UMD students aim to inform community about AI through hacking competition
HackAPrompt challenges participants to outsmart large language models like ChatGPT by tricking the AIs into saying certain phrases.
UMD students, staff tackle tough tech job market
Job cuts at large tech companies raised concerns among computer science students, who are increasingly reconsidering their search strategies.
UMD should level up and develop interdisciplinary game degree programs
Game design and development are “in.” It’s time UMD offers a major.
UMD student turns interest in AI prompting into beginner course
Learning prompting, giving proper instructions, how to hack prompts and fine-tuning your prompts are among the topics covered in the course.
UMD CMNS college receives $500k grant to improve introductory classes
The grant was awarded to over 100 other colleges and universities in the country from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
New students need lecturers, not research professors, in introductory courses
Impressionable young freshmen need the best first impressions of their majors.
UMD’s Computer Science Department must hire and enroll more women
Maryland will not have a top-tier Computer Science program until it adds more women.
UMD is already elite. It doesn’t need limited enrollment programs.
LEPs serve to exclude students and hurt the academic process. Eliminate them.
UMD students develop app designed to make exchanging contact information easier
The app, Soshi, is designed to allow users to share social media accounts and contact information in one place.
UMD pioneers immersive media design major, merging computer science and art
The program includes two tracks: art and computer science.