Lin, Ming
Professor
Dr. Barry Mersky and Capital One Endowed Professor
Distinguished University Professor
Dr. Barry Mersky and Capital One Endowed Professor
Distinguished University Professor
Computer Science
Maryland Robotics Center
Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Institute for Systems Research
Maryland Robotics Center
Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Institute for Systems Research
5162 Brendan Iribe Center
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
- M.S., University of California at Berkeley
- B.S., University of California at Berkeley
HONORS
- ACM Fellow
- IEEE Fellow
- Eurographics Fellow
- ACM SIGGRAPH Academy
- CCF Award for Overseas Outstanding Contribution
- Washington Academy of Science Distinguished Career in Computer Science Award
- John R. & Louise S. Parker Distinguished Professor
- Yangtze Scholar Award (Tsinghua University)
- IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Technical Achievement Award
- Beverly W. Long Distinguished Term Professor
- Carolina WOWS Scholar
- Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement
- IBM/UNC Junior Faculty Development Award
- Honda Research Initiation Award
- NSF CAREER Award
TEACHING
- Invited Tutorials (not including keynotes) for GDC 1999, 2000, 2003; ACM SMA 2002; CASA 2004; ACM VRCIA 2006; IEEE VR 2010.
- Courses for SIGGRAPH (Asia) 1997, 1999-2000, 2002-2010, 2014 (Sample Slides from 2000 and 2003)
- Algorithms and Analysis (Spring 2016); Also offered in Spring 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, and Fall 2009, 2008 2007, Fall 2005, Fall 2002, Fall 2001, Fall 2000, Fall 1999, Spring 1999.
- Everyday Computing Fall 2013; Spring 2011
- Everyday Computing (HONORS) (Fall 2015)
- Physically-Based Modeling, Simulation and Animation; Also offered in (Fall 2014); Fall 2012, Fall 2010, Spring 2009, Fall 2007, Spring 2006, Spring 2005, Spring 2004, Spring 2003, Spring 2002, Spring 2000, Fall 1995.
- Computational Geometry and Applications (Fall 1998)
- Robotics: An Introduction (Fall 2006)
- Motion Planning and Synthesis (Fall 2003 as a guest lecturer and course co-designer)
Ghodssi Honored With Gaede-Langmuir Award
AVS recognizes UMD faculty member for contributions to the MEMS field.New features on ingestible capsule will deliver targeted drugs to better treat IBD, Crohn’s disease
Latest iteration of medical device features dissolving microneedles for drug delivery; external magnetic controlUniversity of Maryland Has Strong Presence at ICRA 2024
Researchers detail advancements in navigation, trajectory planning.Dinesh Manocha Inducted into IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Academy
Manocha has been recognized for his significant contributions to the field of virtual reality.Balachandran, Cameron, Yu Receive 2024 MURI Award
A multidisciplinary team of researchers will study complexity science.New Research Suggests Gossip “Not Always a Bad Thing”
A study by UMD and Stanford researchers suggests the behavior may have an adaptive function.Ingestible Capsule Technology Research on Front Cover of Journal
University of Maryland researchers published in Advanced Healthcare MaterialsGovernor’s Cabinet Meeting Features Peek into Southern Maryland Research and Collaboration
Governor Wes Moore and Lt. Governor Aruna Miller tour SMART Building and MATRIX Lab; learn about partnershipsCelebrating the Impact of Black Maryland Engineers and Leaders
The Clark School pays tribute to the many contributions and legacies of Black Americans in the United States by learning more about some of our most pioneering and influential community members, past and present.Six Clark School Faculty Receive 2024 DURIP Awards
DURIP awards support university research in technical areas of interest to the Department of Defense.Manocha Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Recognized for pioneering work in computer graphics, robotics and more‘Priming’ helps the brain understand language even with poor-quality speech signals
New research published in PNAS shows word representations may provide some objective measures of speech comprehension.Barg is PI for new quantum LDPC codes NSF grant
The project studies a class of quantum codes known as low-density parity-check codes, promising contenders for facilitating fault-tolerant computations.Andrew Newman’s risk-taking work leads to Data Fusion Award
At Maryland, Newman was advised by Professor P. S. Krishnaprasad.UMD Team Wins IEEE IROS Best Paper Award in Agri-Robotics
