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CBCB Researchers Showcase Research at ISMB 2026

Faculty, students and a postdoctoral researcher will contribute talks, posters and a keynote address.

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Participants in the 2025 REU-CAAR program gather on a staircase with principal investigator William Gasarch (front right) at the University of Maryland.

Summer REU Students Apply Algorithms to Real-World Problems

Twenty-seven undergraduates are spending the summer at UMD applying algorithms to real-world research challenges.

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Tiny Insects, Big Ideas for AI

Research inspired by bees could improve autonomous drones for agriculture, disaster response and more.

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David Jacobs Named Director of UMIACS

The noted expert in computer vision and machine learning will begin leading the multidisciplinary research institute this fall.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Director's Message to UMIACS June/July 2026

Andrew Childs headshotAs 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.

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