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Atif Memon, a professor of computer science with an appointment in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS), has received the Fraunhofer-Bessel Research Award from the Humboldt Foundation and the Fraunhofer Society for the Advancement of Applied Research.

Programming languages—which allow humans to write computer software without worrying about the details of computer hardware—are essential for modern computing. And now is the perfect time to start designing programming languages for quantum computers, according to a postdoctoral researcher at the Jo

The Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS) recently hosted more than 30 experts from a Canadian research organization for a series of talks and discussions focused on advancing the field of quantum information science.

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.

Kartik Nayak, a third-year doctoral student in the, was one of only 39 students North America, Europe and the Middle East to be named a Google Ph.D. Fellow.

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.

A team of data-mining experts led by V.S. Subrahmanian recently published a book that ranked the vulnerability of 44 nations to cyberattacks.

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.

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 imaginati

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.