Director's Message to UMIACS December 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, I want to thank our entire UMIACS community of faculty, students, and staff for a job well done. Your efforts continue to advance science, education, and innovation on a broad scale.
Study: Future AI Needs Stronger Safeguards
A new UMD-led study finds current AI “guardrails” may fail to stop harmful behavior in more powerful future systems.
Abdul Ghafar Rasoli
Developing a Fault Tolerant Quantum Computer
Michael Gullans is part of multi-institutional team that demonstrated a “fault tolerant” system using 448 atomic quantum bits.
UMD Team Advances AI Audio Systems with New Training Data and Benchmarks
Ramani Duraiswami has developed a state-of-the-art large audio-language model that advances reasoning and understanding across speech, sound, and music.
Harnessing AI to Develop Stronger and More Sustainable Plastics
Supported by a $2 million NSF award, Sanghamitra Dutta is teaming up with UMD researchers to develop stronger biodegradable plastics that are easy to produce.
Building AI That Keeps Users Safe Across Cultures and Crises
CLIP researchers are developing AI that provides consistent, culturally aware guidance to help users stay safe in both every day and crisis situations.
