UMD Researcher Advances Data-Driven Approach to Household Robotics
Seungjae Lee is developing AI algorithms that mimic human behavior for robots to train on.
UMD Microbiome Fellows Cap Seven-Month Program with Public Health Panel
Graduate students spotlight the path from microbiome discovery to real-world impact.
NIH Awards $12.5M for Alzheimer’s Researchers to Use AI to Scour Biobank Data
A multi-institutional project co-led by Heng Huang aims to improve diagnosis, treatment for Alzheimer’s.
Researcher Pursues Cure to Lung Disease That Steals Decades from Women’s Lives
Katharina Maisel of the UMD Center of Excellence in Microbiome Sciences co-authored a study on a rare lung disease that progressively blocks oxygen flow.
UMD Researchers Tackle Data Deluge in Metagenomics
An NIH-funded effort led by Mihai Pop is developing open-source tools and safeguards the integrity of bioinformatic analytics.
Shared Pain, Shared Relief
A new UMD-led study reveals that observing others in pain, even digital avatars, can affect how we feel pain ourselves.
Director's Message to UMIACS February 2026
Welcome to our Spring 2026 semester, even though the weather for the past several weeks has been anything but spring-like. There is a lot of newsworthy activity in UMIACS, as always, but I first wanted to take a moment to acknowledge several faculty who have joined our institute within the past few months.
What Is Participatory Design in AI?
Katie Shilton is leading research on participatory design to build trustworthy AI systems.
Rethinking Cloud Telemetry for Performance and Scale
Zeying Zhu is developing efficient, high-performance cloud telemetry systems that help engineers monitor large-scale services at lower cost.
Improving AI-Human Interaction
Jordan Boyd-Graber envisions artificial intelligence systems enhancing, not replacing, humans.