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Pop Named UMIACS Director

The computational biologist is known for his scientific expertise and his advocacy for greater equality in academia.

Understanding How Humans Learn Complex Events

Cornelia Fermüller (right) is using neuromorphic engineering to explore how humans learn complex events.

NIH Pilot Grant Helps Kids with Language Disorders

Naomi Feldman uses machine teaching algorithms to predict which language interventions are most effective.

De Floriani Elected President of IEEE Computer Society

Leila De Floriani, a geospatial data visualization expert, will lead the notable professional computing organization.

Unlocking Information with New Language Technologies

Four UMIACS faculty are part of a $14.4M multi-institutional effort to build a powerful set of language technologies.

University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies

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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.

Sep 11, 2019	MC2 Researchers Awarded $600K NIST Grant to Continue Work on Next-Generation Cryptography
Sep 05, 2019	Abadi Receives Test of Time Award at VLDB 2019
Sep 04, 2019	UMD Re-designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research
Sep 03, 2019	UMD Center for Machine Learning Launches Seminar Series
Aug 28, 2019	UMIACS Help Desk Provides Unmatched Technical Support for Institute’s Research and Innovation
Aug 27, 2019	UMD Team Presents Research on Weather-Related Internet Outages at SIGCOMM 2019
Aug 23, 2019	Gao and Carpuat Win Research Award to Advance Smart Machine Translation Systems

Pop Named UMIACS Director

Understanding How Humans Learn Complex Events

NIH Pilot Grant Helps Kids with Language Disorders

De Floriani Elected President of IEEE Computer Society

Unlocking Information with New Language Technologies

University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies

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