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Today, Tuesday, September 15, 2026
12:30 pm
- 1:30 pm
Security Reading Group
Why precision medicine needs AI, PL, formal methods, scientific computing and security
Dr. Matt Might - University of Alabama
4105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
TRAILS
LLM Interpretability
Sarah Wiegreffe - UMD CS
CSI 2120 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/93960331973?pwd=tVQ7gtFucJEkSYna38zePzkPpHm3J7.1
Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 16, 2026
11:30 am
- 1:00 pm
CS Graduate Office
PhD Defense: Realizing Conceptual Databases: Query Optimization, Schema Compilation, and Constraint Enforcement
Hasara Kalumin
IRB-5137 https://umd.zoom.us/j/7123055142
Thursday, September 17, 2026
11:00 am
-12:00 pm
QuICS Seminar
Exponentially-improved effective descriptions of physical bosonic systems
Varun Upreti - École normale supérieure - Paris
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/9137887602?pwd=ei84WW1MZG9aUWtiempMWVNCWVY3dz09&omn=97860117099 Computer and Space Sciences Building (CSS)
1:30 pm
- 3:00 pm
CS Graduate Office
PhD Defense: Localize, Edit, Unlearn: Structural Interventions and Data-Level Control in Foundation Models
Keivan Rezaei
IRB-4107 https://umd.zoom.us/j/9719759070
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
CBCB Seminar
Caveats of Metagenomic Assembly: The Secret Life of Mobile Genetic Elements
Nathalie Bonin - Pop Lab, University of Maryland
4105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)
Friday, September 18, 2026
11:00 am
-12:00 pm
CS Department
Correct Compilation for Asynchronous Dataflow Architectures
Milijana Surbatovich
IRB 2107 or Zoom https://umd.zoom.us/j/91267609044?pwd=g4uLkhpH4T8d2Gln0HXg6s4qaxzpbj.1
12:00 pm
- 1:00 pm
QuICS Seminar
A Monolithic Blade Trap for Quantum Information Processing
Michael Straus - University of Maryland & Duke University
ATL 2400 Computer and Space Sciences Building (CSS)
1:30 pm
- 2:30 pm
CS Department
An Anonymous Social Contract: Zero-knowledge proofs for Private Payments, Credentials, and Accountability
Ian Miers
IRB 4105 or Zoom https://umd.zoom.us/j/91267609044?pwd=g4uLkhpH4T8d2Gln0HXg6s4qaxzpbj.1
2:00 pm
- 3:30 pm
CS Graduate Office
PhD Proposal: Segmentation Before Structure: Real-Time Moving-Object Segmentation and Egomotion Estimation with Event Cameras
Zhiyuan Hua
IRB-3137
Next week
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
TRAILS
TBD
Furong Huang - UMD CS
CSI 2120 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/93960331973?pwd=tVQ7gtFucJEkSYna38zePzkPpHm3J7.1
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
9:00 am
-10:00 am
QuICS Seminar
To be announced
Daniel Bulmash - IQM Quantum Computers
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: To be announced Computer and Space Sciences Building (CSS)
11:00 am
-12:00 pm
QuICS Seminar
Exploring Magic in Quantum Computers and Many-Body Systems
Tobias Haug - Technology Innovation Institute
https://umd.zoom.us/j/5871875361?omn=98865799545 Meeting ID: 587 187 5361 Computer and Space Sciences Building (CSS)
3:00 pm
- 4:00 pm
QuICS Seminar
To be announced
Martin Schuetz - Amazon Web Services
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/5871875361?omn=94564542716 Computer and Space Sciences Building (CSS)
Thursday, September 24, 2026
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
CBCB Seminar
TBD
Ege Sirvan - STORM Research Group, University of Maryland
4105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)
Friday, September 25, 2026
12:00 pm
- 1:00 pm
QuICS Seminar
The Pound-Drever-Hall Method for Superconducting-Qubit Readout
Won Chan Lee - University of Maryland
ATL 2400 Computer and Space Sciences Building (CSS)
Further ahead
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
TRAILS
Like Nailing Jello to the Wall? Challenges for Evaluating Common Sense and Cultural Consensus
Rachel Rudinger - UMD CS
CSI 2120 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/93960331973?pwd=tVQ7gtFucJEkSYna38zePzkPpHm3J7.1
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
11:00 am
-12:00 pm
CLIP
Toward Natural Metalanguage Processing
Nathan Schneider - Georgetown University
5105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)
Thursday, October 1, 2026
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
CBCB Seminar
TBD
