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Developing Simulation Tools For Quantum Computing The University of Maryland is leading a multi-institutional effort to design, build and test novel simulation tools to advance quantum computing. Funded by NSF and supported by UMIACS, the $25 million institute includes computer scientists, engineers and physicists from Duke, Princeton, North Carolina State, Yale and NIST.

Holmes Hustles Behind the Scenes at UMIACS As facilities coordinator, the U.S. Navy veteran manages UMIACS and CS spaces and equipment in the Iribe Center, A.V. Williams Building, and Atlantic Building.

Reinforcement Learning Is All a Game for Kaiqing Zhang A self-described games enthusiast, Zhang's research lies at the intersection of machine learning, reinforcement learning, game theory, and control theory.

Tianyi Zhou Aims to Bridge the Gap Between Humans and AI Working at the intersection of machine learning and natural language processing, his goal is to make AI more human-like by teaching it to learn and make decisions the way people do.

"Arts For All" Takes A Dramatic Step Forward in Robotics Huaishu Peng is part of a team that's developed a robot designed to traverse a dancer's body and instruct them as the audience members choreograph the performance in real-time.

UMD Researchers Are Creating a Bio-Nose That Smells for Real Backed by a $2 million grant from NSF, Abhinav Shrivastava is part of a team developing a portable, biologically-based device capable of identifying odors in the built environment.

AI Tool to Make Workplace More Inclusive for Autistic People Louiqa Raschid and Ge Gao are part of a team building an AI-powered platform to help autistic individuals navigate the challenges of communicating with neurotypical colleagues.

AI Workshop Brings Together Researchers to Discuss Rapid Progression of Large Pre-Trained Models A UMIACS–supported workshop on the future of academic research in the era of pre-trained models took place in the Iribe Center.

Huang Receives Microsoft Award for Innovative Work in Sequential Decision-Making The award recognizes and funds innovative projects that push the boundaries of foundational models and their potential applications.

Colwell Honored with Builders of Science Award The award is one of the top advocacy awards given each year by Research!America, a nonprofit alliance that supports funding and policy related to medical and health research.

Presence of Flesh-Eating and Illness-Causing Bacteria in Florida’s Coastal Waters Confirmed Post-Hurricane Ian Rita Colwell says that the pathogenic Vibrio bacteria are on the rise due to climate change.

QuICS Fellow Nicole Yunger Halpern Receives 2023 Mary Somerville Medal and Prize in Politics The theoretical physicist was recognized for her innovative writing to spark public interest in physics and quantum thermodynamics.

Simulations of "Backwards Time Travel" Can Improve Scientific Experiments Scientists have shown that simulating models of hypothetical time travel can solve experimental problems that appear impossible to solve using standard physics.

Quantum Computers Run on Just the Right Amount of Connectivity Alexey Gorshkov and Dominik Hangleiter have found a partial answer to the conundrum of what powers quantum complexity.

The Inside Scoop on Watermarking and Content Authentication Soheil Feizi's research on the unreliability of existing watermarking technologies was featured in MIT Technology Review.

Accountants to the AI Rescue In an article published in Politico, Ben Shneiderman weighed in on the complexities of an idea that is gaining popularity: requiring mandatory safety audits of AI models before they can be released.

Director's Message  “If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.” –Niels Bohr

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