Studies show darker-skinned patients suffer greater mortality from skin cancer. A tumor detection model built by a team that includes mathematics and computer science double-degree student Dhruv Dewan could help close the gap.
QBI brings together scientists across diverse disciplines who are united through an interest in using quantitative methods to answer biological questions.
UMD Loop hopes to celebrate its 10th anniversary with a podium finish in an international rover competition.
Mathematics graduate student Aditi Sen's research refines survey analysis when few people respond—with sweeping applications.
Ilaria Canavotto, Yu Gan, Ritwik Gupta, Yulin Hswen and Swati Srivastava will join the UMD faculty.
Mathematics Assistant Professor Srivatsav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli discusses the surprising link between math, music and paragliding.
The team is building open-source software to better piece together complex genetic data while also conducting the first comprehensive review of how the quality of data in public biological databases impacts the accuracy of computational analyses.
Morgan Smith (B.S. ’25, physics) merged his interests in public service and science at Maryland and secured a job at NASA after graduating in December.
In the latest chapter of his 35-plus-year career in pharma, Thomas Lake (B.S. ’88, biological sciences) is advancing next-generation biotechnology that aims to take the needle out of vaccinations.
UMD computer scientist Heng Huang leads the project’s artificial intelligence and machine learning efforts and plans to build a genomic language model for Alzheimer’s that will drive drug discovery for the disease.