Ming C. Lin will lead the University of Maryland’s Department of Computer Science, effective January 1, 2018.
A noted educator and expert in virtual reality, computer graphics and robotics, Lin will assume the role of Elizabeth Stevinson Iribe Chair of Computer Science with a joint appointment in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS).
As chair, she will oversee a department that has experienced significant increases in student enrollment; expanded its research in virtual and augmented reality, robotics, machine learning, cybersecurity and quantum information science; and grown its outreach efforts to fuel more corporate and philanthropic support. The department currently ranks 15th in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report.
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