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Recent News
UMD Ph.D. student Ryan Synk is developing a machine-learning system designed to help researchers search a growing federal archive of raw genetic information.
A single biological sample can produce millions of fragments of genetic information. Multiply that output by years of experiments involving humans, animals, plants, viruses and environmental samples, and researchers face a problem that is as...read more
An AI model may be designed to behave safely, but that doesn’t mean the system delivering it is secure, according to new research from the University of Maryland. The study —currently under review for presentation...read more
The University of Maryland computer science alum was recognized for research on energy-efficient sensing systems that use sound, radio and light.
University of Maryland Department of Computer Science alum Nakul Garg (Ph.D. '25, computer science) received the 2026 Association for Computing Machinery SIGMOBILE Dissertation Award for developing sensing technologies that operate within limited power, size and...read more
Computer science and mathematics can seem abstract in the classroom. But at the University of Maryland this summer, 27 undergraduates are applying those concepts to problems ranging from reconstructing evolutionary trees to probing the limits...read more
Stewart, a Department of Computer Science faculty member from 1974 to 2008, worked in numerical linear algebra and helped develop LINPACK, a software package used in scientific and engineering computation.
G.W. “Pete” Stewart, a former faculty member in the University of Maryland Department of Computer Science whose work focused on numerical linear algebra and mathematical software, passed away on June 9, 2026. Stewart joined UMD...read more