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UMD Researcher Helps Lay the Mathematical Foundation for More Trustworthy AI

Soheil Feizi is part of a $7.5M multi-institutional initiative to advance the next generation of artificial intelligence.

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How AI Could Turn Invasive Eye Injections into Simple Eye Drops

Supported by a $2.35 million NIH grant, UMD and Johns Hopkins researchers are using AI to develop longer-lasting eye drops for glaucoma and other eye diseases.

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TRAILS Fellows Map a More Trustworthy Path for AI

A team of five undergraduates developed an interactive tool to embed ethics and public trust in AI research.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Director's Message to UMIACS October 2026

David Jacobs headshotWhen UMIACS began operations in 1985, the institute quickly established itself as a leader in emerging technologies and interdisciplinary approaches to computing.

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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.

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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.

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Teaching Robots to Follow the Motion

UMD’s award-winning AI model learns from video to guide robot movements.

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