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Alan Zaoxing Liu, Christopher Kauffman, Mario Alvarenga, Segev Elisha-Cliff Elazar Mittelman and Amrit Magesh were recognized for teaching and instructional support during the 2025–26 academic year.
The University of Maryland’s Department of Computer Science announced its 2025–26 teaching award recipients, recognizing faculty members, teaching assistants and a student-led course facilitator for their work in undergraduate education. This year’s awardees are Assistant...read more
Computer Science Professor David Jacobs was named director of the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS), effective September 6, 2026. Jacobs, who has been a faculty member at UMD since 2002, will...read more
The 2026 promotions recognize faculty members whose work spans artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, computational biology and other areas of computing.
The University of Maryland Department of Computer Science announced 11 faculty promotions, recognizing faculty members whose work spans artificial intelligence, systems, computational biology, human-computer interaction, security, programming languages, computer vision and computer science education. The...read more
New majors aim to ethically advance AI tech, prepare students to address Its societal impact.
The University of Maryland will launch two new undergraduate degrees in artificial intelligence (AI), including one of the nation’s first interdisciplinary majors focused on the impact of AI on humans, with courses spanning philosophy, ethics,...read more
The senior computer science and music double major never performed publicly before coming to UMD. Now, she’s eyeing a career as a professional opera singer.
Unlike most music majors at the University of Maryland, Yasmine Tajeddin had never performed in front of a crowd before arriving on campus. She never had vocal lessons, took a music class in high school...read more
Jordan Boyd-Graber uses a fast-paced trivia competition to study how people decide when to trust AI and when to rely on their own judgment.
Artificial intelligence has rapidly transformed from a novelty into a powerful tool capable of outperforming even expert humans in some knowledge-based tasks. In “Can AI and People Play Nice?,” Terp explores how University of Maryland...read more
Computer science Ph.D. student Simge Tekin led the study, which analyzed more than 750,000 container images and found gaps that can leave cloud systems exposed.
A software patch may be available, but that doesn't mean it's protecting the systems that need it. A new study from the University of Maryland and Google Research reveals that critical security updates often become...read more
Two University of Maryland researchers will use prestigious Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships to tackle challenges ranging from atmospheric turbulence to human-machine understanding. Levi Burner, who earned his Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering...read more
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07.09.2026 14:00 to 15:00
Disclosure avoidance in open science: Addressing sociotechnical privacy challenges with a human-centered approach
Wentao Guo
CS Department, University of Maryland
IRB 5165
Disclosure avoidance in open science: Addressing sociotechnical privacy challenges with a human-centered approach
Wentao Guo
CS Department, University of Maryland
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07.13.2026 14:00 to 15:00
Understanding Implicit Content in Language and Language Models
Rupak Sarkar
CS Department, University of Maryland
IRB 4105
Understanding Implicit Content in Language and Language Models
Rupak Sarkar
CS Department, University of Maryland
07.09.2026 14:00 to 15:00
Disclosure avoidance in open science: Addressing sociotechnical privacy challenges with a human-centered approach
5165
Disclosure avoidance in open science: Addressing sociotechnical privacy challenges with a human-centered approach
08.10.2026 14:30 to 15:30
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ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: To be announced
PhD Defense: To be announced