He previously worked with the NSA while serving as an Air Force Captain.
They will present their research on neural networks and clarification questions at a conference in Melbourne, Australia.
Former UMIACS Director Joseph JaJa will lead the department.
All three will take year-long post doctoral positions before starting their academic appointments in three separate states.
Students' Augmentarium research in the will be incorporated into the Phillips Collection.
It's one of the first in-depth of analyses of its kind.
The workshop reunited Chellappa with dozens of his former students.
He will serve in the position for three years.
The study found that the computer algorithms are comparable to the skills of forensic experts.
The funding supports novel research in machine learning.