Fellowship Program Builds Bridges in Microbiome Sciences
The program unites graduate students to collaboratively tackle complex microbial challenges in health, agriculture and the environment.
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.
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.
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.
Quantum Leap Career Nexus
The Quantum Leap Career Nexus (QLCN) is a premier, global networking, recruitment, and mentorship workshop for careers in the quantum industry.
Hafezi Receives Humboldt Research Award
The award acknowledges his history of impactful research and supports visiting Germany to collaborate with colleagues there.
New Protocol Quickly Demonstrates and Verifies Quantum Speedups
QuICS researchers have proposed a novel way to demonstrate a quantum device’s problem-solving power and verify that it didn’t make a mistake.
UMD Researchers Sketch Out Path to Smarter Robots
They’ve developed a novel system that teaches complex tasks to robots using simple human drawings.
UMD Researchers Part of Team Receiving $1.8M DARPA Award to Make AI More Trustworthy
Soheil Feizi and Furong Huang are collaborating to make AI-driven large language models more consistent, adaptable and secure in high-stakes environments.