News & Announcements
QuICS Researchers Receive 2021 NISQ Computing Paper Award
Dec 20, 2021 - The researchers were recognized for their work involving quantum optimization.
UMD Team Wins Best Paper Award at NeurIPS 2021 Workshop
Dec 17, 2021 - It was recognized as the best paper presented at SafeRL, a workshop that was part of the 35th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), held virtually from December 6–14.
Lin Elected Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
Dec 08, 2021 - She was recognized for her contributions in virtual reality, computer graphics and robotics.
Humans vs. Machines: Examining the Effectiveness of Automated Topic Modeling Evaluations
Dec 06, 2021 - In a paper being presented this week, authors affiliated with the CLIP Lab argue that topic model developers should reassess the increasing use of machine learning to evaluate their work.
Cleaveland Is Named IEEE Fellow
Nov 29, 2021 - Being conferred Fellow status is the highest grade of IEEE membership, and one that is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honor and an important career achievement.
Hartree Fellow Cultivates New Perspectives on Quantum Computing
Nov 29, 2021 - Dominik Hangleiter, one of the newest Hartree Postdoctoral Fellows, develops theoretical frameworks to identify problems where quantum computers can be proven to dominate.
Metzler Receives $450K Air Force Young Investigator Award
Nov 16, 2021 - Metzler’s three-year project seeks to develop artificial intelligence-based multimodal sensor fusion algorithms that are fully self-supervised and do not require training data.
Upcoming Workshop Offers Positive Undergrad Research Experience
Nov 10, 2021 - Eight UMIACS faculty will participate in the workshop, offering expertise and knowledge in a team-based setting that provides a positive intellectual, social and emotional environment.
MC2 Researchers Present Six Papers at ACM Conference on Information Security
Nov 10, 2021 - The papers cover hot topics like key management for cryptocurrencies, post-quantum cryptography, fuzzy message detection and more.
Duraiswami’s Startup Collaborates on 3D Spatial Audio System to Improve Military Pilot Performance
Nov 02, 2021 - The system will have the capability to significantly improve upon the sound available to aviators in aircrafts to increase their situational awareness, reduce listener fatigue and improve reaction time.