Mihai Pop and Stephen Mount are guiding UMD freshmen in sequencing the genome of the diamondback terrapin, integrating wet lab and DNA sequencing skills into the First Year Innovation and Research Experience program.
The funding will help enhance the open-source Bioconductor software, which aids in analyzing genomic data for cancer and other diseases, by improving data visualization and analysis tools.
He co-organized a workshop in Japan to explore advancements in simultaneous machine translation and its challenges, with a focus on real-time speech translation.
The paper explores how mobile internet users in South Africa optimize data usage due to limited or costly data, with strategies like disconnecting from the internet to save data.
He says Bitcoin emerged unexpectedly and gained widespread adoption before any serious analysis was conducted, leading to its use by thousands despite a lack of understanding about its security properties.