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Addai sought University Career Center support for internship applications and interviews and landed an M&T Tech internship.
Why did you decide to study computer science at UMD and what do you hope to do with your degree? In high school, I developed a passion for computer science, especially building tools and leveraging...read more
Saptarashmi Bandyopadhyay investigates the potential of planning-based AI agents in applications such as autonomous vehicles, AR, climate conservation and logistics.
While most artificial intelligence (AI) applications today focus on generating text or identifying images, one University of Maryland Ph.D. student is exploring how AI can be designed to act. Saptarashmi Bandyopadhyay , a fifth-year doctoral...read more
Professor Cunxi Yu is the co-author of “ SmoothE: Differentiable E-Graph Extraction ”, which received the Best Paper Award at the 2025 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages...read more
The program ranks No. 9 among the country’s public institutions and 16th overall, climbing a notch from last year.
The University of Maryland’s computer science graduate program ranks No. 9 among the country’s public institutions in the 2026 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.” The program ranks 16th overall, climbing...read more
For Howard Elman , research is a collaborative experience—one that can produce scientific discoveries that are far greater than the sum of their parts. A professor of computer science with an appointment in the University...read more
Two computer science majors have been awarded 2025 scholarships by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation , which encourages students to pursue advanced study and research careers in the sciences, engineering and...read more
The two-year $1.3M project will support data systems research for tactical military networks.
University of Maryland Department of Computer Science Assistant Professor Alan Zaoxing Liu has received a $1.3 million research award from the U.S. Department of Defense through the Army Contracting Command to support his project on...read more
Tech companies are racing to build the best artificial intelligence (AI) models, but amid the intense competition, safety issues—like user privacy and biased data—often take a back seat. Ramping up government regulation is one way...read more
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04.17.2025 11:30 to 13:30
MS Defense: Bridging the Gap Between Biomechanics and Modern Computer Architecture: Analyzing Bottlenecks in a Human Eye Simulation
Hana Chitsaz
IRB-4107 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/9044992425?pwd=SnRpL3R0ams5T09ucW9HSjF2eGIxQT09&om...
MS Defense: Bridging the Gap Between Biomechanics and Modern Computer Architecture: Analyzing Bottlenecks in a Human Eye Simulation
Hana Chitsaz
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04.18.2025 15:00 to 17:00
PhD Proposal: Towards Trustworthy AI: Model Interpretability, Failure Mitigation, Alignment, and Verification
Atoosa Malemir Chegini
IRB-4105 or https://us05web.zoom.us/j/86454639997?pwd=ya7FDm539ULa6TBg3Qw4oOdACsu756.1
PhD Proposal: Towards Trustworthy AI: Model Interpretability, Failure Mitigation, Alignment, and Verification
Atoosa Malemir Chegini
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04.18.2025 15:00 to 16:30
PhD Proposal: A Principled Approach to AI Alignment: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Algorithms
Souradip Chakraborty
IRB IRB-4109
PhD Proposal: A Principled Approach to AI Alignment: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Algorithms
Souradip Chakraborty
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04.24.2025 11:00 to 12:30
PhD Defense: Toward Integrating Intelligence into Everything Around Us
Nakul Garg
IRB-3137 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/98107720850?pwd=pQmN1UriXp6vFQUe8RmSqHv6LJYWPS.1
PhD Defense: Toward Integrating Intelligence into Everything Around Us
Nakul Garg
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04.16.2025 11:00 to 12:00
Observation of string breaking on a (2+1)D Rydberg quantum simulator
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/2821742741?pwd=SWJSRm1DTGFoYUtVMllVSEo5bzdmdz09
Observation of string breaking on a (2+1)D Rydberg quantum simulator
04.18.2025 12:30 to 13:30
Error-corrected fermionic quantum processors with neutral atoms
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/2821742741?pwd=SWJSRm1DTGFoYUtVMllVSEo5bzdmdz09
Error-corrected fermionic quantum processors with neutral atoms
04.18.2025 15:00 to 16:30
PhD Proposal: A Principled Approach to AI Alignment: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Algorithms
IRB-4109
PhD Proposal: A Principled Approach to AI Alignment: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Algorithms
04.23.2025 11:00 to 12:00
Rapid quantum ground state preparation via dissipative dynamics
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/96428021347?pwd=wAV09WU7OsAy3P8pLoF1wWpirg5AyY.1
Rapid quantum ground state preparation via dissipative dynamics
04.24.2025 11:00 to 12:30
PhD Defense: Toward Integrating Intelligence into Everything Around Us
IRB-3137 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/98107720850?pwd=pQmN1UriXp6vFQUe8RmSqHv6LJYWPS.1
PhD Defense: Toward Integrating Intelligence into Everything Around Us