News & Announcements
Five UMIACS Researchers Receive Academic Promotions
Jun 11, 2019 - These academic promotions are in recognition of continued excellence in research, scholarship and outreach.
QuICS Hosts Major Quantum Conference and Partner Workshop
Jun 03, 2019 - The weeklong meeting has attracted faculty, research scientists and students from around the world.
Manocha and Samet Named to 2019 ACM SIGGRAPH Academy
May 31, 2019 - The academy was established in 2018 to recognize individuals who have made substantial contributions to computer graphics and interactive techniques.
Frias-Martinez Uses Data Science to Quantify Impact of Natural Disasters
May 30, 2019 - She is analyzing large amounts of mobile data to quantify the impact that natural disasters have on communities.
Feizi Receives Qualcomm Faculty Award
May 24, 2019 - His research will be used to advance technology used for autonomous vehicles.
Fermüller Receives Provost’s Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty
May 23, 2019 - She is being recognized for her outstanding accomplishments in computer vision, robotics, and human vision research.
MC2 Grad Student Redmiles Accepts Tenure-Track Faculty Position at Princeton University
May 21, 2019 - She will assume the position in Fall 2020 following a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at Microsoft Research.
Aloimonos, Fermüller and Graduate Students Publish Paper on New Computing Theory that Could Transform AI for Robotics
May 15, 2019 - A team led by Aloimonos and Fermüller have published a groundbreaking paper that introduces a new way of combining perception and motor commands in robots.
Feizi Receives NSF Award to Analyze and Predict Freak Oceanic Waves
May 13, 2019 - The grant will support efforts to develop a data-driven framework and other tools to better understand rogue (freak) waves.
Huang Receives NSF and J.P. Morgan Research Awards
May 10, 2019 - She has received two separate research awards from the National Science Foundation and J.P Morgan to study neural networks and trading behavior over financial data streams, respectively.