News & Announcements
Vishkin Featured in Communications of the ACM Point/Counterpoint
Oct 10, 2022 - The informative debate was published in Communications of the ACM, sent to more than 100,000 members of the Association for Computing Machinery, with scores more reading the publication online.
Using a Computational Approach to Improve Therapeutic Drug Treatments
Oct 10, 2022 - Professor Michael Cummings and others will analyze the synthetic process that goes into manufacturing antisense oligonucleotides—small pieces of DNA or RNA that can bind to specific molecules of RNA.
HCIL Researchers Receive IEEE VIS Test of Time Award
Oct 06, 2022 - Retired UMIACS faculty Catherine Plaisant and Ben Bederson are being recognized for their foundational work on zoomable tree browsers from two decades ago.
Rance Cleaveland Returns to UMD After Serving as NSF Division Director
Oct 03, 2022 - Cleaveland served as director of the Division of Computing and Communications Foundations for four years.
Maryland Quantum-Thermodynamics Hub Launches with $2M Grant
Sep 30, 2022 - QuICS Fellow Nicole Yunger Halpern is part of an effort to galvanize a field that is central to understanding the workings of our universe and to developing robust quantum technologies.
Behavioral Sciences Technology Expert Pablo Paredes Joins UMIACS
Sep 20, 2022 - Paredes studies the relationship between technology and health, and how digital and physical tools can sustain and improve our well-being.
How AI Could Help Writers Spot Stereotypes
Sep 19, 2022 - A literary work's cast of characters can be true-to-life, or it can embody regressive stereotypes. A new AI system developed by UMD researchers can help writers tell the difference.
How Do Infants Learn Sounds in Their Native Language?
Sep 18, 2022 - UMD-affiliated computational linguists Kasia Hitczenko and Naomi Feldman have published groundbreaking research that examines how infants learn to identify sounds in their native language.
Creating an Unremovable Watermark to Protect Intellectual Property
Sep 18, 2022 - Research by Tom Goldstein and others in the University of Maryland Center for Machine Learning uses AI to improve digital watermarks.
Exploring Transparency in Online Advertising
Sep 12, 2022 - Michelle Mazurek is part of a multi-institutional team looking to better understand how consumers’ personal information is used to generate online targeted ads.