The three-day workshop aimed specifically toward Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) will bring together about 50 students from across the U.S. who will engage in meaningful computing research with UMD faculty and graduate students.
The founding chair of the UMD Department of Computer Science and strong advocate for human rights for scientists worldwide passed away on April 9, 2021.
The interdisciplinary graduate program, currently ranked #13 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, draws on the numerous strengths the university has in applied mathematics.
The fellowship is named for Ann Wylie, a professor emerita in geology who has served in numerous roles at the university for almost 50 years, including her current role as interim senior vice president and provost.
Joy Kitson’s research is focused on developing large-scale epidemic simulations that are used to model a wide variety of diseases and public health interventions.
Proposals for an award are reviewed for the quality of their scientific content, their creativity, and their potential to impact both the research community and society in general.
Victor Albert, a physicist at NIST and one of the newest QuICS Fellows, loves getting to the bottom of things, distilling problems to their most basic and general mathematical root.