Award recognizes Gao's contribution to advancing robotic systems in agriculture.Diving Deeper into Competition, and Recruitment
UMD’s RoboSub team sets sights on blasting the 2024 competition out of the water.Celebrating Native and Indigenous Voices in Engineering
The Clark School joins UMD's celebration of Native and Indigenous Heritage Month 2023.Advancing Ground Autonomy: UMD-ARL Collaboration Strides in ArtIMAS Research
ArtIAMAS (AI and Autonomy for Multi-Agent Systems) - Advancing into Its Third Year of CollaborationUnderstanding the emotion theories that play into social media sharing
ARLIS, ISR and College of Information Studies researchers developed a research method to understand emotions in social media posts.Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month: Resources and Events
Resources and events for the Clark School's LGBTQ+ students and allies.Maryland Engineering Ranks Among the Nation’s Top 20 Undergraduate Engineering Programs
The A. James Clark School of Engineering ranks 19 overall among more than 200 undergraduate engineering programs—up three positions from its previous undergraduate ranking.Upcoming NanoCenter Facility Rates Change
The updated NanoCenter facility rates will become effective Jan 1, 2024.Oct. 13-14: Workshop on New Frontiers in Networked Dynamical Systems: Assured Learning, Communication & Control
Free workshop explores new frontiers in modeling, learning and control of interconnected dynamical systems comprising humans, machines, and physical infrastructures.Neural and computational mechanisms underlying musical enculturation
Shihab Shamma will combine computational and brain research techniques to elucidate the mechanisms behind enculturation.An Internship with Impact
Student projects run the gamut from counterUAS to medical support in high-casualty scenarios.Short Course Offers Opportunity to Build and Fly Drones
How to Build, Fly, and Verify Autonomous Aerial Systems held in Southern MarylandTransformative Battery Structure Surpasses US’ Fast Charge Goals
Innovative materials and 3D design published in Nature Materials
UMD papers by Zhang, Manocha groups at ICML 2023
The conference on machine learning was held in Honolulu, Hawaii.STEM Summer Camp Covers 3D Printing, Drones, and More
University of Maryland camp offered at University System of Maryland at Southern Maryland campusMRC Faculty, Researchers, and Students Present 24 Papers at ICRA 2023
MRC researchers have a strong showing at ICRA 2023.New graduate program in Embedded Systems
The 30-credit Master of Engineering and 12-credit Graduate Certificate in Engineering will begin in Fall 2023.Benjamin Knott named ARLIS director of research
Knott, an AFOSR official, has 27 years of experience working at the intersection of cognitive science, human-machine teaming, and the social sciences.Mark Austin is PI for new DoD Minerva Research Initiative project
He is using a 'System-of-Systems" approach to understand, model, synthesize and optimize the operations of large-scale, distributed institutions and organizations.RoboNation ‘SeaPerch’ Robotics Competition and UMD Robotics Open House
The University of Maryland hosted a large international K-12 underwater robotics competition on May 13.Addressing liver transplant geographic inequities
ISR's S. Raghu Raghavan and colleagues suggest policymakers move away from the ‘one- size-fits-all’ approach of current policy and focus on a customized approach.Ghodssi invited speaker at NIMH workshop on sensor technologies to capture the complexity of behavior
Ghodssi talked about MSAL's work in developing systems to sense and monitor the neurotransmitter serotonin.Maryland Engineering Graduate Programs: Top 10 Among Public Universities, Five Years in a Row
For the fifth consecutive year, the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering ranks among the country's top 10 public universities in graduate engineering programs, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2023–24 rankings.Work on RIS-aided mmWave beamforming named a ‘best paper’
PhD student Nariman Torkzaban first author on research to improve wireless communication published in a special issue of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Journal on Future and Evolving TechnologiesThe Falcon and the Flock
Complex aerial displays of starling flocks mitigate the risk of predation. New paper suggests cognitive cost is a way to explore the phenomenon of the confusion effect.MSAL’s work on serotonin characterization and detection results in two journal covers
Research is leading to better detection models and portable sensing devices.
