News & Announcements
Tracking Transgenic Crop-Produced Mutations in the Corn Earworm
Oct 16, 2024 - Supported by a USDA grant, two UMIACS researchers have teamed up to study the corn earworm’s growing resistance to non-chemical pesticides.
Reimagining the Future of Historical Research, One Box at a Time
Oct 11, 2024 - UMD information experts are developing novel methods to track down paper documents at the National Archives in College Park.
ACES Awarded $5M Grant Renewal to Strengthen Cybersecurity Workforce
Oct 09, 2024 - The funding will support 30 students over the next five years as they prepare for careers in cybersecurity.
UMD Researcher Awarded $364K to Make Data Analysis Faster and More Accessible
Oct 09, 2024 - The three-institution collaborative project aims to develop advanced algorithms that will enable clustering over massive datasets and allow scientists, companies, and government agencies to solve complex problems.
Protecting Our Region’s Poultry Industry with Advanced Technology
Oct 08, 2024 - Mostafa Ghanem is using new genomic tools to improve our understanding and the prevention of infectious poultry diseases.
Medical Training Comes to Life in UMD’s VR Simulation
Oct 02, 2024 - UMD visualization experts are working with medical experts at UMB to develop immersive training tools for stroke assessment.
UMIACS Team Part of $2.8M DARPA Award to Advance Autonomous Robotics
Sep 26, 2024 - Their work, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Chicago and the University of Texas at Austin, will lead to robust autonomous robotic systems based on symbolic reasoning, allowing the machine’s AI neural networks to mimic human thought processes.
Yunger Halpern Makes Science News’s 10 Scientists to Watch List
Sep 25, 2024 - She has been named one of Science News’s 10 “Scientists to Watch” for her pioneering work in quantum thermodynamics. Yunger Halpern blends historical concepts with modern technology to advance the understanding of small-scale systems like qubits.
UMD Alumna Wins Best Thesis Award for Machine Translation Research
Sep 25, 2024 - Eleftheria Briakou received the award from the Association for Machine Translation in the Americas for her innovative work on enhancing translation accuracy through algorithms detecting subtle shifts in meaning.
CBCB Team Publishes Innovative Research on Improving Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis
Sep 23, 2024 - The cross-institutional project, which uses machine learning to analyze wearable sensor data, could lead to more accurate and earlier diagnoses of people suffering from Parkinson’s.