News & Announcements

QuICS Hosts International Cryptography Conference in Washington, D.C.

Sep 22, 2016 - Researchers from around the globe descended on downtown Washington, D.C. last week for the 6th International Conference on Quantum Cryptography, known colloquially as QCrypt.

UMIACS Summer Interns Get Hands-On Experience with Virtual Reality

Sep 13, 2016 - From making gaming more immersive to helping surgeons determine the best way to remove a tumor, virtual reality (VR) is rapidly becoming the next big thing in education and entertainment.

Chellappa to Receive Distinguished Alumnus Award from Indian Institute of Science

Sep 08, 2016 - Chellappa to Receive Distinguished Alumnus Award from Indian Institute of Science

Chellappa Named Inaugural Recipient of IEEE Biometrics Council Leadership Award

Sep 05, 2016 - Rama Chellappa, Distinguished University Professor and chair of electrical and computer engineering with an appointment in UMIACS, is the inaugural recipient of the IEEE Biometrics Council Leadership Awar

Pop Co-Organizes International Workshop on Next Generation Sequencing

Sep 05, 2016 - Mihai Pop, a professor of computer science in the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, recently co-organized an international workshop on next-generation sequencing (NGS).

Papamanthou Co-Organizes Workshop Focused on Secure Data Management Systems

Aug 31, 2016 - Charalampos (Babis) Papamanthou, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in the Maryland Cybersecurity Center (MC2), is co-organizing a workshop focused on building more secure data management systems and mining applications.