UMD’s SeaDroneSim can generate simulated images and videos to help UAV systems recognize ‘objects of interest’ in the water
The suite’s simulated objects could fill a large dataset gap for the UAV-based computer vision systems used in searching for maritime objects.Alumnus Udit Halder’s work published as cover article in Proceedings of The Royal Society A
Now a postdoctoral researcher, Halder and his UIUC colleagues developed mathematical models and control based on flexible octopus arms.New algorithms for multi-robot systems in low communication situations
Work by Clark School faculty, alumni and students is published on IEEE Access.Abshire part of CogniSense, a DARPA JUMP 2.0 center
This center will pursue intelligent sensing to action: Sensing capabilities and embedded intelligence to enable fast and efficient generation of actions.Better 'lifetime predictions' for NAND flash memory
New ADLPT techniques developed by Gang Qu and colleagues can mimimize redundant prediction operations.Manocha, Bedi receive Amazon Research Award for 'federated learning'
Their project is titled, "Ensuring Fairness via Federated Learning Beyond Consensus."Alum Sidiropoulos receives three IEEE Signal Processing Society awards
The former student of John Baras won the SPS Claude Shannon-Harry Nyquist Technical Achievement Award, the Best Paper Award, and the Donald G. Fink Overview Paper Award.Autonomous drones based on bees use AI to work together
The minute robots could one day provide backup to pollinators.Tracing the Roots of a Supercomputer
Q & A deep dive with 2022 Innovation Hall of Fame inductee, David Bader (electrical engineering, Ph.D. ’96)UMD Welcomes A. James Clark Scholars Class of '26
The A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland welcomes 11 exceptional young engineers from across the state of Maryland as its newest class of A. James Clark Scholars.Alumnus David A. Bader to be Inducted into Clark School Innovation Hall of Fame
Induction celebrates Bader’s work to democratize supercomputing through the creation of the first Linux supercomputer.ECE Recognizes 2022 Distinguished Alumni Awardees
Award recognizes alumni who have made significant and meritorious contributions to their fields.Training Can Improve Older Adults’ Ability to Discriminate Rapid Changes in Sound
Findings support subsequent studies on hearing loss-reversing interventions'OysterNet' + underwater robots will aid in accurate oyster count
The ability to mathematically model and simulate oysters will help scientists more quickly and accurately detect the density of the bivalves in the Chesapeake Bay.MRC Faculty and Researchers to Present 15 Papers at International Robotics Conference - IROS 2022
15 MRC faculty and researchers to present 15 papers at IROS 2022The Modern Battle for Maryland’s Oysters
UMD researchers use AI and robotics to help revive a struggling industry.Thoughts from Rance Cleaveland on his time at the National Science Foundation
Cleaveland spent three years directing NSF's Division of Computing and Communications Foundations.New ECE/ISR assistant professor wins award for dissertation
Kaiqing Zhang won the UIUC Coordinated Science Laboratory's award for his 2021 thesis on reinforcement learning.Kaiqing Zhang joins ECE and ISR as a joint appointment faculty member
The new assistant professor has research interests in control and machine learning, especially for multi-agent systems.Maryland Engineering ranks #11 among public colleges in the U.S.
