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Machine Learning: Harnessing the Predictive Power of Computers

Machine Learning: Harnessing the Predictive Power of Computers

Researchers in our college are using machine learning for applications that touch many aspects of our lives—from weather prediction and health care to transportation, finance and wildlife conservation.

Alexey Gorshkov Elected APS Fellow

Alexey Gorshkov Elected APS Fellow

The JQI fellow is one of 163 APS members to join the select group this year.
The Secrets Atoms Hold, Part 1: Search for Dark Matter

The Secrets Atoms Hold, Part 1: Search for Dark Matter

In this episode of Relatively Certain, Dina Genkina sits down with JQI Adjunct Fellow Marianna Safronova, a physics professor at the University of Delaware, and JQI Fellow Charles Clark, an adjunct professor of physics at UMD and a fellow of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to talk about how precision measurements with atoms might shed some light on matter that’s otherwise dark.

Alumnus Makes $515K Donation to Support Physics Students

Alumnus Makes $515K Donation to Support Physics Students

The generous gift from Charles Husar (B.S. '71) will provide fellowships and summer research and travel awards.

Goldwater Scholar Hopes to Make His Mark in the World of Accelerator Physics

Goldwater Scholar Hopes to Make His Mark in the World of Accelerator Physics

Scott Moroch built his own nuclear fusion reactor in high school.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Lifelong Terp, Jordan Goodman

The Extraordinary Adventures of Lifelong Terp, Jordan Goodman

The particle astrophysicist describes his five decades at UMD as an Indiana Jones-style adventure.
A Physics Career of a Thousand Steps

A Physics Career of a Thousand Steps

A native of Iran, Zohreh Davoudi started down the path of becoming a theoretical physicist at an early age.
Tested by the Pandemic

Tested by the Pandemic

University of Maryland alumna and her laboratory team take on the challenges of COVID-19.

Space Weather Mission Gets $1.25 Million and a Green Light for Feasibility Studies

Space Weather Mission Gets $1.25 Million and a Green Light for Feasibility Studies

University of Maryland astronomer is part of a team selected by NASA to design a mission for the first global view of space weather.

U.S. News Ranks UMD’s Computer Science Undergraduate Program Among Nation’s Best

U.S. News Ranks UMD’s Computer Science Undergraduate Program Among Nation’s Best

UMD also ranks 9th in cybersecurity and 16th in artificial intelligence and data analytics/science.

Mosquitoes Lost an Essential Gene with No Ill Effects

Mosquitoes Lost an Essential Gene with No Ill Effects

UMD study suggests caution is needed for research that presumes closely related species use the same genes for similar functions .

Looking Back…And Paying it Forward

Looking Back…And Paying it Forward

San Diego alumnus Ted Ball invests in UMD students’ futures and honors his parents’ memory.