News & Announcements
TRAILS AI Institute Announces First Round of Seed Funding
Jan 24, 2024 - The eight funded projects, totaling just over $1.5 million, will advance cutting-edge research and scholarship that spans AI design, development and governance.
Addressing Gaps in Data Governance to Promote Trust in Generative AI
Jan 22, 2024 - The Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law and Society recently partnered with the Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub to host a conference to identify gaps in data governance related to large language models and discuss ideas to address them.
Dutta Receives NSF CAREER Award to Advance Reliable and Trustworthy AI
Jan 22, 2024 - The award—expected to total $665,550 over the next five years—supports her work in advancing reliable and trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) for social good.
University of Maryland Hosts Microbiome Research Symposium
Jan 22, 2024 - The daylong event joined researchers from the federal government, academia and private industry, all focused on exploring the interactions between complex microbial communities.
QuICS Members and Alumni Maintain Strong Presence at Premier Quantum Conference
Jan 12, 2024 - Five papers by current QuICS members were accepted for talks and one will be featured in an invited plenary talk—a mark that continues a strong history of QuICS representation at the premier conference dedicated to quantum computer science.
What Makes Urine Yellow? UMD Scientists Discover the Enzyme Responsible
Jan 03, 2024 - Their findings could be applied to future studies of gut health, including conditions like jaundice and inflammatory bowel disease.
QuICS Researchers Help Design a Prototype Quantum Computer
Dec 21, 2023 - QuICS Fellow Michael Gullans and Hartree Postdoctoral Fellow Dominik Hangleiter were part of a team that created a prototype quantum computer with a record number of qubits.
Manocha Elected to National Academy of Inventors
Dec 12, 2023 - He is an internationally recognized researcher in computer graphics, virtual reality, robotics and GPU computing.
Searching the Nighttime Sky Brings Peace of Mind and New Ideas
Dec 11, 2023 - A recent Ph.D. graduate has taken a series of stunning nighttime images as part of his journey into the world of astrophotography.
Rising Stars Workshop Engages Machine Learning Community
Dec 11, 2023 - Six emerging scholars traveled to College Park to present their research and engage with UMD’s machine learning community, with two other researchers participating via Zoom.