News & Announcements
Shneiderman and Varshney Inducted into IEEE Visualization Academy
Oct 23, 2019 - It is considered the highest and most prestigious honor in the field of computer visualization.
HCIL Researchers Present Eight Papers at VIS 2019
Oct 22, 2019 - The conference is considered the premier forum for the latest advances in theory, methods and applications related to computer visualization.
Tokekar Using Robots to Collect Important Data
Oct 14, 2019 - He's working in an area of robotics research he identifies as “3D problems”—robots doing jobs that can be dull, dirty and dangerous.
Hicks Wins NSA’s Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition
Oct 02, 2019 - Hicks helped lead a team of researchers to victory in the National Security Agency’s 7th Annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition.
Rising Stars in Machine Learning Talk Features Gintare Karolina Dziugaite
Oct 01, 2019 - Her research combines theoretical and empirical approaches to understanding deep learning.
Hartree Fellows Add Scientific Strength to UMD’s Quantum Efforts
Sep 25, 2019 - The program recruits talented postdocs interested in quantum information science to work at UMD for up to three years.
Rising Stars in Machine Learning Talk Features Adji Bousso Dieng from Columbia University
Sep 25, 2019 - Her research involves combining probabilistic graphical modeling and deep learning to design models that are expressive and powerful enough to capture meaningful representations of high-dimensional structured data.
QuICS Researchers Awarded $3.8M for Quantum Computing Research
Sep 23, 2019 - The funding supports a broad range of topics that will lay the groundwork for quantum computers to become practical devices.
Wu Receives IEEE Rigas Award
Sep 20, 2019 - She was recognized for excellence and outstanding leadership in signal processing, education and mentoring.
Rising Stars in Machine Learning Talk Features Surbhi Goel from UT Austin
Sep 16, 2019 - Goel is one of three speakers chosen to present their work this fall at the University of Maryland as part of the Rising Stars in Machine Learning initiative.