Rachel Parsons - Molloy Lab, University of Maryland
4105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
TRAILS
TBD
Sanghamitra Dutta - UMD CS
CSI 2120 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/93960331973?pwd=tVQ7gtFucJEkSYna38zePzkPpHm3J7.1
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
11:00 am
-12:00 pm
CLIP
Yu Meng - University of Virginia
5105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)
Thursday, October 15, 2026
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
CBCB Seminar
TBD
Yun William Yu - Carnegie Mellon University
4105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
TRAILS
TBD
Paola Cascante-Bonilla - Stony Brook University
https://umd.zoom.us/j/93960331973?pwd=tVQ7gtFucJEkSYna38zePzkPpHm3J7.1
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
11:00 am
-12:00 pm
CLIP
Ritwik Gupta - University of Maryland
5105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)
Thursday, October 22, 2026
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
CBCB Seminar
TBD
Michelle Holko
4105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
TRAILS
Formal Methods for Safe and Interpretable Reinforcement Learning
Calin Belta - UMD ECE / CS
CSI 2120 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/93960331973?pwd=tVQ7gtFucJEkSYna38zePzkPpHm3J7.1
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
11:00 am
-12:00 pm
CLIP
Sharon Levy - Rutgers University
5105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)
11:00 am
-12:00 pm
QuICS Seminar
To be announced
Jiaqi Leng - Virginia Tech
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: To be announced Computer and Space Sciences Building (CSS)
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
TRAILS
From Quality to Communication Success: Insights from Recent Research and Open Questions for AI Translation
Marine Carpuat - UMD CS
CSI 2120 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/93960331973?pwd=tVQ7gtFucJEkSYna38zePzkPpHm3J7.1
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
11:00 am
-12:00 pm
CLIP
Tuhin Chakrabarty - Stony Brook University
5105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)
Friday, November 6, 2026
10:00 am
-11:00 am
CS Department
What We Leave Behind: Delegating Sensemaking in the Age of Generative AI
Niklas Elmqvist - Aarhus University
IRB 4105
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
TRAILS
Towards Understanding and Post-training LLMs as Decision-Making Agents: A Regret-based Approach
Kaiqing Zhang - UMD ECE
CSI 2120 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/93960331973?pwd=tVQ7gtFucJEkSYna38zePzkPpHm3J7.1
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
11:00 am
-12:00 pm
CLIP
Daniel Khashabi - Johns Hopkins University
5105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)
Monday, November 16, 2026
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
QuICS Seminar
Query-Optimal and Gate-Efficient Time-Dependent Hamiltonian Simulation
Xinzhao Wang - Peking University
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/93081761228?pwd=fhsBUzsdeVOgaNspZfSrZXBXG7oQGu.1 Computer and Space Sciences Building (CSS)
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
TRAILS
TBD
Ilaria Canavotto - UMD PHIL / AIM
CSI 2120 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/93960331973?pwd=tVQ7gtFucJEkSYna38zePzkPpHm3J7.1
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
11:00 am
-12:00 pm
CLIP
Nishant Balepur - University of Maryland
5105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)
Tuesday, November 24, 2026
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
TRAILS
AutoSR: Automatic Symbolic Regression by Searching Research States
Haizhao Yang - UMD Math
https://umd.zoom.us/j/93960331973?pwd=tVQ7gtFucJEkSYna38zePzkPpHm3J7.1
Tuesday, December 1, 2026
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
TRAILS
TBD
Rebecca Hwa - GWU CS
CSI 2120 or https://umd.zoom.us/j/93960331973?pwd=tVQ7gtFucJEkSYna38zePzkPpHm3J7.1
Wednesday, December 2, 2026
11:00 am
-12:00 pm
CLIP
Yiwei Xu - University of Maryland
5105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)
Monday, December 7, 2026
2:00 pm
- 3:00 pm
QuICS Seminar
Optimal Quantum Eigenvalue Transformation
Yanqiao Wang - Tsinghua University
ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/96122257395?pwd=n8g1abBEJLfan4dmeErJBZAQdbMrLV.1 Computer and Space Sciences Building (CSS)