Talks

Toward self-improving agentic systems: across thinking, actions and workflow

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

ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/5871875361?omn=92012257919 Computer and Space Sciences Building (CSS)

Hands-On Quantum Computing with IQM Resonance

Daniel Bulmash - IQM Quantum Computers

11:00 am

-12:00 pm

https://umd.zoom.us/j/5871875361?omn=98865799545 Meeting ID: 587 187 5361 Computer and Space Sciences Building (CSS)

Exploring Magic in Quantum Computers and Many-Body Systems

Tobias Haug - Technology Innovation Institute

3:00 pm

- 4:00 pm

ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/5871875361?omn=94564542716 Computer and Space Sciences Building (CSS)

Career Connections Seminar

Martin Schuetz - Amazon Advanced Solutions Lab

Thursday, September 24, 2026

2:00 pm

- 3:00 pm

Ege Sirvan - STORM Research Group, University of Maryland

TBD

4105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)

Friday, September 25, 2026

12:00 pm

- 1:00 pm

ATL 2400 Computer and Space Sciences Building (CSS)

The Pound-Drever-Hall Method for Superconducting-Qubit Readout

Won Chan Lee - University of Maryland

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

2:00 pm

- 3:00 pm

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

Nathan Schneider - Georgetown University

Toward Natural Metalanguage Processing

5105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

2:00 pm

- 3:00 pm

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

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

Yun William Yu - Carnegie Mellon University

TBD

4105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

2:00 pm

- 3:00 pm

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

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

Michelle Holko - Computercraft

Relational Biosecurity: Measuring Security in Connected AI-Bio Systems

4105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

2:00 pm

- 3:00 pm

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

Sharon Levy - Rutgers University

5105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)

11:00 am

-12:00 pm

ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: To be announced Computer and Space Sciences Building (CSS)

To be announced

Jiaqi Leng - Virginia Tech

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

2:00 pm

- 3:00 pm

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

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

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

Daniel Khashabi - Johns Hopkins University

5105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)

Thursday, November 12, 2026

2:00 pm

- 3:00 pm

Marcus Fedarko - Pop Lab, University of Maryland

TBD

4105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)

Monday, November 16, 2026

2:00 pm

- 3:00 pm

ATL 3100A and Virtual Via Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/93081761228?pwd=fhsBUzsdeVOgaNspZfSrZXBXG7oQGu.1 Computer and Space Sciences Building (CSS)

Query-Optimal and Gate-Efficient Time-Dependent Hamiltonian Simulation

Xinzhao Wang - Peking University

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

2:00 pm

- 3:00 pm

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

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

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

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

Yiwei Xu - University of Maryland

5105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)

Thursday, December 3, 2026

2:00 pm

- 3:00 pm

Rachel Parsons - Molloy Lab, University of Maryland

TBD

4105 Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering (IRB)

Monday, December 7, 2026

2:00 pm

- 3:00 pm