Department Highlights
A Place Where Innovation Thrives
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Immersive Media Design at the University of Maryland is a four-year, cross-disciplinary undergraduate program that prepares students to excel in digital creativity and innovation using the latest immersive media tools and technologies.
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A Hub for Technology, Collaboration, and Discovery
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UMD's Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering to Transform Region’s Tech Corridor
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Turning Ideas into Reality
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Recent News
Four faculty members from the University of Maryland Department of Computer Science, who are affiliated with the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) , are participating in two research projects selected for...read more
CS alum Ananth Sankaralingam turned early startup experiments into a Y Combinator-backed AI platform for government contractors.
Two weeks into an internship at Amazon, alum Ananth Sankaralingam (B.S. ’26, computer science) watched his assigned senior employee leave the company to start a business. The decision stayed with him because it challenged how...read more
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into sectors such as healthcare, finance and government, organizations face a critical challenge: how to use powerful machine learning tools without compromising confidential data. At the University of Maryland,...read more
Zhicheng Liu and Fumeng Yang received a $559,048 NSF grant to develop tools and design guidelines for more effective science infographics.
Scientific discoveries can influence decisions about health, climate and technology, but the research behind them is often difficult to explain outside laboratories and academic journals. Two University of Maryland computer scientists are examining how infographics...read more
Haizhao Yang is developing an AI platform that turns everyday questions into mathematical models for complex decision-making.
When an emergency like extreme weather strikes, making the right decision in real time can become a matter of life and death. Yet the mathematical optimization tools used to calculate the safest evacuation routes or...read more