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SEPTEMBER 2026
The Monthly Build
A newsletter for the alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends of the University of Maryland's Department of Computer Science.
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Features
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Selected from nearly 400 applicants, the students spent 10 weeks working across seven research teams in computer science and mathematics. |
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The Computing Catalyst’s TechStart program gave UMD students a week to explore coding, design and technology through community-focused projects.
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She was selected for the 2025-26 academic year for her work on advising resources, student communication and departmental initiatives. |
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Students
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Five panels introduced the department’s 179 incoming graduate students to research in theory, artificial intelligence, sensing, robotics, systems and cybersecurity.
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The weeklong research school brings together students and faculty from UMD, Cornell and the Max Planck Institutes to explore computer science research and graduate study. |
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CS Ph.D. student Yvonne Zhou developed a framework that combines encryption and differential privacy to protect data during machine-learning training and deployment. |
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Faculty and Research
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Zhicheng Liu and Fumeng Yang received a $559K National Science Foundation grant to develop tools and design guidelines for more effective science infographics. |
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Research co-authored by Gabriel Kaptchuk found that combining ad targeting with campaign performance data can expose private user information despite technical safeguards. |
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A UMD-led team that includes Abhinav Bhatele, Chris Metzler and Haizhao Yang is developing an AI framework to produce faster, more detailed long-range water forecasts.
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Naomi Feldman, Rachel Rudinger and Sarah Wiegreffe will examine how cognitive biases influence language model decisions and test methods for reducing them.
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Five multidisciplinary projects will examine AI education, autonomous drones, public trust and local government policy.
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ALUMS
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Eileen Buckholtz (M.S. ’73) spent three decades working with emerging technology at the National Security Agency. Decades later, she is documenting the computing careers of women whose classified work kept them largely out of history. |
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Ananth Sankaralingam (B.S. ’26) turned early startup experiments into a Y Combinator-backed AI platform for government contractors. |
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Jason Lott (B.S. ’25) took a math elective on sports analytics and now works as a junior software engineer in the Baltimore Orioles' baseball analytics department. |
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Events
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Employers seeking interns, part-time and full-time candidates are encouraged to attend and network with computer science undergraduates and graduates.
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We are grateful to alumni and friends whose generosity supports current and future students. To learn more about how you can make a difference, please visit cs.umd.edu/giving.
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