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The two-year $1.3M project will support data systems research for tactical military networks.
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In most situations, University of Maryland scientist Guangyang Fang would advise you not to walk into a lightning strike. But now, he’s encouraging everyone to dive right into a thunderstorm – in virtual reality, that...read more
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Agarwal finds success in competitive programming in cybersecurity and blockchain tracks.
Vitthal Agarwal , a freshman double majoring in computer science and mathematics at the University of Maryland, has quickly established himself in the hackathon circuit. The international student has competed in several high-profile events, securing...read more
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04.01.2025 10:00 to 12:00
PhD Defense: Minimalist Sensing Toward Ubiquitous Perception
Yang Bai
IRB IRB-5105
PhD Defense: Minimalist Sensing Toward Ubiquitous Perception
Yang Bai
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04.01.2025 11:00 to 12:00
From Code Generation Towards Software Engineering: Advancing Code Intelligence w/ Language Models
Yangruibo (Robin) Ding
IRB 4105 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/94340703410?pwd=rrXaGSXSpabcMTtDNmeCNf2Ih2fQYE.1
From Code Generation Towards Software Engineering: Advancing Code Intelligence w/ Language Models
Yangruibo (Robin) Ding
Talk
04.01.2025 12:30 to 15:00
PhD Defense: Advancing Visual Assets: Taming Deep Priors for Editing and Enhancement
Yiran Xu
IRB IRB-4107 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/9373888068
PhD Defense: Advancing Visual Assets: Taming Deep Priors for Editing and Enhancement
Yiran Xu
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04.01.2025 15:30 to 17:00
PhD Defense: Breath Analytics: A Sensor-Driven Study of Day-to-Day Human
Faizan Wajid
IRB-4105 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/7472180327
PhD Defense: Breath Analytics: A Sensor-Driven Study of Day-to-Day Human
Faizan Wajid
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04.02.2025 11:00 to 12:00
Beyond Scaling: Frontiers of Retrieval-Augmented Language Models
Akari Asai
IRB 4105 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/94340703410?pwd=rrXaGSXSpabcMTtDNmeCNf2Ih2fQYE.1
Beyond Scaling: Frontiers of Retrieval-Augmented Language Models
Akari Asai
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04.03.2025 14:00 to 16:00
PhD Defense: New Efficient Algorithms for Nested Machine Learning Problems
Junyi Li
IRB IRB-4109
PhD Defense: New Efficient Algorithms for Nested Machine Learning Problems
Junyi Li
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04.03.2025 16:00 to 18:00
PhD Defense: Gradient-Based Prompt Optimization for LLMs: Progress and Challenges
Sicheng Zhu
IRB-4137 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/7541393444
PhD Defense: Gradient-Based Prompt Optimization for LLMs: Progress and Challenges
Sicheng Zhu
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04.04.2025 09:30 to 11:30
PhD Defense: Toward Learning Non-Spurious Functions: From Representation to Decision Through Data and Model Design
Xiaoyu Liu
IRB IRB-4105 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/93564298810
PhD Defense: Toward Learning Non-Spurious Functions: From Representation to Decision Through Data and Model Design
Xiaoyu Liu
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04.04.2025 11:00 to 13:00
PhD Defense: Practical Multiparty Protocols from Lattice Assumptions: Signatures, Pseudorandom Functions, and More
Kamil Doruk Gur
IRB-5105 or https://umd.zoom.us/my/kdgur?pwd=S0ZEWHJWdC94M3RhNXZtK3NFcE41UT09&omn=92...
PhD Defense: Practical Multiparty Protocols from Lattice Assumptions: Signatures, Pseudorandom Functions, and More
Kamil Doruk Gur
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04.01.2025 12:30 to 15:00
PhD Defense: Advancing Visual Assets: Taming Deep Priors for Editing and Enhancement
IRB-4107 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/9373888068
PhD Defense: Advancing Visual Assets: Taming Deep Priors for Editing and Enhancement
04.01.2025 15:30 to 17:00
PhD Defense: Breath Analytics: A Sensor-Driven Study of Day-to-Day Human
IRB-4105 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/7472180327
PhD Defense: Breath Analytics: A Sensor-Driven Study of Day-to-Day Human
04.02.2025 11:00 to 12:00
Beyond Scaling: Frontiers of Retrieval-Augmented Language Models
IRB 4105 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/94340703410?pwd=rrXaGSXSpabcMTtDNmeCNf2Ih2fQYE.1
Beyond Scaling: Frontiers of Retrieval-Augmented Language Models
04.02.2025 11:00 to 12:00
Quantum codes as robust phases of matter
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/2821742741?pwd=SWJSRm1DTGFoYUtVMllVSEo5bzdmdz09
Quantum codes as robust phases of matter
04.03.2025 14:00 to 16:00
PhD Defense: New Efficient Algorithms for Nested Machine Learning Problems
IRB-4109
PhD Defense: New Efficient Algorithms for Nested Machine Learning Problems
04.03.2025 16:00 to 18:00
PhD Defense: Gradient-Based Prompt Optimization for LLMs: Progress and Challenges
IRB-4137 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/7541393444
PhD Defense: Gradient-Based Prompt Optimization for LLMs: Progress and Challenges