David Jacobs Named Director of UMIACS
The noted expert in computer vision and machine learning will begin leading the multidisciplinary research institute this fall.
Teaching AI to Listen: UMD Researcher Models How People Learn New Languages
Doctoral student Annika Shankwitz is using AI to better understand how people perceive unfamiliar speech sounds.
UMIACS Researchers Help Drive University's Latest Grand Challenges Awards
Institute-affiliated faculty are leading and contributing to projects tackling pandemics, cancer, infectious diseases and environmental health.
UMD Faculty Join Two NSF Projects to Advance Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing
Alexey Gorshkov, Victor Albert and Xiaodi Wu are contributing to two $4 million projects through the National Quantum Virtual Laboratory initiative.
UMD Researcher Discusses Beach Bacteria Risks on FOX Weather
Kyle Brumfield shares how researchers are tracking and forecasting bacterial contamination in coastal waters as beachgoers head to the shore this summer.
Quantum Security Proof Earns Ph.D. Student Top Conference Acceptance
Joseph Carolan’s new proof framework helps resolve a long-standing question about the quantum security of a classic method in cryptography.
Director's Message to UMIACS June/July 2026
As you may have already heard, the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences has announced a new director of UMIACS—David Jacobs—who will assume the role this September.
A New Kind of Entanglement Helps Quantum Sensors Tune Out Noise
Alexey Gorshkov co-developed an entanglement-based approach that helps quantum sensors reject noise for more precise measurements.
Burner and Dessalene Earn Prestigious Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Former members of the Perception and Robotics Group receive two-year awards to support research in AI and machine perception.
Liu Receives NSF CAREER Award to Advance AI and Cloud Infrastructure
The award will support the development of new data-mapping methods that help system operators monitor massive AI networks and prevent infrastructure failures.