University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies

Joseph JaJa, a professor of electrical and computer engineering with an appointment in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS), has been named interim chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), effective July 1.

The department is one of the largest in the A. James Clark School of Engineering, with almost 90 full-time faculty and affiliate faculty and about 50 research faculty and postdocs.