News & Announcements
Lampropoulos Receives NSF CAREER Award to Develop Better Methods to Find Software Errors
Apr 22, 2022 - The funding supports efforts to advance a randomized testing technique known as “fuzzing,” making it easier to write, debug, and reason about software and its specifications.
Improving Fairness and Trust in AI Used for College Admissions and Language Translation
Apr 14, 2022 - With $1.6M in funding from the National Science Foundation and Amazon, University of Maryland faculty are developing algorithms and protocols that can improve the efficiency, reliability and trustworthiness of artificial intelligence systems.
QuICS Graduate Student Wins Ford Foundation Fellowship
Apr 11, 2022 - A graduate student in the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS) has received funding from the Ford Foundation in support of his work in quantum information theory and quantum thermodynamics.
Lin Inducted into IEEE Virtual Reality Academy
Apr 10, 2022 - Her research focuses on multimodal interaction, physically based animations and simulations, as well as algorithmic robotics and their use in physical and virtual environments.
Cummings Receives NVIDIA Academic Hardware Grant
Apr 04, 2022 - The grant will assist in the development of software that provides a rapid analysis of biological sequence data.
Efficiently Processing Single-Cell and Single-Nucleus RNA-Sequencing Data
Mar 29, 2022 - A multi-institutional team that includes Associate Professor Rob Patro (left in photo) and Ph.D. student Dongze He (right) has released a toolkit for the efficient processing of single-cell and single-nucleus RNA sequencing data.
World Traveling Postdoc Finds a Home at MC2
Mar 28, 2022 - Andreea Alexandru’s research involves privacy-preserving protocols with applications in cyber-physical systems and machine learning.
Developing Algorithms to Improve Accessibility and Equity for COVID-19 Vaccination Sites
Mar 23, 2022 - Experts from the University of Maryland and the University of Virginia are developing sophisticated algorithms that can help health care officials determine the best locations to place vaccination sites.
QuICS Graduate Student Wins QIP Quantum Chess Tournament
Mar 14, 2022 - Daochen Wang, a fourth-year doctoral student advised by Andrew Childs and Carl Miller, advanced through five elimination rounds to take the top prize.
Expanding Access to Data Visualization for the Visually Impaired
Mar 09, 2022 - Through a $2 million contract with the Maryland State Department of Education, Niklas Elmqvist is working to make data visualization tools more accessible for high school students who are visually challenged.