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MARCH 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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Music-Savvy AI Built at UMD Could Help You Discover Your Next Favorite Artist
A new partnership between NVIDIA and Universal Music Group will harness Music Flamingo’s groundbreaking ability to discern the finer points of music. Read More » |
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NIH Awards $12.5M for Alzheimer’s Researchers to Use AI to Scour Biobank Data
Heng Huang leads the project’s artificial intelligence and machine learning efforts and plans to build an innovative large genomic language model that will drive drug discovery for Alzheimer's. Read More »
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UMD Researchers Tackle Data Deluge in Metagenomics
With $5.1 million in NIH funding, Mihai Pop leads efforts to build better tools for analyzing genetic data and to reduce errors in public biological databases used in medical and scientific research. Read More »
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Students
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When Augmented Reality Knows Before You Ask
CS Ph.D. student Geonsun Lee leads the “Sensible Agent” project with Google Research to examine proactive AR assistants designed to adapt to real-world context. READ MORE »
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Students in UMD’s REU Earn Acceptance to International Robotics Conference
Undergraduate and high school students from UMD’s Research Experience for Undergraduates in Combinatorics, Algorithms, and AI for Real Problems are among those presenting at IEEE ICRA 2026 in Vienna. READ MORE »
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CS Students Explore Career Opportunities
Students and employers met at the Spring Career and Internship Fair to discuss internships, full-time roles and workforce expectations in the tech sector. READ MORE »
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Rethinking Cloud Telemetry for Performance and Scale
CS Ph.D. student Zeying Zhu develops approximation-based systems to improve the efficiency of cloud monitoring while reducing cost and latency at scale. READ MORE »
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AI-Driven Autonomy Takes Flight at UMD
CS Ph.D. student Kasra Torshizi, mentored by Pratap Tokekar, contributes to AI-driven advances in machine learning, computer vision and autonomous systems research at the Maryland Autonomous Technologies Research Innovation and eXploration (MATRIX) Lab in southern Maryland. READ MORE »
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Faculty & Research
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In Pictures: The Embodied Dynamics Laboratory
Take a peek inside the lab where researchers investigate how bodies, senses and technology work together to shape learning. READ MORE » |
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Sarah Wiegreffe on Understanding AI Systems
The assistant professor discusses her path into computer science, research on large language models and advice for students entering the field. READ MORE »
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Alan Zaoxing Liu on Building Reliable Systems for the AI Era
The assistant professor talks about his computer science journey, his research on cloud infrastructure and mentoring students in systems research. READ MORE »
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ALUMS
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From UMD to Silicon Valley
Jason Steinberg (B.S. ’24, computer science) and Yuvan Sundrani (B.S. ’24, information science) built Autosana, an AI testing platform accepted into Y Combinator’s summer 2025 batch. READ MORE » |
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From ‘Math Nerd’ to Mission Engineer
Inspired by a college internship, Russell Schwartz (B.S. ’22, computer science; B.S. ’22, mathematics) is taking his passion for mathematics all the way to the moon. 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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