News & Announcements
Pop, Colwell Part of New USDA Center of Excellence Dedicated to Sustainable Water Reuse
Mar 22, 2016 - Mihai Pop and Rita Colwell are part of a just-announced multidisciplinary effort to develop innovative, safe and sustainable ways to irrigate food crops in variable climates.
MC2 Graduate Student Named Google Ph.D. Fellow
Mar 16, 2016 - Kartik Nayak, a third-year doctoral student in the Maryland Cybersecurity Center, was one of only 39 students North America, Europe and the Middle East to be named a Google Ph.D. Fellow.
Duraiswami Honored with USM Board of Regents Faculty Award
Mar 10, 2016 - Ramani Duraiswami, a professor of computer science and director of the Perceptual Interfaces and Reality Laboratory, is one of 17 faculty statewide to receive a 2016 University of Maryland Faculty Award for Excellence.
Subrahmanian Leads Team that Ranks Nations on Their Vulnerability to Cyberattacks
Mar 09, 2016 - A team of data-mining experts led by V.S. Subrahmanian recently published a book that ranked the vulnerability of 44 nations to cyberattacks.
QuICS Researcher Works to Illuminate the Power of Quantum Computers
Mar 01, 2016 - A postdoctoral researcher in the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS) is trying to understand the power of quantum computers by expanding a set of conventional—and imaginatively named—tools.
Perlis Receives AAAI Blue Sky Award for Innovative Work in Artificial Intelligence
Feb 18, 2016 - Don Perlis, a professor of computer science with an appointment in UMIACS, was recently honored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) for his ideas on advancing autonomous commonsense-reasoning by basing knowledge and understanding on a form of perceptual imagination.
Chetty Receives Google Research Award to Improve Online Safety for Kids
Feb 16, 2016 - Marshini Chetty, an assistant professor in the iSchool with an appointment in UMIACS, has received a Google Research Award to improve online safety for kids.
Hajiaghayi Leads Multi-Institutional Team in Solving Complex Game Theory Scenario
Feb 16, 2016 - Mohammad T. Hajiaghayi, the Jack and Rita G. Minker Associate Professor of Computer Science with an appointment in UMIACS, recently led a team of computer scientists in solving a game theory scenario that has vexed researchers for nearly a century.
Druin Elected to SIGCHI Academy
Feb 11, 2016 - Allison Druin, a professor in the College of Information Studies (iSchool) with an appointment in UMIACS, was recently named a 2016 member of the SIGCHI Academy.
Dumitras Chairs Conference Session on Emerging Cyber Threats, Novel Attacks
Jan 28, 2016 - Dumitras Chairs Conference Session on Emerging Cyber Threats, Novel Attacks