ECE faculty member Kaiqing Zhang has received the 2026 Donald P. Eckman Award from the American Automatic Control Council (AACC), for his work in (reinforcement) learning in mult-agent systems and dynamic games, and applications in generati…
Maryland engineers are working to make the future of artificial intelligence (AI) safer, more sustainable—and an engine of opportunity for all. Most of society is focused on what artificial Intelligence (AI) can achieve. At Maryland Enginee…
The Maryland Robotics Center is an interdisciplinary research center housed in the Institute for Systems Research within the A. James Clark School of Engineering. The mission of the center is to advance robotic systems, underlying component…
University of Maryland (UMD) MATRIX Lab affiliate faculty members are advancing research using solutions inspired by the natural world around them. Dr. Yiannis Aloimonos’ (CS, ECE, UMIACS, ISR, MRC, BBI) work focuses on how systems perceive…
The University of Maryland (UMD) MATRIX Lab team is taking new steps toward safely incorporating reliable autonomy into our everyday lives. The lab has been awarded a grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) that will help fund a works…
A prototype of soft-robotic fin built by a UMD researcher's team can change its stiffness distribution as the underwater drone swims, improving its performance. Photo by Shirah Abrishamian Growing up in Spain, Cecilia Huertas Cerdeira was c…
Four University of Maryland Department of Aerospace Engineering faculty members were among the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ (AIAA) class of 2026 Associate Fellows. “This distinguished group of professionals has perfor…
The Maryland Robotics Center and Maryland Advanced Graduate Engineering (MAGE) are proud to announce their Master of Engineering and Graduate Certificate in Robotics programs have earned Endorsement from the Advanced Robotics for Manufactur…
ISR-affiliated Professor Yiannis Aloimonos (CS/UMIACS) and Professor Giulio Sandini (Italian Institute of Technology/University of Genoa) have contributed chapter 14 “Principles of Computer Vision,” to the MIT Press book, Cognitive Robotics…
Professor Miao Yu (ME/ISR) is the University of Maryland principal investigator for a new four-institution National Science Foundation grant, BLUES: Boundary Layer Under-Ice Environmental Sensing. The three-year, $689K collaborative researc…
A. James Clark School of Engineering ranked 16th best engineering school by U.S. News and World Report in 2024-2025. University of Maryland, College Park, places #11 in robotics among top computer science institutions around the world. Facu…
The MRC General Fund supports the research and educational mission of the Maryland Robotics Center, which is an interdisciplinary research center housed in the Institute for Systems Research within the A. James Clark School of Engineering.