Spin Lakes to Measuring Chaos with Hamiltonian Learning: Quantum Simulation Beyond the Ground State
06.05.2026 12:00 to 13:00
A complexity phase transition at the EPR Hamiltonian
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A complexity phase transition at the EPR Hamiltonian
06.12.2026 09:30 to 11:30
PhD Defense: Quantum Cryptography in the Presence of Side Information
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PhD Defense: Quantum Cryptography in the Presence of Side Information
06.12.2026 14:00 to 15:00
A whole new woRLD of Fisher information
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: To be announced
A whole new woRLD of Fisher information
06.23.2026 12:00 to 13:30
PhD Defense: Learning Robot Policies from Intuitive Human Guidance
IRB 4105 https://umd.zoom.us/j/6319739372?pwd=1aDsXO4mgX91LPQotgBGgDCCNBsvav.1&om...
PhD Defense: Learning Robot Policies from Intuitive Human Guidance