The University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering ranks #11 among the country’s public universities in U.S. News & World Report 2022-23 Best Colleges rankings, rising one spot from #12 in 2022.New robust and scalable computational methodology developed by UMD researchers helps identify directed connectivity within the brain
‘NLGC’ can be used with magnetoencephalography to better understand the neural mechanisms behind sensory processing.NEXTOR III research helping general aviation airports track usage
Autonomous ADS-B data collection units and new models could help small airports estimate capacity needs.It's Getting Hot in Here
New Maryland Engineering video series asks engineering experts to explore science fact versus fiction in TV and film.Abshire is part of new DARPA/SRC JUMP 2.0 Center
“CogniSense: The Center on Cognitive Multispectral Sensors” is funded for five years.Bioengineering Ph.D. Student Named to Aviation Week’s 20 Twenties
Caitlyn Singam among 20 STEM graduate students worldwide honored for contributions to the aerospace industry.Oh, the logistics!
The University of Maryland rises to the occasion of hosting three intense, complex RoboNation competitions in three months.New Microsoft/Maryland Robotics Center partnership to enhance diversity and innovation
Microsoft Robotics and Diversity Initiative will support Ph.D. fellowships, seminars, student diversity groups and more.First Webb Space Telescope images are here
Clark School alums helped 'unfold the universe' through their work on WebbBuilding Stronger Networks to Help Grad Students Excel
From student communities to supercomputers, alumnus David Bader (Ph.D. ‘96) has been driving change since his student days.Uncovering the mysteries of networking in the brain
UMD researchers are sorting out how our brains’ neurons organize as we take in, decide and act on information.Espy-Wilson is PI for NSF project to improve 'speech inversion' tool
Machine learning will improve a tool that uses speech recordings to identify speech-related medical issues.Past and Present: Jacob Moschler
As a Test Site engineer, Moschler gained early experience with UAS Traffic Management.Department Names 2022 Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship Awardees
Awards recognize outstanding students in the final stages of their dissertation work.Extreme Drone Ops: Measuring Ice Packs
UAS Test Site teams up with NOAA to test use of drones in validating satellite imagery.Dean's Circle Spotlight: A Pursuit that "Matters"
The Donald Day and Karen Gruner Scholarship in Engineering supports Montgomery College students transferring into Maryland's engineering school.Maryland Engineering Graduate Programs: Top 10 Public, Four Years in a Row
Maryland Engineering earns a top spot in the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings among over 200 colleges.Op/ed: Democratizing Engineering for Every High School Student
Classes lead to careers, support nation's need for more STEM grads, says UMD President Pines.New research uses reverberations for better automatic speech recognition
Reverberant acoustics can aid in speaker separation discernment.Putting Transfer Students in the Spotlight
Buenaflor, Carrera receive NISTS research grant to study transfer efficacy and goal orientation among potential transfer studentsPhysical adversarial examples could deceive an autonomous vehicle's traffic sign recognition system
Work by Gang Qu and colleagues shows deception could place vehicle occupants in life-threatening situations.Ph.D. student Trisha Mittal named 2022 Adobe Research Fellow
The funding will support her work to improve deep learning algorithms that can interpret human emotions.Entity resolution tool useful to uncover new information in 'big data' sets
In new paper, Richard Marciano and colleagues use technique to unlock links in newly released WWII Japanese American incarceration camp records.Acoustic waveguide developed using cascaded acoustic Luneburg lenses
The invention could be used as an on-chip waveguide as part of an acoustic circuit for acoustic communications.AR framework can model rare dynamic phenomena and extreme events
Augmented reality method used to model 2020's drastic drop in air pollution during COVID-19 lockdown.UMD engineering alumni contributions aboard James Webb Space Telescope
After its successful launch Dec. 25, Webb is well on its way to full deployment and the start of its mission.Congratulations to the Class of 2021
Messages to our Winter 2021 Clark School graduates from Dean Samuel Graham, Jr. and Jaser Attallah '21, electrical engineering graduate.Alumni Profile: Yijie Han
Han received her Ph.D. in 2006 under the guidance of Prof. Richard La with a focus on wireless communication in ad-hoc networks.ECE Names 2021 Distinguished Alumni
Alumni named for their leadership and meritorious contributions to the field of engineering, their humanitarian efforts, and the application of their engineering education to other disciplines.MC2 Researchers Present Six Papers at ACM Conference on Information Security
The papers cover hot topics like key management for cryptocurrencies, fuzzy message detection and more.How does the brain turn heard sounds into comprehensible language?
