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An Alternative to Speech: Writing in the Air With ‘Sonic Ink’

UMD researchers provide new way for people with disabilities to control digital voice assistants.

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Liu Teams Up with Army Research Laboratory to Streamline Dynamic Data

He is building energy-efficient data systems that share key mission information without overloading limited tactical networks.

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How to Join

If you are a prospective tenure track faculty member, express your interest to join UMIACS to the chair of the search committee and/or the chair of the department in which you are being hired. Ideally you should also seek to meet the director of UMIACS during your campus visit to assess whether an appointment in UMIACS will be mutually beneficial to you and the institute. 

Services

Basic technical services that are available to all UMIACS faculty, postdocs, staff, and students:

  • UMIACS Help Desk support for faculty and their affiliated postdocs, staff, students, and external collaborators who have UMIACS accounts
  • UMIACS-hosted collaboration technologies such as GitLab and Wikis
  • Printing services
  • Physical and virtual network connectivity
  • Advanced technical services
The following are provided to UMIACS faculty and, depending on scope, may require additional financial resources to be identified:
  • Assista
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Katharina Maisel

Associate Professor of Engineering
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Three UMD Students Awarded Prestigious Department of Defense Fellowships

The fellowships will support the students as they continue their research in computer science.

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Mohit Iyyer

Associate Professor
Natural Language Processing
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Quantum Q&A with Nicole Yunger Halpern on World Quantum Day

In celebration of World Quantum Day on April 14, Nicole Yunger Halpern spoke on the fascinating topic of quantum information science.

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Director's Message to UMIACS April '25

mihai popNew ideas in science and technology—that pretty much defines the existence of UMIACS.

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QuICS Fellow Honored by Washington Academy of Sciences

Yi-Kai Liu will be recognized with an Excellence in Research Award in Computer Science on May 8 at the academy’s annual meeting.

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