News & Announcements
De Floriani Elected IEEE Division VIII Delegate/Director
Oct 12, 2021 - De Floriani says she will continue to enhance inclusiveness and advocate for forward-looking concepts in her new leadership role.
UMD Team Wins Internet Defense Prize
Oct 11, 2021 - The researchers were recognized for a paper that uncovered a unique form of distributed denial-of-service attack that can be used for internet censorship.
Min Wu Elected President of IEEE Signal Processing Society
Oct 10, 2021 - IEEE SPS boasts a membership base of nearly 20,000 researchers from 100 countries who are active in signal processing, an engineering sub-field that focuses on analyzing, modeling, enhancing, and synthesizing signals such as sound, images, and scientific measurements.
As New Director, Mazurek Expands on MC2’s Momentum
Oct 07, 2021 - She now leads numerous successful programs and partnerships established by the center’s prior directors, and is developing new ideas and initiatives of her own.
Bederson, Shneiderman Receive IEEE VIS Test of Time Award
Sep 27, 2021 - The two emeritus faculty were recognized for their foundational work two decades ago that underlies modern treemap algorithms.
Varshney Named Interim Vice President for Research for UMD, UMB
Sep 23, 2021 - In this role, Varshney will provide strategic leadership to support the continued growth of the University of Maryland's more than $1 billion research enterprise.
Samet Receives Solid Modeling Association Pioneer Award
Sep 21, 2021 - He was recognized by the SMA for his longstanding work involving quadtrees and other multidimensional spatial data structures for sorting spatial information.
Wu Part of $7.5M MURI Award to Develop a Scalable Quantum Random Access Memory Architecture
Sep 20, 2021 - He is collaborating with researchers from Yale University and the University of Chicago on the five-year project funded the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
QuICS Team Discovers New Quantum Algorithm for Nonlinear Differential Equations
Sep 16, 2021 - QuICS graduate student Jin-Peng Liu led a team of researchers in a search for quantum algorithms that can make quick work of differential equations.
IMD Students Showcase Immersive Works at NextNOW Fest
Sep 13, 2021 - Participating students were supported by the IMD New Works Incubator, a new summer program that provides students with resources to develop immersive projects for NextNOW.