Computer Science and a Maker Space for All at University of Maryland, College Park
Earlier this year, the University of Maryland, College Park celebrated the opening of a new building on its campus. The Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering is home to the university’s top ranked Department of Computer Science and its renowned Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. Set among the university’s classic Neo-Georgian architecture, the new building provides space for nationally recognized centers of interdisciplinary research in cybersecurity, data science, computational biology, machine learning and other fast-growing tech fields, and the building’s six floors of specialized labs, classrooms and offices support “groundbreaking research in virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence, robotics, computer vision, algorithms and programming languages and systems.” “The 215,600 sq. ft. facility acts as a catalyst for bringing people together for education, research and discovery. The building gestures to campus traditions; brick finishes on the auditorium and landscape walls evoke the University’s Neo-Georgian heritage, and the building’s curved …
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