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(Video) Driving Economic Growth: UMD Task Force Explores AI’s Role in Job Creation for Prince George’s County
INFO's Keith Marzullo and Vanessa Frias-Martinez play key roles in AI-driven initiatives to drive economic growth Prince George’s Cou …

A UMD-led multidisciplinary team is developing a large-scale, open-source dataset for AI model training tools focused on K–12 math education that aims to increase accuracy and representation in educational AI systems. Photo by Adobe Stock.
Maryland Today: UMD Researchers to Build AI Database to Improve Math Learning Outcomes (ft. Wei Ai)
Project Funded by $4.5M Philanthropic Grant Aims to Help Teachers, Students, Researcher and Edtech Industry

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Capturing How Blind Pedestrians Navigate Their Environments to Expand Accessibility
Researchers created a motion dataset to train autonomous vehicles on how blind individuals move

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PROGRESS Issues First-Ever Grants to Advance Innovation in Gun Violence Research
UMD's PROGRESS Initiative funds groundbreaking research projects tackling gun violence with innovation and collaboration

UMD News Release: Gov. Moore Launches $1 Billion “Capital of Quantum” Initiative Anchored by UMD
Strategic Partnership Aims to Cement State and Greater-D.C. Region as a World-leading Hub for Quantum Science and Innovation

InfoSci alum Aaron Shimanov
Alumni Profile: A Budding Career in Protecting the Nation Against Cyber Threats
A profile of InfoSci alum Aaron Shimanov

(Video) Search Mastery Speaker Series: “Introduction to Perplexity”
Greg Feingold introduces Perplexity, an intelligent search engine