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December 2021
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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Ming Lin Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
The Distinguished University Professor is a noted innovator in virtual reality, computer graphics and robotics. Read More » |
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$1.14M from the State of Maryland will Match Private Donation to Establish Two Brendan Iribe Endowed Professorships
The professorships will focus on research in robotics, autonomy, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Read More » |
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CompSciConnect Summer Camp Celebrates 10th Anniversary
The summer program for middle school students launched in 2012 with 14 participants. Ten years later, over 150 students participate in CompSciConnect each year. Watch the anniversary video »
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Faculty & Staff
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Rance Cleaveland Named IEEE Fellow
Cleaveland was recognized for his work on verification tools for finite-state and cyber-physical systems. READ MORE » |
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Chris Metzler Received $450K Air Force Young Investigator Award
His project seeks to develop artificial intelligence-based multimodal sensor fusion algorithms that are fully self-supervised and do not require training data. READ MORE » |
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Could a Virtual Friend Improve Your Mental Health?
Aniket Bera pioneers AI-driven virtual reality 'emotional assistant.' READ MORE » |
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STUDENTS
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Senior Naveen Raman Named Philip Merrill Presidential Scholar
The program honors the university's most successful seniors, who each recognize a UMD faculty member and high school teacher for contributing to their education. READ MORE » |
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Ph.D. Student Alexander Hoyle is Lead Author of Paper Examining the Effectiveness of Automated Topic Modeling Evaluations
The paper argues that topic model developers should use a combination of artificial intelligence tools coupled with human input. READ MORE » |
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Two Students to Participate in Security Scholar Program
Junior Amy Hein and master’s student George Klees (B.S. '21) were selected to attend RSA Conference 2022. READ MORE » |
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Alumni
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Srijan Kumar (M.S. '16, Ph.D. '17) Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 List
Kumar, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech's School of Computational Science and Engineering, was recognized for his work in data science and machine learning for social cybersafety applications.
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FACULTY IN THE NEWS
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Events
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Campuswide Commencement
The 4 p.m. ceremony will be held in person and be available via livestream. More » |
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CMNS Commencement
The 6 p.m. ceremony will be held in person and be available via livestream. Graduates will walk across the stage at this ceremony. More » |
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