The awards acknowledge the accomplishments and future potential of scientists and engineers who are 42 years old or younger.

Dana Purcell expertly manages the daily operations at the Maryland Cybersecurity Center, overseeing everything from office space to event coordination with the pride and precision of a winning football quarterback.

New faculty member Milijana Surbatovich is exploring research at the intersection of programming languages, system security, and computer architecture.

Nakul Garg, a sixth-year computer science doctoral student advised by Nirupam Roy, was recognized for his work in information and communications technology.

The funding supports a team of education and computing experts focused on developing an analytical tool to improve post-high school outcomes for students with disabilities.

The researchers made the final cut for their innovative work in developing a scalable distributed training framework called AxoNN, which rapidly trains AI-based large language models on thousands of GPUs.

Yizheng Chen has received a $1.7M award to study the efficacy of using AI-infused technology for cyberdefense applications.

Sathvik Nair’s work is supported by a competitive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.