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MAY 2025
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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CS Alums Return to College Park for Reunion Event
The gathering featured a brunch, a visit to the Bitcamp hackathon and the unveiling of the new CS Alumni Hall of Fame wall in the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering. Read More » |
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Students Tackle Real-World Problems at the 11th Bitcamp Hackathon
More than 1,000 high school and college students took part in the 36-hour event, building projects in cybersecurity, machine learning, quantum computing and more. Read More » |
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Howard Elman to Retire After a Stellar Career Advancing Scientific Computing
Elman reflects on four decades of research, teaching and collaboration at the intersection of computer science and applied mathematics. Read More » |
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CS Major Andrew Cupps Builds Jupiterp to Streamline Course Planning
Inspired by a childhood fascination with programming, Cupps developed a course planning tool now used by thousands of UMD students. READ MORE » |
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Exploring Audio AI with CS Ph.D. Student Sreyan Ghosh
Ghosh shares insights on his latest research and the potential of multimodal reasoning. READ MORE » |
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CS Ph.D. Student Saptarashmi Bandyopadhyay Advances AI Agent Research in the Real World
He investigates the potential of planning-based AI agents in applications such as autonomous vehicles, augmented reality, climate conservation and logistics. READ MORE » |
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Career Q&A with CS Major Nathan Addai
Addai sought University Career Center support for internship applications and interviews and landed an M&T Tech internship. READ MORE » |
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Two CS Majors Awarded 2025 Goldwater Scholarships
Harikesh Kailad and Luiz Mata Lopez were recognized for their research potential in computer science, joining a select group of 2025 Goldwater Scholars nationwide. READ MORE » |
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Junior CS Major Dhruvak Mirani Awarded Truman Scholarship
Mirani becomes UMD’s 11th Truman Scholar, recognized for public service, leadership and academic achievement. READ MORE » |
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Three CS Students Awarded Prestigious Department of Defense Fellowships
CS Ph.D. students Anand Idris and Sachin Shah and CS major Adam Yang were recognized for their research contributions under the mentorship of Chris Metzler. READ MORE » |
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Faculty & Research
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Daniel Abadi and Amol Deshpande Honored with Test of Time Awards at CIDR 2025
They were recognized for their enduring contributions to data stream systems. READ MORE » |
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Alan Liu Receives Department of Defense Research Award
The two-year $1.3 million project will support data systems research for tactical military networks. READ MORE » |
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Cunxi Yu Joins Recipients of Best Paper Award at ASPLOS
Yu was recognized for co-authoring a paper that advances GPU-accelerated optimization in e-graph extraction. READ MORE » |
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Department Hosted a Successful Maryland Day 2025
Take a look at the highlights from Maryland Day at the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering. WATCH VIDEO» |
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CMNS Graduate Student Commencement Ceremony
August 2024, December 2024 and May 2025 master’s, doctoral and certificate graduates and their families are invited to celebrate at the college’s ceremony. Learn More » |
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Commencement Social
Join us in celebrating the Classes of 2024 and 2025 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Brendan Iribe Center lobby. Enjoy food, connect with fellow graduates and faculty, and take a moment to reflect on your accomplishments. |
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CMNS Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony
August 2024, December 2024 and May 2025 bachelor’s degree graduates and their families are invited to celebrate at the college’s ceremony. Learn More » |
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Immersive Media Design New Works Incubator
Applications are open for a free, nine-week summer program supporting students in creating immersive media experiences. Selected projects will be showcased at NextNOW Fest, Sept. 11-12, 2025. Learn More and Apply » |
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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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