AI Can Enforce the Rules. Can It Build an Online Community?
UMD researchers identify where language models could help volunteer moderators—and where human judgment remains essential.
Helping Robots Make Sense of the Physical World
UMD research earns five honors at IROS workshops for advances in navigating around glass, interpreting touch and learning from human video.
Alan Liu Helps Lead $17.3M NSF Programmable Cloud Lab Node for Biomanufacturing
The initiative will use AI and automation to support remotely accessible biomanufacturing experiments, with Liu co-leading the lab's data and AI systems.
Director's Message to UMIACS October 2026
When UMIACS began operations in 1985, the institute quickly established itself as a leader in emerging technologies and interdisciplinary approaches to computing.
Heng Huang Secures Funding for AI-Powered Vitals Monitor and Medical Imaging Test Bed
He is leading two new federally funded projects aimed at improving the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
UMD Researchers Take Microbiome Questions to Reddit
Computer scientist Mihai Pop and postdoctoral associate Marcus Fedarko discuss how computational tools help decode the microbial world.
Teaching Robots to Follow the Motion
UMD’s award-winning AI model learns from video to guide robot movements.
Evaluating AI Systems Requires More Than Technical Metrics
Postdoc Laura Fichtner emphasizes the need for participatory approaches that incorporate diverse viewpoints when assessing AI systems.
UMD Biochemistry Ph.D. Students Explore the Depths of the Microbiome
Saúl Flores and Holly Hemesath are immersed in the University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Microbiome Sciences’ seven-month student fellowship program.
What Keeps People Going in Dark Times? New Research Finds Unexpected Answers
Philip Resnik tells CBS News how machine learning helped researchers analyze thousands of Reddit posts about reasons for living.