$2.88M in NIH funding could lead to brain-aware, tunable hearing devices.Internal predictive model characterizes brain's neural activity during listening and imagining music
Two "Music of Silence" papers by Shamma, Di Liberto and Marion have implications for computational models of sensory perception.Min Wu Elected President of IEEE Signal Processing Society
Wu will begin serving as IEEE SPS President on January 1, 2024.Wu, Ranadive developing accurate, convenient home heart monitoring system
A new $1.2M NSF grant funds their AI research into the relationship between ECG and PPG monitoring technologies.Hybrid inverse optimization can help in modeling natural disaster responses
The researchers use a road network’s traffic equilibrium problem after a disaster as a test of their model.ISR gives awards to Professor Richard La, four graduate students
ISR's annual awards ceremony was held on the Iribe Building's cantilever plaza.UMD Engineers Help Pioneer New Treatment for Respiratory Failure
NSF awards $3.6 million to support “third lung” research.Alumnus David Bader Receives 2021 Sidney Fernbach Award
Bader received the award for development of Linux-based massively parallel production computers and for pioneering contributions to scalable discrete parallel algorithms for real-world applications.Fermüller, ARC Lab create app to improve violin instruction
School of Music's Irina Muresanu collaborates on 'Arts for All' projectFischell Fellowship advances visiting assistant professor’s work
Santiago Botasini is investigating microbiome-to-neuron communication.Gabriel spending academic year in two visiting professorships
He is currently at Aalto University in Finland, and will move to Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, in February.Making AI safe with independent audits
New work by Distinguished University Professor Emeritus Ben Shneiderman bases the audits on financial and accounting models.Using underwater robots to detect and count oysters
This UMD project is one part of a larger USDA NIFA grant to modernize shellfish aquacultureAlum George Kantor working on AI for agricultural robotics
Kantor is leading Carnegie Mellon University’s work in a new AI Institute for Resilient Agriculture, a joint initiative of the USDA and NSF.How tech can fill gaps in mental health care
$1.2M in NSF funding supports researchers’ work to connect patients, clinicians more effectively.Seven Students Win 2021 Dean's Research Awards
From fabricated human tissue to Wifi beamed from space, awards recognize cutting-edge researchPerception and Robotics Group creates hive of ideas for drones
Palm-sized autonomous robots could help bees pollinate flowers, search out survivors and watch patients for problemsNew website showcases work of Clark School’s microelectronics researchers
The site offers a first-hand look into Maryland’s capabilities, research and education opportunities in this important field.Alum develops bioelectric effect toothbrush
Young Wook Kim's TROMATZ toothbrush improves mouth and gum health.A new way to monitor mental health conditions
With machine learning, Carol Espy-Wilson is developing a phone app that can measure depression symptoms using speech and video cues.Georgia Tech Professor, Researcher Named Dean of Clark School
Mechanical engineering leader Samuel Graham, Jr. to take helm October 1.Barg receives NSF grant to investigate coding-theoretic methods
The project aims at new characterizations and applications of uniformly distributed sets of binary sequences.Three ECE Professors Ranked Top Scientists in the World by Guide2Research
They join seven other UMD faculty members breaking into the top 1000 scientist rankings based on their prolific research output.UMD, UMBC, ARL Announce Cooperative Agreement to Accelerate AI, Autonomy in Complex Environments
The agreement leverages Maryland's national leadership in engineering, robotics, computer science, operations research, modeling and simulation, and cybersecurity.ISR faculty leading, playing key roles in ARL cooperative agreement
The $68M 'ARTIAMAS' research agreement features faculty from UMD and UMBC.UMD Researchers to Have a Strong Showing at ICRA 2021
