UMD to Host Microsoft Quantum Research Center in Discovery District
New partnership strengthens university’s quantum ecosystem, which includes the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS).
Director's Message to UMIACS September 2025
As announced earlier in the summer, Mihai Pop completed his term as the director of UMIACS on June 30, having served in that role since 2018. I'm deeply grateful to Mihai for his steadfast leadership of the institute.
TRAILS Summer Fellows Develop Technology to Enhance Reliability in AI Responses for Blind Users
The undergraduate researchers created a system with a built-in verification layer that makes AI-generated answers more reliable for blind and low-vision users.
Heng Huang Leading Cross-Institutional Effort to Advance AI-Powered Wildfire Forecasting
The NSF-funded project leverages AI and diverse environmental data to better predict and manage wildfires.
Maryland Quantum-Thermodynamics Hub Secures Funding for Three More Years
Co-led by QuICS Fellow Nicole Yunger Halpern, the research hub is dedicated to exploring the intersection of quantum science and thermodynamics.
New Study in Nature Physics Shows That Entanglement Accelerates Quantum Simulation
Research by former QuICS Hartree Postdoctoral Fellow Qi Zhao and QuICS Fellow Andrew Childs was featured on the cover of the August issue.
In Quantum Sensing, What Beats Beating Noise? Meeting Noise Halfway.
Innovative research by Jacob Lin, Alexey Gorshkov and Victor Albert was published in Physical Review Letters.
UMD Researchers Will Use AI to Help Boost HPV Vaccine Confidence
Philip Resnik is part of a new $2.8 million NIH grant that funds an interdisciplinary chatbot project with UMB.
Lampropoulos and Miers Receive NSF Funding for Privacy-Preserving Computing
The researchers will develop programming tools to make non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs easier to use and reason about.
Baney Pulls the Strings Behind the Screens
Matthew Baney blends technical expertise with hands-on leadership to keep UMIACS’ complex computing systems running smoothly.