News & Announcements
UMIACS Summer Interns Get Hands-On Experience with Virtual Reality
Sep 13, 2016 - From making gaming more immersive to helping surgeons determine the best way to remove a tumor, virtual reality (VR) is rapidly becoming the next big thing in education and entertainment.
Chellappa to Receive Distinguished Alumnus Award from Indian Institute of Science
Sep 08, 2016 - Chellappa to Receive Distinguished Alumnus Award from Indian Institute of Science
Pop Co-Organizes International Workshop on Next Generation Sequencing
Sep 05, 2016 - Mihai Pop, a professor of computer science in the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, recently co-organized an international workshop on next-generation sequencing (NGS).
Chellappa Named Inaugural Recipient of IEEE Biometrics Council Leadership Award
Sep 05, 2016 - Rama Chellappa, Distinguished University Professor and chair of electrical and computer engineering with an appointment in UMIACS, is the inaugural recipient of the IEEE Biometrics Council Leadership Awar
Papamanthou Co-Organizes Workshop Focused on Secure Data Management Systems
Aug 31, 2016 - Charalampos (Babis) Papamanthou, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in the Maryland Cybersecurity Center (MC2), is co-organizing a workshop focused on building more secure data management systems and mining applications.
Mazurek Quoted in Washington Post Article About Password Security
Aug 15, 2016 - Michelle Mazurek, an assistant professor of computer science with joint appointments in the Maryland Cybersecurity Center and the Human-Computer Interaction Lab,
QuICS Hosts Five-Day Workshop on Quantum Complexity Quandary
Aug 08, 2016 - QuICS Hosts Five-Day Workshop on Quantum Complexity Quandary
Chellappa and Davis Named Distinguished University Professors
Aug 08, 2016 - Two computer vision experts in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) were just named Distinguished University Professor, considered the most prominent internal academic distinction on campus.
Colwell Honored with Mahathir Science Award
Aug 05, 2016 - Rita Colwell, a Distinguished University Professor in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, was just named recipient of the 2015 Mahathir Science Award for her outstanding
Varshney and Graduate Student Du Win Best Paper Award at 2016 Web3D Conference
Aug 05, 2016 - Amitabh Varshney (left in photo), professor of computer science and director of UMIACS, and Ruofei Du, a 3rd-year computer science doctoral student, received a “Best