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Ruohan Gao

Assistant Professor
Computer Vision & Machine Learning
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Evan Economo

Professor
Biodiversity Informatics
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Josiah Dykstra

Adjunct Research Scientist
Human-centered Cybersecurity
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Julia Mendelsohn

Assistant Professor
Natural Language Processing
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Fumeng Yang

Assistant Professor
Trustworthy AI

Director's Message to UMIACS June 2025

man in red plaid shirt and black glasses smilingAs you can see from this month’s feature story, our colleague Andrew Childs was just named interim director of UMIACS.

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Fellowship Program Builds Bridges in Microbiome Sciences

The program unites graduate students to collaboratively tackle complex microbial challenges in health, agriculture and the environment.

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Earbuds and Echoes: A New Way to Track Auditory Attention

Ph.D. student Harshvardhan Takawale is developing a system that uses earbuds to detect shifts in auditory attention through subtle changes in the ear.

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Criteria for Appointment/Promotion to Faculty Ranks in UMIACS

Professorial faculty in UMIACS are expected to establish and maintain the highest standards. The following paragraphs provide guidance as to the criteria to be addressed in promotion and appointment dossiers, in order to ensure that professorial faculty in UMIACS meet these expectations. These criteria apply fully to the positions of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor. In what follows, “members of the faculty” refers to faculty holding any of these three ranks.

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Fermüller Co-Organizes Event-Based Vision Workshop at Top Computer Vision Conference

The workshop brought together researchers and practitioners focused on the rapidly growing field of event-based and neuromorphic vision.

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