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November 2023
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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Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence: A Remarkable Journey in Computer Science
UMD's Department of Computer Science reflects on five decades of tremendous growth.
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Mokhtarzada Hatchery Announces 2023-24 Student Startup Teams
This year's teams include Sociable AI, Learn Prompting, Frozen Software and Syn Tag. Read More » |
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Innovation and Inclusion: Technica's Impact on Underrepresented Genders in Tech
Since its launch in 2015, the student-run event for coding and computing enthusiasts has quickly distinguished itself from typical hackathons. Read More » |
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Faculty & Research
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UMD and Harvard Researchers Develop Robust Defense Against Malicious AI Prompts
Soheil Feizi and collaborators developed an innovative defense that aims to trick large language models into producing harmful content. READ MORE » |
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Dinesh Manocha Receives Google Faculty Award
He will use the award to further his research utilizing large language models for autonomous mobile robot navigation. READ MORE » |
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Furong Huang Receives Microsoft Award
The award recognizes and funds innovative projects that push the boundaries of foundational models and their potential applications. READ MORE » |
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'Rosie, ¿Tiene Fiebre Mi Bebé?'
A team that includes Jordan Boyd-Graber received a grant to develop bilingual capabilities of health chatbot for moms of babies. READ MORE » |
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UMD Researchers' 'Nose on a Chip' Device Could Technologically Replicate Sense of Smell
The National Science Foundation-funded team, which includes Abhinav Shrivastava, aims to develop a device that utilizes living cells to detect scents. READ MORE » |
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Team Led by Ramani Duraiswami and Dinesh Manocha Unveils RECAP for Advanced Audio Captioning
REtrieval-Augmented Audio CAPtioning (RECAP) can uniquely caption previously unheard audio events and intricate multi-sound audios. READ MORE » |
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Q&A with Ming Lin on Fashion Technology
Lin details her work as an Amazon Scholar and her team's emphasis on 3D technology. READ MORE » |
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Researchers Say Current AI Watermarks Are Trivial to Remove
A study by Sohiel Feizi and his team shows that evading watermarks is pretty easy. READ MORE » |
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Accountants to the AI Rescue
Ben Shneiderman discusses the role of accountants in the expanding realm of AI in Politico. READ MORE » |
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UMD Ranks in Top 10 in Robotics According to CSRankings.org
The ranking is based on the number of publications by university faculty members that appear at the most selective computer science conferences. READ MORE » |
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Students |
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CS Majors Revolutionize Meal Planning with Innovative App
Derived from the ancient Greek term for 'marketplace,' agora is not just an app; it's a transformation in meal planning developed by Pranav Dulepet and Mukund Shankar. READ MORE » |
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CS Majors Launch Vyne: App Promoting Sustainable Fashion
The platform developed by Shaurya Saran and Vaughn Hatfield offers direct chats for streamlined buyer-seller communications on pre-owned items. Read More » |
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Chop & Learn: Teaching Computers to Recognize Food in All Forms
CS Ph.D. student Nirat Saini led the project, which created a dataset that teaches machine learning systems to recognize 20 different fruits and vegetables in various forms. Read More » |
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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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