Computing & Security
As computational platforms have advanced to benefit society in myriad ways, so has the need to protect people, finances and property from cyberattacks and other forms of digital malfeasance. Our cybersecurity center is renowned for its interdisciplinary research and scholarship in multiple areas involving privacy and security. UMIACS is also a leader in computer vision, 3D audio, and emerging areas of security research that involve machine learning and quantum cryptography. Much of this activity takes places in the multiple centers and several large interdisciplinary labs that UMIACS supports.
The Maryland Cybersecurity Center (MC2) is a unique, multidisciplinary research and education powerhouse focused on theoretical and applied cryptography, data-driven security, human-computer interaction and security, network and wireless security, machine learning and security, blockchain and cryptocurrency security, and programming languages security.
Featured News
Surbatovich Receives NSF CAREER Award to Secure Battery-Free Computing
The award supports her research into making battery-free devices more robust and reliable when operating on unpredictable energy.
New AI Tool Fights Back Against Speech Eavesdropping
Nirupam Roy's lab has developed an AI-enhanced system that protects personal voice data from automated surveillance.
Lampropoulos and Miers Receive NSF Funding for Privacy-Preserving Computing
The researchers will develop programming tools to make non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs easier to use and reason about.