News & Announcements
UMD Center for Machine Learning Announces 2021 Class of Rising Stars in ML
Nov 02, 2021 - The program, now in its third year, aims to support machine learning researchers from underrepresented groups as they pursue new scientific discoveries and academic opportunities.
JaJa Part of UMD Team Using Machine Learning to Analyze fMRI Data
Nov 01, 2021 - The researchers published their work in September in PLOS Computational Biology.
CLIP Researchers Create Computational Models to Explore How Adults Learn New Languages
Oct 28, 2021 - A team of researchers in the Computational Linguistics and Information Processing (CLIP) Laboratory are using computational modeling to investigate learning mechanisms that can help listeners adapt their speech perception of a new language.
Two Former Graduate Students Receive the Larry S. Davis Doctoral Dissertation Award
Oct 22, 2021 - Soheil Behnezhad and Nitin J. Sanket are this year’s recipients of the award, which recognizes outstanding dissertations that convey excellence in technical depth, significance, potential impact and presentation quality.
Varshney to Serve on Steering Committee for National Advisory Council on Advancing XR Technologies
Oct 21, 2021 - He has been selected to serve on a steering committee dedicated to advancing policy and practical considerations involving virtual, augmented and mixed reality (XR) technologies.
Patro Part of Team Honored with Allen Newell Award for Research Excellence
Oct 20, 2021 - He played a key role as part of a team that developed Sailfish, an open-source software tool for the quantification of gene expression from RNA sequencing data.
Detecting Cardiovascular Disease With Artificial Intelligence
Oct 13, 2021 - Min Wu has been awarded $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a better understanding of testing for cardiovascular conditions with artificial intelligence.
QuICS Receives Renewed Federal Funding from NIST
Oct 13, 2021 - The interdisciplinary center focused on quantum computation, communication and cryptography is expected to receive up to $12.2 million over the next five years.
De Floriani Elected IEEE Division VIII Delegate/Director
Oct 12, 2021 - De Floriani says she will continue to enhance inclusiveness and advocate for forward-looking concepts in her new leadership role.
UMD Team Wins Internet Defense Prize
Oct 11, 2021 - The researchers were recognized for a paper that uncovered a unique form of distributed denial-of-service attack that can be used for internet censorship.