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Harnessing AI to Develop Stronger and More Sustainable Plastics

Supported by a $2 million NSF award, Sanghamitra Dutta is teaming up with UMD researchers to develop stronger biodegradable plastics that are easy to produce.

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Building AI That Keeps Users Safe Across Cultures and Crises

CLIP researchers are developing AI that provides consistent, culturally aware guidance to help users stay safe in both every day and crisis situations.

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Marcus Fedarko

Postdoctoral Associate
Microbiome Sequencing Analysis

Huang Awarded Open Philanthropy Grant to Study Evasive AI Behavior

She will use the funding to develop tests and safeguards that reveal when language models merely appear safe and when they actually follow rules.

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Microbiome Center Capstone Panel

The UMD Center of Excellence in Microbiome Sciences will hold its first student-led panel titled “Microbial Matters: Translating Microbiome Science to Maxi

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Robots That Measure Without Rulers

UMD researchers are developing robotic sensing abilities that mimic biological systems to judge distances.

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UMD Model Joins ‘Arms Race’ to Develop AI-Powered Tech that Understands Music

Ramani Duraiswami helped develop an AI-powered platform that breaks down songs based on personal taste, emotion and mood.

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UMD Doctoral Student Showcases Transformative Robot Learning at Amazon Symposium

Amisha Bhaskar recently presented her research in Boston, showcasing four projects that help robots learn efficiently from limited human input.

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Report: AI Use in Newspapers Is Widespread, Uneven and Rarely Disclosed

Rising AI use in American newspapers raises questions about factuality and trust with readers, UMD computer science and journalism researchers say.

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Nirupam Roy's research group working in his lab at the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering.

New AI Tool Fights Back Against Speech Eavesdropping

Nirupam Roy's lab has developed an AI-enhanced system that protects personal voice data from automated surveillance.

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