Science In A Shell

SCIENCE IN A SHELL

The E-newsletter of the UMD College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences

November 2019

New Artificial Intelligence System Automatically Evolves to Evade Internet Censorship

Computer Science's Dave Levin and Kevin Bock developed a new tool based on genetic evolution that automatically learned to evade censorship in China, India and Kazakhstan. More »


UMD Builds Ties With Amazon The university plans to open a "Discovery Center" at Amazon’s new headquarters in Crystal City, Virginia, in 2020. More »	Amy Chester Will Lead UMD's Science Academy Chester returned to her alma mater to direct the new effort that provides graduate STEM programs for working professionals. More »


Two Strains of One Bacterium Combined to Cause Flesh-eating Infection UMIACS' Rita Colwell and Nur Hasan co-authored a study that revealed how genetic variations in a single species of bacteria can amplify infection. More »	Social Ties Can Accelerate Sustainable Fishing SESYNC researchers showed that social influence can impact small-scale fishers’ catch portfolios. More »


Study Confirmed Caribou are World’s Longest Wild Animal Terrestrial Migrator Biology's Eliezer Gurarie co-authored the global study that revealed caribou travel round-trip distances exceeding 745 miles (1,200 km). More »	Scientists Discovered Method to Create and Trap Trions at Room Temperature Team led by Chemistry and Biochemistry's YuHuang Wang chemically engineered carbon nanotubes to synthesize and trap these quasi-particles. More »

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Odyssey

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An Evening of Gratitude (Photos)	Bioscience Day (Photos)	Using Classical Machine Learning to Understand Modern Deep Neural Networks (Video)

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