University of Maryland researchers will present 15 papers at the IEEE International Conference on Robotis and Automation (ICRA 2021) to held on May 30 to June 5, 2021.New reinforcement learning framework for biophamaceutical manufacturing
The model-based framework greatly improves the ability to control bioprocesses in low-data environments.AID India humanitarian group living up to its name in COVID crisis
Founded by University of Maryland students, the non-profit was recently recommended for donations in the New York Times.Spring 2021 System Solutions now available
ISR's comprehensive newsletter turns 35 this year.Carol Espy-Wilson Receives Campus Woman of Influence Award
Espy-Wilson has served as a pioneer, role model and mentor, especially for African-American women in the sciences.Gabriel, Brubaker developing game theory water market models for river users
NSF-funded research will help improve water use in the watersheds of the Anacostia River in Maryland and D.C., and the Duck River in Tennessee.UMD GAMMA Group Awarded Best Paper and an Honorable Mention at IEEE VR 2021
The awarded work focuses on improving the efficiency of virtual agents used in areas like virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), online learning, and virtual social interactions.From Innovation to Inauguration
Pines Announces New Quantum Business Incubator, Presents Invention and Entrepreneurship AwardsUttaran Bhattacharya receives Adobe Research Fellowship
The student of Dinesh Manocha is developing systems and devices that can recognize, interpret, process and simulate human actions and emotions.Biofilm-fighting system for urinary catheters proves effective in simulated environment
The integrated system uses electricity impedance to monitor biofilm and treats it through the bioelectric effect.In memoriam: Dr. Radhakisan Baheti, NSF ECCS Program Director
Dr. Baheti passed away in March and will be greatly missed by ISR, ECE and the Clark School.Clark School Mourns the Passing of Professor Linda Schmidt
Schmidt was a leader in innovative engineering design research activities and teaching techniques.The Lasting Legacy of George Dieter, 1928-2020
The Clark School community mourns the loss of George E. Dieter, who served as dean of engineering at the University of Maryland from 1977-94.New undergraduate minor in robotics and autonomous systems
The Maryland Robotics Center will administer the program, which begins in Fall 2021.Bridging Cultures and Supporting Collaborations
Q&A with Brain and Behavior Institute Founding Director Betsy QuinlanGang Qu and alumni contribute two chapters to authenticating embedded devices book
The book covers state-of-the-art integrated circuit authentication techniques, including technologies, protocols and emerging applications.Fueling the Next Generation of Big Thinkers
Through the Engineering Diversity Initiative, Northrop Grumman supports the Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering's mission to tip the scales for underrepresented students.ISR, HyNet and ARLIS team for 5G initiatives
The work, which began in 2016, has resulted in new testbeds, published research and collaborations with the federal government, industry and international partners.Senior Jorge Ramirez is Passionate About Inspiring Future Latinx Physicists
Senior Jorge Ramirez is Passionate About Inspiring Future Latinx Physicists
Pushing the Frontier of Extreme Light-Matter Interaction Research
Pushing the Frontier of Extreme Light-Matter Interaction Research
Unlocking the Mysteries of Fire ... in Space
A University of Maryland engineer's work aboard the International Space Station could lead to cleaner engines and power plants, and safer living conditions in space.A. James Clark Scholars Program: Building Relationships that Lead to Success
Meet Kristen Yee, Steven Hu, and Meron Yonas as they offer a glimpse into what it means to be an A. James Clark Scholar at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering.'MorphEyes' stereo camera system improves quadrotor UAV navigation
The Perception and Robotics Group is the first to use morphable design to achieve a variable baseline stereo vision system on a quadrotor UAV.‘Tight’ cultures had fewer cases, deaths from COVID-19, new Gelfand research shows
ISR/CS game theorist Dana Nau part of study published in The Lancet Planetary Health.
