Research
Spiteri '21 PhD Receives Two Major Dissertation Awards for Video Streaming Research
Kevin Spiteri '21PhD has been selected for the 2021 ACM SIGMM Outstanding PhD award and the 2021 DASH Industry Forum Best PhD Dissertation Award.
Learned-Miller to Give Distinguished Faculty Lecture on Regulating Face Recognition Technology
Professor Erik Learned-Miller will give one of the university's Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series on the regulation of face recognition technologies.
UMass Amherst Announces Creation of Seed Fund to Support Quantum Information Systems Research
UMass Amherst announces the creation of a seed fund to support the research of quantum information systems, including an anonymous lead gift of $5M.
A Solution for ‘Zoom Burnout’: Sitaraman and Zink to Build an Augmented Reality System for Virtual Meetings
A team of researchers, including Ramesh Sitaraman and Micahel Zink are working on the next generation of teleconferencing, thanks to a $1.2M NSF grant.
Zuckerman, O’Connor, Colleagues to Study Racially Targeted Misinformation
An interdisciplinary team of researchers, including Ethan Zuckerman and Brendan O'Connor, receives NSF grant to develop culturally appropriate interventions.
Project to Promote Digital Literacy and Computer Science in K-12 Education Receives UMass REBLS Network Grant
Neena Thota is part of a team that is exploring ways to promote computing for middle school students, with an emphasis on girls from underrepresented groups.
Cybersecurity Institute Receives $4.4 Million NSF Grant to Play Leadership Role in Educating Future Cybersecurity Workforce
The Cybersecurity Institute has received a $4.4M NSF grant to educate cybersecurity researchers and place them in federal jobs.
Brun Receives Amazon Research Award for Automated Formal Verification
Professor Yuriy Brun is one of 26 recipients of a 2021 Amazon Research Award (ARA), which will fund his research on software formal verification.
Lee Selected as UMass ADVANCE Fellow
Sunghoon Ivan Lee has been selected as one of 46 UMass Amherst ADVANCE program faculty fellows for 2021–2022.