News & Announcements
Louiqa Raschid and Sahana Software Foundation (SSF) involve in Hurricane Sandy relief efforts
Nov 17, 2012 - Sahana Software Foundation's Eden product was used to support 'Occupy Sandy' - a volunteer-based effort to bring assistance to the devastated NY and NJ communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
Jeff Hollingsworth leads Super Computing 2012 (SC12) as General Chair
Nov 16, 2012 - Jeff Hollingsworth served as the General Chair of the Super Computing 2012 Conference (SC12) held between November 10 and 16 at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Larry Davis's student wins Best Student Paper Award at the Asian Conference on Computer Vision 2012
Nov 15, 2012 - Larry Davis's student Huimin Guo won the Best Student Paper Award at the Asian Conference on Computer Vision, 2012.
Mohammad Hajiaghayi's team wins the ACM-ICPC Mid-Atlantic regional contest, advances to the World Finals to be held at Saint Petersburg, Russia
Nov 10, 2012 - A team coached by Mohammad Hajiaghayi won the ACM-ICPC Mid-Atlantic regional contest and advanced to the World Final competition to be held in Saint Petersburg, Russia between June 30 and July 4, 2013.
UMIACS PhD student Jayant Kumar wins Best Student Paper award
Oct 31, 2012 - Jayant Kumar, a UMIACS PhD student will receive the Best Student Paper award for the "Document Analysis" track at the upcoming International Conference on Pattern Recognition in Tsukuba Japan.
Rita Colwell honored for her role in founding the University of Maryland Shady Grove Campus and the Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB)
Oct 25, 2012 - Dr. Colwell received an award for her role in founding the University of Maryland Shady Grove Campus and the Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB)
Amitabh Varshney Collects Awards at IEEE VisWeek Conference in Seattle
Oct 17, 2012 - Dr. Amitabh Varshney, Director of UMIACS and Professor of Computer Science, was awarded with the IEEE Meritorious Service Award today at the IEEE VisWeek Conference in Seattle, Washington, for his numerous longstanding and major contributions to the IEEE-CS that have significantly advanced the field of information visualization.
Ben Shneiderman wins IEEE Visualization & Graphics Technical Community (VGTC) 2012 Visualization Career Award
Oct 16, 2012 - Dr. Ben Shneiderman was honored with the prestigious VGTC Visualization Career Award at the annual IEEE VisWeek 2012 Conference in Seattle in recognition of his leadership and contributions in the fields of information visualization and human computer interaction. VisWeek 2012 is the premier forum for advances in scientific and information visualization, and the award is the highest, most meritorious honor in the field of visualization.
Philip Resnik's React Labs software featured during UMD's Debate Watch event
Oct 05, 2012 - The University of Maryland's Presidential Debate Watch event (October 3, 2012) prominently featured Professor Philip Resnik's React Labs software.
Amitabh Varshney and his student, in collaboration with Joseph JaJa, win the Best Scientific Visualization Paper Award at IEEE VisWeek
Sep 26, 2012 - A paper by Amitabh Varshney and his student, Cheuk Yiu Ip, in collaboration with Joseph JaJa, has won the Best Scientific Visualization Paper Award that will be presented at the IEEE VisWeek Conference to be held during October 14-19, in Seattle.