Jeffrey Herrmann's predictive modeling work
Learn about Herrmann's current work helping higher education institutions make COVID-19 decisions, and about the free clinic planning software he has available.The Mystery of Our Early Missing Memories
Childhood brain function and memory skills shape each other, UMD research finds.Honoring a Legend: Remember Former Dean George Dieter
It's with a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of George Dieter, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering, and dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering from 1977–94.Emerging from the fog: Little understood post-stroke cognitive issues verified
For the first time, researchers measure the physical evidence of diminished neural processing within the brain after a stroke.‘Smellicopter’ drone uses live moth antenna to seek smells, avoid obstacles
Timothy Horiuchi is a co-author on the research published in IOP Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.$4.96M for Maryland researchers in DARPA AISS semiconductor security project
ISR, ECE, Fraunhofer USA CESE and ARLIS researchers will assess strength of AISS security protections.Remembering NSF ERC architect and leader Lynn Preston
Preston was a guide and friend to the Institute for Systems Research throughout its history.Work by Srivastava, Liu wins Best Paper Award at the 2020 ACM Cloud Computing Security Workshop
The paper proposes GANRED, an attack approach based on the generative adversarial nets framework which utilizes cache timing side-channel information to accurately recover the structure of DNNs without memory sharing or code access.Gang Qu and colleagues develop method to detect recycled integrated circuits masquerading as new chips
Recycling isn't always good in the electronics world where passing off old integrated circuits as 'new' is increasingly common.MRC Faculty and Researchers to Present 16 Papers at International Robotics Conference - IROS 2020
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - From 25 October 2020 until 29 November 2020ARL to Fund $30M in Equipment Innovations for Service Members
UMD announces with the U.S. Army Research Lab agreements in additive manufacturing and battery research.Symptoms all in your head—or in your gut? Maybe a little of both.
UMD researchers are building an ingestible capsule that can monitor and model gut microbiome serotonin activity and help demystify the “gut-brain axis.”Qu, Singh, Chakraborty, D'Antonio win 2020 ISR awards
The 2020 ISR Welcome Back Reception and Awards Ceremony was held online due to the pandemic situation.Optimization model for outpatient cardiology scheduling published in Operations Research for Health Care
Work by Baras, Wood, Golden and Apergi could make getting access easier for heart patients.Gabriel and colleagues contribute chapter to new Springer book on liberalized power markets
“A Parametric Programming Approach to Bilevel Merchant Electricity Transmission Investment Problems” formulates a stochastic transmission expansion problem with bilevel programming.Cornelia Fermüller is PI for 'NeuroPacNet,' a $1.75M NSF funding award
The resulting "network of networks" will further the scientific grand challenge of developing neuromorphic artificial intelligence.Maryland engineers receive $10M to transform shellfish farming
The team will help farmers tap the economic potential and environmental benefits of shellfish aquaculture.Porter part of ARO project to study team cognition and AI solutions for intelligence analysts
Researchers will look at team cognition and AI solutions to aid intelligence analysts in deriving actionable and accurate intelligence information.MC2 Researchers Have 13 Papers Accepted to Upcoming Cybersecurity Events
The papers highlight the center’s cutting-edge research in programming languages, encrypted databases, and more.New model can help decisionmakers planning to retrofit buildings for energy efficiency
Alumnus Champion, Professor Gabriel and Ahti Salo of Aalto University have published their work in Energy Systems.David L. Elliott: An Appreciation
Dr. Elliott, a longtime ISR senior visiting faculty member, passed away on July 2, 20202020 Dean's Doctoral Student Research Awards
The competition recognizes distinguished graduate student researchers in order to help propel their careers and demonstrate the value of high-quality engineering research.Dinesh Manocha Named Distinguished University Professor
Manocha has received the highest honor bestowed on tenured faculty members at the University of Maryland.Engineering Robotic Starfish
Echinoderm-inspired robots could perform many difficult, dangerous tasks.MRC Researchers to Present 16 Papers at ICRA 2020
