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Maryland Computing Milestones

How UMD Researchers and Entrepreneurs Helped Lay the Groundwork for the Past and Future of Computers

By Maryland Today Staff

Iribe Center

Photo by John T. Consoli

The Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering will be dedicated on Maryland Day, building on a history of innovation at the university.

If you’ve ever clicked on a link on the web, settled down for an epic shootout in one of the biggest video games of all time, used an online map or enjoyed autopilot-like features in a latest-generation car, you’ve benefited from the University of Maryland’s long history of research and innovation in computing.

“These amazing Terp pioneers have infused computing into every corner of society,” said Amitabh Varshney, dean of the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. “Their efforts have changed the world in unimaginably powerful ways.”

With the dedication of the new Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering on Maryland Day, April 27, UMD is positioned to continue to lead in these high-tech areas.

Scroll through the slideshow below featuring some of the computing milestones, foundational research and internet advances—not to mention just plain frivolous fun—that have come from UMD so far:

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View a range of computing success stories—from Dave Baggett ’92, a developer of the classic Crash Bandicoot game series, to Pooja Sankar M.S. ’04, creator of Piazza, a popular Q&A site that links professors, students and TAs—in the Department of Computer Science Alumni Hall of Fame.

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