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Pop Named UMIACS Director

The computational biologist is known for his scientific expertise and his advocacy for greater equality in academia.

Understanding How Humans Learn Complex Events

Cornelia Fermüller (right) is using neuromorphic engineering to explore how humans learn complex events.

NIH Pilot Grant Helps Kids with Language Disorders

Naomi Feldman uses machine teaching algorithms to predict which language interventions are most effective.

De Floriani Elected President of IEEE Computer Society

Leila De Floriani, a geospatial data visualization expert, will lead the notable professional computing organization.

Unlocking Information with New Language Technologies

Four UMIACS faculty are part of a $14.4M multi-institutional effort to build a powerful set of language technologies.

University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies

In the Spotlight

Joseph JaJa, a professor of electrical and computer engineering with an appointment in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS), has been named interim chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), effective July 1.

The department is one of the largest in the A. James Clark School of Engineering, with almost 90 full-time faculty and affiliate faculty and about 50 research faculty and postdocs.

May 24, 2019	Feizi Receives Qualcomm Faculty Award
May 23, 2019	Fermüller Receives Provost’s Excellence Award for Professional Track Faculty
May 21, 2019	MC2 Grad Student Redmiles Accepts Tenure-Track Faculty Position at Princeton University
May 15, 2019	Aloimonos, Fermüller and Graduate Students Publish Paper on New Computing Theory that Could Transform AI for Robotics
May 13, 2019	Feizi Receives NSF Award to Analyze and Predict Freak Oceanic Waves
May 10, 2019	Huang Receives NSF and J.P. Morgan Research Awards
May 02, 2019	Schenk Receives CMNS Dean’s Outstanding Employee Award

Pop Named UMIACS Director

Understanding How Humans Learn Complex Events

NIH Pilot Grant Helps Kids with Language Disorders

De Floriani Elected President of IEEE Computer Society

Unlocking Information with New Language Technologies

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