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2020 will be held online from May 31st to August 31st. MRC researchers will be presenting 16 papers at this conference.Computational framework automatically optimizes the shape of tissue engineered vascular grafts
Research could lead to better outcomes for infants with congenital heart disease.New model for U.S. liver transplant allocation could reduce disparities, save lives
Raghavan, Akshat and Gentry have developed a nonlinear integer programming model that could save 340 lives on average over a period of 4 years.Alumnus Rajiv Laroia honored with IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
Laroia founded Flarion Technologies in 2000 and developed Flash-OFDM broadband wireless technology there.Nonlinear control design for a school of robotic fish
New paper presents control laws that stabilize planar formations of mobile agents.Babadi, Chellappa contribute to Springer reference work on computer vision
The comprehensive work has been revised and expanded this year for online reference.BBI Launches QED ("Quarantine EDucation") Virtual Seminar Series
The series's inaugural presentation offers concrete strategies for parenting during the COVID-19 pandemic.Clark School faculty 'AIM-HI' to address major health challenges
The new UMB-UMCP program has announced its first grants for projects combining AI and medicine.Spurring research group creativity in the time of COVID-19
Student-faculty teams that write review articles for journals reap multiple benefits.High-performance electrolyte solves battery puzzle
UMD poses answer to making a nanostructured battery: a better electrolyteHow to steer a fish-inspired robot
Paley and students develop a state-feedback control law to allow the autonomous robot to demonstrate 'pure pursuit.'Spread Hope: The "Smart Bra"
The "smart bra" is a low-cost wearable device that could conceivably detect breast cancer early enough for treatment.New simulator models 3D DRAM thermal characteristics and timings
DRAMsim3 is a fast, cycle-accurate, validated, thermal-capable DRAM simulator that can simulate and model almost all modern DRAM protocols along with many of their unique features.RoadTrack algorithm could help autonomous vehicles navigate dense traffic scenarios
The algorithm uses tracking-by-detection approach to detect vehicles and pedestrians, then predict where they are going.Nau and colleagues develop APE, an integrated acting-and-planning system
The decisionmaking system maintains consistency between descriptive and operational models, a longstanding problem in AI.Optimal selective encoding for timely updates
Work by Sennur Ulukus and her students relates to the age of information metric in networks.Hu, Bernat Featured in Society for Women Engineers magazine
Their BBI Seed Grant-funded project examines the mental health implications of architectural design elements.UMD Presents New Research at TRB Annual Meeting
Papers and poster sessions addressed topics ranging from crash data analysis to tracking the outcomes of major highway projects.Ephremides and colleagues consider Age of Information scheduling problem for interconnected sensors
The authors show the Whittle’s index policy is age-optimal for the general asymmetrical case in the burgeoning many-users regime of Internet of Things interconnected devices.Clark School researchers test decentralized task allocation algorithms for UAV teams
Paper published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters evaluates UAV team communication performance in imperfect communication conditions.Hybrid compositional planning for UAV rescue missions
John Baras and Usman Fiaz present an optimization-based method implementable in real-time.Who's walking deceptively? Manocha's team thinks they know.
The researchers developed a data-driven deep neural algorithm for detecting deceptive walking behavior using nonverbal cues like gaits and gestures.Ryzhov, Chen develop theoretical framework for approximate Bayesian learning
Their new consistency theory interprets approximate Bayesian inference as a form of stochastic approximation (SA) with an additional “bias” term.AlphaGo family of AI programs grew from AMS simulation-based algorithms developed at UMD
New review article by original author Michael Fu traces game-playing AI programs to seminal 2005 paper in Operations Research.UMD STEM Students Take the Stage in The Nutcracker
More than a dozen Ballet Company M dancers hail from science and engineering backgroundsInstitute Hosts AMBIC December Conference, Unveils New Research
AMBIC Industry Board members and other researchers convened to discuss new and ongoing projects.Brain and Behavior Initiative Hosts 3rd Annual Seed Grant Symposium
Researchers from across UMD convene to discuss the latest projects funded by BBI