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May 2022
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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Computer Science Majors Take Home Entrepreneurial Spirit Award at Pitch Dingman Competition
Ryan Downing and Bryan Houlton co-founded retail trading firm Quandry, which was also selected for the department's Mokhtarzada Hatchery. Read More » |
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Taking Science—and Climate Change Research—to New Heights
Katherine Calvin (B.S. '03) is on a mission at NASA. Read More » |
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"What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been"
Craig Stanfill (Ph.D. ’83) gives the spring CMNS Dean’s Distinguished Lecture. Watch the Video »
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Faculty & Staff
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Improving Fairness and Trust in AI Used for College Admissions and Language Translation
NSF and Amazon initiative funds two UMD-led teams to increase fairness, accountability and transparency in AI. READ MORE » |
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NSF CAREER Award Supports Research on Software Errors
Leonidas Lampropoulos will use the funding to bridge the gap between fuzzing techniques and formal verification. READ MORE » |
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Can a Strategy Game Help AI Learn to Spot Scammers?
Funded by DARPA, Jordan Boyd-Graber analyzes data from the online version of Diplomacy, a strategic board game based on deceit. READ MORE » |
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Developing Algorithms to Improve Accessibility to COVID-19 Vaccination Sites
Aravind Srinivasan develops sophisticated algorithms to help health care officials in Virginia determine the best locations to place vaccine sites. READ MORE » |
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Mihai Pop Named Fellow by International Society for Computational Biology
The award honors members who have distinguished themselves through outstanding contributions to the fields of computational biology and bioinformatics. READ MORE » |
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Students
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Soheil Behnezhad Receives Charles A. Caramello Distinguished Dissertation Award
He studied modern computational models that capture the challenges of big data algorithms more accurately and developed new algorithms for classical graph problems. READ MORE » |
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Alum Returns to UMD, Earns Master’s in Data Science and Analytics
Casey Tarman gained skills for her job as a data scientist with the Department of Defense. READ MORE » |
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Alumni
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African American STEM Doll Inspires Youth to Explore Computer Science
The doll is from Bukola Somide's (B.S. '03) company, Innovant Technologies LLC, which also offers computer science story and activity books.
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Data Science, Machine Learning and Bioinformatics Master’s Degrees at UMD
Advance your career to the next level and earn your master’s in less than two years. Designed specifically for working professionals, courses are taught in the evenings. Apply by June 30 for Fall 2022 admission.
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Job Opportunity
The Department is hiring a full stack web developer. READ MORE » |
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EVENTS
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Celebration of Dr. Jan Plane's Retirement
Dr. Plane has been an integral member of the UMD community for over 30 years, launching the Maryland Center for Women in Computing and the Iribe Initiative for Inclusion and Diversity in Computing and bringing Break Through Tech to UMD. More » |
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CMNS Commencement Ceremony
We invite August 2021, December 2021 and May 2022 graduates to walk across the stage and have their names announced at the college commencement ceremony. More » |
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