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New UMD program to support campuswide efforts to tackle societal problems.
University leaders today unveiled nine proposals for Institutional Grants selected to move forward in the Grand Challenges Grants program, which will provide up to $30 million in institutional investments to fund initiatives and projects designed...read more
Computer science graduate student Trista Cao and math graduate student Anna Sotnikova want to curb harmful language in natural language processing models
If you’ve ever done a Google search or chatted with Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa, you have seen natural language processing (NLP) at work. This form of artificial intelligence (AI) teaches machines human language, allowing them...read more
UMD computer science major Genevieve Sampson shares thoughts on her first Technica and her current role as co-executive director of the world’s biggest hackathon for underrepresented genders.
Before college, University of Maryland computer science major Genevieve Sampson had never written a line of code in her life. Encouraged by some peers, she decided to attend UMD’s Technica hackathon for underrepresented genders during...read more
Steven Armentrout (Ph.D. ’94, computer science) and his company Parabon NanoLabs are creating breakthrough products in forensics and nanotechnology
In June 2022, a Texas police department solved a 20-year-old cold case , finally putting the man who robbed and murdered a Houston-area convenience store owner behind bars. It was all thanks to a relentless...read more
Cleaveland served as director of the Division of Computing and Communications Foundations for four years.
University of Maryland Computer Science Professor Rance Cleaveland spent the last three years as director of the National Science Foundation’s Division of Computing and Communications Foundations (CCF), one of four divisions under the Directorate for...read more
The department is pleased to announce our winners for the teaching award for the academic year 2021-22. Based on the nominations made by the students and the faculty the award committee selected the following recipients...read more
Targeted online advertising is now ubiquitous, with search engines and online social networks using powerful targeting technologies so that advertisers can deliver their sales pitch to specific end-users. While these technologies can help users see...read more
With today’s technology, it’s easier than ever to communicate, accomplish tasks, and work remotely. Yet this over-reliance on computers and smartphones can also have negative effects—contributing to information overload, social media addictions, and mental health...read more
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10.07.2022 11:00 to 12:00
Learning to see the 3D world
Jia-Bin Huang
IRB0318-https://umd.zoom.us/j/99950842587?pwd=U1pnTXVUNzVJWjgrbi83d2VaMGFPZz09
Learning to see the 3D world
Jia-Bin Huang
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10.07.2022 12:00 to 14:00
PhD Proposal: An Approximation Framework for Large-scale Spatial Games
Vincent Hsiao
IRB 4109
PhD Proposal: An Approximation Framework for Large-scale Spatial Games
Vincent Hsiao
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10.14.2022 16:00 to 18:00
PhD Proposal: Long Context Multimodal Understanding
Puneet Mathur
IRB 5107
PhD Proposal: Long Context Multimodal Understanding
Puneet Mathur
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10.17.2022 14:30 to 16:30
PhD Defense: On Algorithmic Fairness and Stochastic Models for Combinatorial Optimization and Unsupervised Machine Learning
Leonidas Tsepenekas
IRB 4107
PhD Defense: On Algorithmic Fairness and Stochastic Models for Combinatorial Optimization and Unsupervised Machine Learning
Leonidas Tsepenekas
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10.06.2022 14:00 to 15:00
Genomic tracking of superbugs in the Military Health System: from continents to hospital wards
Iribe Center, Room 4105 (Zoom link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/97287503999)
Genomic tracking of superbugs in the Military Health System: from continents to hospital wards
10.07.2022 11:00 to 12:00
Learning to see the 3D world
IRB0318-https://umd.zoom.us/j/99950842587?pwd=U1pnTXVUNzVJWjgrbi83d2VaMGFPZz09
Learning to see the 3D world
10.07.2022 12:00 to 14:00
PhD Proposal: An Approximation Framework for Large-scale Spatial Games
4109
PhD Proposal: An Approximation Framework for Large-scale Spatial Games
10.11.2022 17:00 to 18:00
Clifford Neural Layers for PDE Modeling by Brandstetter et al. (2022)
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Clifford Neural Layers for PDE Modeling by Brandstetter et al. (2022)
10.12.2022 11:00 to 12:00
Learning global charges from local measurements
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/2821742741?pwd=SWJSRm1DTGFoYUtVMllVSEo5bzdmdz09
Learning global charges from local measurements
10.12.2022 13:00 to 14:00
The Yamakawa-Zhandry breakthrough
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/96508005344
The Yamakawa-Zhandry breakthrough
10.13.2022 10:00 to 11:00
Statistical mechanics models for hybrid quantum circuits
PSC 2136 and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/97880726390
Statistical mechanics models for hybrid quantum circuits
10.17.2022 14:30 to 16:30
PhD Defense: On Algorithmic Fairness and Stochastic Models for Combinatorial Optimization and Unsupervised Machine Learning
4107
PhD Defense: On Algorithmic Fairness and Stochastic Models for Combinatorial Optimization and Unsupervised Machine Learning