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Two CS Terps Awarded 2025 Goldwater Scholarships

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

Alan Liu Receives Department of Defense Research Award

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

Harnessing Market Forces: UMD Team Incentivizes AI Companies to Prioritize Safety

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

Women Lead Robotics at Maryland for the First Time in Club’s History

CS majors Harshita Kalbhor and Grace Cai reflect on leadership, mentorship and building a more inclusive community in STEM.

On any given evening in the University of Maryland’s engineering labs, the hum of 3D printers and the glow of soldering irons signal another round of preparations for the next big robotics competition. But this...read more

Step Into a Thunderstorm and Learn About Lightning Safety

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

Redefining Human Interaction with Wearable Tech and AI

Research and innovation combining wearable technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) could soon revolutionize how we engage with the world—creating smarter, more intuitive systems that not only understand their environment, but are able to respond to...read more

Developing Advanced Tools to Improve Accuracy and Accessibility for Long-Read RNA Sequencing

In the ever-evolving world of computational biology, one of the greatest challenges has always been deriving knowledge and insight from the massive amount of both DNA (double helix) and RNA (single helix) data through which...read more